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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Inaugural Season Players Given Their Game Jerseys

Inaugural Season Players
Given Their Game Jerseys with
Commemorative Patches

GSU Blake Wyatt, #18, in his white jersey, on the field during the GSU-BAMA Game

A couple of weeks ago, Blake brought home his white Inaugural Season Jersey, with special commemorative patch attached. We plan to frame it, along with some other Inaugural Season memorabilia, at some point!

Blake's Jersey

Close-up of the Inaugural Season Commemorative Patch on the Jerseys

Blake with his "Panther Dad," trying on Blake's Jersey!

With the date change, assuming we move till Friday, it's 131 Days till we Kick-off Season Two!
Happy Easter, Y'all!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Panther Pride Peaks in Tuscaloosa! 11-18-10

Panther Pride Peaks in Tuscaloosa!

Going to Tuscaloosa to watch GSU play the defending National Champions in front of over 100,000 fans, was a great experience for all involved! PANTHER FANS were treated to the spectacle of our New Favorite Team playing in the huge Bryant-Denny Stadium, home of The University of Alabama Crimson Tide's legendary football heritage.

While watching the BAMA fans gather before the game to line the walkway on which the Crimson Tide enter the stadium, I was "fast-forwarding" 20 years into our future, to where, in my mind, "Panther Pride"

will be legendary on its own merit! We will have our own signature

cheers and events with which to inspire awe in our opponents.

Bama Fans Lining the Walkway, waiting for their team to arrive.

The score may not reflect it, but Panther fans have a lot to be proud of

GSU is the

only team to run a kickoff back for a TD on BAMA this year. Here is my

shaky video.

(My son is # 18)

We had some good kickoff coverage. We completed a 55 yard pass. We made a good goal line stand! Defense made some good stops. It was exciting

to watch our guys on the field! I know the team loved playing in Bryant-Denny Stadium!

The enthusiasm of the BAMA fans was infectious.Those of us in Blue may have been vastly outnumbered by those wearing Crimson and Houndstooth, but we were not intimidated or discouraged!
Hearing our GSU Marching Band perform our new fight song caused Panther Fans' pride to soar to new heights!

"The sky is the limit" when it comes to writing the future of the GSU

Panther Football tradition. Maybe the Athletic Department should have an

online forum and public meetings, and become intentional about getting

input on ideas for new "Panther Traditions," and ways to build team spirit,

fan support, and sponsor "buy-ins" for all Panther sports. (For example:

Everyone making "claws" with their hands, while chanting "Pounce

Panthers" for first downs.)

It would have been nice to have seen a "miracle" win in Tuscaloosa, but, regardless of the score I am VERY PROUD OF OUR INAUGURAL PANTHER FOOTBALL TEAM! Our program is only going to get better! GREAT WORK, GUYS! See you in 2011!

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The Panthers are on the Prowl--Entering the Stadium of 100,000+ Fans!

Saturday, November 6th: Last Home Game in Georgia State's Inaugural Football Season!

Saturday, November 6th: Last Home Game in Georgia State's Inaugural Football Season!

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It has been an exciting Inaugural Year for Georgia's newest college football team, the Georgia State University Panthers! The experience has been first class all the way! All home games are played in the Georgia Dome, with the final home game this Saturday, at 1 p.m. The team is on track to finish with a winning season!

My son Blake, #18, is a defensive back. As a "special teams" player, Blake was fortunate to be on the field for the First Ever Kick-off, of Georgia State's First-Ever Football Game against Shorter, and he has played in every game since! (Blake is in the middle of the line, on the far right in the video, jumping up just before the kickoff!)

There are a bunch of great guys playing on the team. Coach Bill Curry, and the rest of the coaching and support staff are class acts. Even I, one of the least dedicated sports fans you will ever meet, have fallen in love with the Georgia State Panthers! (The hugs I get from lots of the players, after the game, as "Blake's Mama," are nice, too!)

Coach Bill Curry and Blake Wyatt

Blake with Samoan brothers, Louie (ILB), on left, and Jake Muasau (OLB)

Blake with his former roommate, quarterback Drew Little

Blake with running back, Sam Burkhalter, #44

Blake with roommate Kail Singleton (ILB)

The atmosphere in the Dome, where all our home games are played, has been electric! When the cheerleaders yell "G-S," the crowd responds, with unbridled enthusiasm, "U!" My "cheerleading voice," dormant since my college cheerleading days, has been reawakened! Everyone is learning the cheers, learning the players' names, and taking ownership of "our" new team!

As the brand new Georgia State University Marching Band takes the field, pre-game, and begins to play, the Dome comes alive! The band forms a lane, through which the football team enters the Dome, and as the cheerleaders and flag bearers run onto the field, ahead of the team, the crowd goes wild! We are ready for some FOOTBALL!

Everyone is learning the new Georgia State Fight Song, written in the spirit of traditional Division One fight songs. The music gives the Fight Song a strong sense of history, and the lyrics give it an "edge!" ("We're from the A-T-L, we're gonna' give 'em hell!")

This weekend is GSU's last Home Game. The Panthers are playing the Lamar University Cardinals, from Beaumont, Texas. We have the next week off, then play our final game of the season on Thursday, November 18th, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, against last year's National Championship Team at The University of Alabama! How about joining me in praying for the safety of both teams, and an UPSET victory for GSU! Hey, it could happen!

Y'all come to the game Saturday! For the best ticket prices, call Georgia State at 1-866-GA-STATE. Tickets will be available at the Gate, starting at $15.00. To order online, go to Ticketmaster, for prices starting at $14.05 including service fee. Forward this to your friends! Let's pack the Dome! GO PANTHERS!