Should be a good one DD. I just hope we bring our A game for this one. We usually play up/down to our competition so I expect and intense game that comes down to the wire. I feel good about our chances and Withers is due for a monster game. Hopefully it will come Saturday.
[i]Originally posted by UABHecklerIsBack[/i]@Dec 2 2004, 12:20 AM
[b] For the first time in my life I will actually be rooting for UNCC. Go Niners, Poach the Elephants!! [/b]
I'd expect as much from a UAB fan ;)
Although, you should have been at the Alabama/Kentucky football game back in October. A friend of mine had an Alabama basketball shirt on, and a Kentucky fan made some comment like “Oh, does Alabama have a basketball team?”
Without hesistating, my first response was, “Yeah, and so does UAB.”
[i]Originally posted by DiamondDuste[/i]@Dec 1 2004, 11:44 PM
[b] Anyways, it might be low tide at that point, but that is when the elephants will be storming through the streets of Charlotte. ;) [/b]
What do elephants have to do with the Crimson Tide? I know they're your mascot but what's the history on that one?
Well, let’s see if I can botch this one and have other fans yell. The area was the first gold prospect in the US. I believe that is the real reason.
One thought from many was that it was named after the year the actual University was founded (not counting the Charlotte Colege Owls) which was 1949. But I have been told that this is flat out not true.
One really weak rumor is that the campus is on Hwy 49 in NC.
Hey, but with all of the above, it just means that the name 49er is a sign from God.
Have a safe trip, but I wish your team bad luck. I don’t want anyone hurt, but may every player get dementia for two hours this weekend.
[i]Originally posted by cakewalk5[/i]@Dec 2 2004, 01:51 PM
[b] [i]Just curious... why is Charlotte the 49ers?[/i]
Well, let’s see if I can botch this one and have other fans yell. The area was the first gold prospect in the US. I believe that is the real reason.
One thought from many was that it was named after the year the actual University was founded (not counting the Charlotte Colege Owls) which was 1949. But I have been told that this is flat out not true.
One really weak rumor is that the campus is on Hwy 49 in NC.
Hey, but with all of the above, it just means that the name 49er is a sign from God.
Have a safe trip, but I wish your team bad luck. I don’t want anyone hurt, but may every player get dementia for two hours this weekend. [/b]
You have your reasons flipped.
I have the canned media guide history saved on my other PC, but short and sweet, it has to do with the drive led by Bonnie Cone to save the school after WWII. We prevailed with that 19 “49er spirit”. The stuff about the highway and the north american gold discovery are just coincidences, though they are fun ones. There are several more like them.
We were the Owls though, back in the 40’s when we had a football team.