[bucslover68]

Thats great, and you are a good cheerleader, greek. Everybody needs to be able to support the Pirates in their own way. If you are the type to scream your head off, then I think that is great. I like it when you get excited on the air and I enjoy when the crowd is excited.

However, I saw your earlier post and I have to say this.

Not everybody is that animated and I don't see how I should be told that I am less of a fan if I am not as vocal. I've been around Belfry football my whole life, rarely miss a game, and have seen more Belfry games than you can even imagine. Trust me, I support the Pirates with everything in me. I celebrate the victories and mourn the defeats. I get emotionally involved in the games and I really live for Friday nights this time of year. And there are a lot more like me. So on behalf of all of us, you haven't earned the right yet to lecture us about how we should conduct ourselves at a Belfry Pirate football game.

To each his own, so give us a break.

I think this is a great post and I really see both sides of this, and believe me I am not always a "both sides" person. I love to yell at ballgames. If I wasn't in the press box on Friday nights, I would be in the crowd leading the cheers. Joe's main point has to do with complacency and being spoiled. I agree, to an extent, on this. There seemed to be a hunger before Belfry won a state title that sometimes isn't there now. It only pops up in real big games and I believe will definitely be there Friday night. I have said this many times, and I really believe it: The CAM may not have the old school atmosphere that Vipperman had, but it is still the best big game atmosphere around. I agree with ya BUC, people show their emotions in different ways and they should be allowed to without their loyalty being challenged. I love the Pirates, and like you have seen so many games over the last 35 years that I have lost track of just how many. I am glad we have an adopted Pirate in Joe, and he does care a lot about this program and team. Each great play has to have all different types of characters, and Joe is definitely the antagonist, but that's ok too because we are all in the same big ole Pirate ship together. BTW, can you believe a second round game has generated this much feedback and talk. When you put the names of Belfry and Russell together, you could play in the middle of the ocean and there would be a huge crowd there to watch.