I just wanted to send out a big thank you to all the members past and present of The Charlotte Football Intiative. It was over 2 years ago that we first met and discussed what we would need to do to make football a reality. Numerous things were discussed, how USF did it, why we havenāt done it, disproving past rumors of why we havenāt, the numbers involved, tactics we should use, etc. We talked about the charlotte football website and it happened. We talked about making pledges on the website as a source of showing support and it happened. We talked about car stickers and it happened. We talked about making tshirts and we did that. We talked about creating a student base of CFI and it happened. We talked about making mini-footballs and we did it. We talked about a football rally on campus and it happened. Here we stand on a HUGE day for this school and her supporters. When we first met I wanted football, and hoped that in time we could help bring it to be. With that said I was still not sold on the fact that we could really make it happen, that we could succeed where so many others had failed. On this day, a mere 2 years later we can stand victorious and say that we helped make this happen and I just wanted to take a moment to say thank-you.
Our job is not done though - it is just getting started! GO NINERS!
CFI people are heroes to the university! MAJOR PROPS to everyone involved.:49ers:
[QUOTE=action49er;359668]CFI people are heroes to the university! MAJOR PROPS to everyone involved.:49ers:[/QUOTE]
QFT!!!
NinerWupAss is the one who convinced me we could get football somewhere between 5-8 years ago is when I started to believe. Before that, I thought we never would have the Admin. & Athletic Dept. get on board with ending our Community College status in ACC country.
I liked the CFI meetings, & I liked meeting all of you. Weāll have to find a designated driver in 2013 because Iāll probably be drinking green beer. Unless Iām married by then, then I probably wonāt be able to do anything, & Iāll have to be civilized at the game.
[SIZE=6][COLOR=DarkGreen][B]WELCOME TO THE GRIDIRON NINERS![/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
Just felt appropriate to bump this on this historical day.
Indeed. Great job to everybody.
We did it. Not only did we bring football. But on this night we brought a bowl teamā¦
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So excited to see this program grow from 12 of us in a room at Hickory Tavern to bowl eligibility. We arenāt done yet! We are still just getting started!
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On this day in 2006
For anyone not around then. We met at the Hickory Tavern and discussed what it would take to start football at Charlotte. It is not an overstatement to say football here was born on this evening. It was not a big donor and it sure as hell wasnt Judy Rose who actively tried to stop us, it was a group of regular young alumni and students.
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The coolest thing is many of those folks in that pic come to games and they bring their kids.
It takes time, but as long as the world of college athletics doesnt totally F us, we will build something special.
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Thanks for all you guys have done! As a Freshman in 2013 Football is truely something special for my class. My friends, their wives, and children gather in the fall on top of West Deck and in Jerry Richardson stadium and stay connected to the University and to each other better than we ever could have without the event of college football.
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clt remembers that day. bad weather but a great turnout
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That was a good day.
Would have been a better day had we gone to Bissel House like was originally plannedā¦..but I digress.
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