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[jfl25]

I thought that we needed a post to keep track of all the good things happening for Carolina teams North and South. Everyone please post team info as it comes avalible. For example The Carolina Hurricanes are in the Stanley cup finals and are one win away from bringing the Stanley cup to the Carolinas.Clemson is heading to the College World series ect... Everyone Brag be proud to live in the Carolinas and support our great up and coming sports teams.

[Skyliner]

Well, it sounds as though the Grrreenville Grrrowl (ECHL) may have a new lease on life.  Reports are out that the team is near a deal with the City of Greenville, a bank, and other parties.  NO tax dollars will be used to finance the next season.

While I am cautious until the official announcement, I am extremely excited about this information.

[krazeeboi]

^That's definitely good to know.

I just found out that Charleston has an arena football team, the Sandsharks.

[Skyliner]

Greenville has a semi pro football team, the Greenville Greyhounds.  They have been around for a couple years now.

[Charleston native]

krazeeboi, on Jun 13 2006, 11:01 PM, said:

^That's definitely good to know.

I just found out that Charleston has an arena football team, the Sandsharks.

Ah yes, Chas got another first of the state of SC.    The city is home to the Sandsharks, a team under the National Indoor Football League (NIFL) and the first NIFL team in the state. This league shows promise since it is under the NFL, and they market the team far better than the Swamp Foxes who were under AF2 or the arena league. The team does have a website.

They're already calling the coliseum the "Shark Tank", which is pretty cool. I have yet to go to a game, but I will definitely plan on going to one sometime this year. An interesting note about the team: it is partly owned by Miami Dolphins receiver and Chas native, Oronde Gadsden.

[803metlife]

WoW!!! I see Jordan teaming up with Bob Johnson for ownership of  the Charlotte Bobcats. I also didn't know that Charlotte had the 3rd worst ticket sales in the NBA. And out of 41 games they only sold out 7.

[Greenville]

803metlife, on Jun 16 2006, 11:55 AM, said:

WoW!!! I see Jordan teaming up with Bob Johnson for ownership of  the Charlotte Bobcats. I also didn't know that Charlotte had the 3rd worst ticket sales in the NBA. And out of 41 games they only sold out 7.

That is interesting and somewhat surprising, since the Charlotte Hornets were among the league leaders in attendance during early-mid 90's.  In fact, I seem to remember a home sellout streak that lasted quite some time.  Then George Shinn, the team's owner then, got cheap and either refused to re-sign the big name stars or traded them away.  I think the fans lost interest, and thus the reason for the lower attendance numbers the few years before Shinn moved the team to New Orleans.

I figured the Charlotte fans would get on board when the Bobcats began playing, but perhaps the combination of a bad team and bitterness over the Hornets leaving is difficult to overcome.

[krazeeboi]

AND the whole fiasco about an arena being built by the city when the majority of the general public voted to not build one.

[NcSc74]

Bad team=poor attendance.  I am sure if the product was better the fans would return.  The Hornets made the playoffs on a regular.  I'm not worried at all. Look at the Hurricanes.  They were not a good team and the attendance showed it.  Now they won the cup and I am predicting even more sell outs next season....think about it...the Stanley cup in the carolinas...thats crazy

[krazeeboi]

Wow, congrats to the Hurricanes! I'm glad they pulled it off.

[BrasilnSC]

Great job Hurricanes!  That is crazy that the Stanley Cup is in the Carolinas.  Hockey is definitely gaining popularity in the South.

[GvilleSC]

I wonder if the CAROLINA hurricanes would ever consider playing home games in other citites with the facilities across the Carolinas...? Like one game per capable city in both North and South Carolina.

I know that it would help the Bilo Center a lot. I'd go see our Stanley Cup winners!

Edited by GvilleSC, 20 June 2006 - 10:52 AM.

[Spartan]

The Hurricanes are based out of Raleigh, so they already have one taken care of. I wouldn't mind seeng them  play in Columbia for a game or two.

It would be cool for the Panthers to move around the states as well. Maybe a game at all of the major stadiums in both states... which would include Clemson and Columbia in SC.

[Skyliner]

Spartan, on Jun 20 2006, 07:24 PM, said:

The Hurricanes are based out of Raleigh, so they already have one taken care of. I wouldn't mind seeng them  play in Columbia for a game or two.

It would be cool for the Panthers to move around the states as well. Maybe a game at all of the major stadiums in both states... which would include Clemson and Columbia in SC.

Okay Spartan, you only mentioned Columbia, but I'll take you up plus include Greenville and Charleston on the Carolina Hurricanes tour through Carolina.  No point in giving the treat Columbia alone, regardless of preferences.

[krazeeboi]

From what I hear, there's actually talk of the Hurricanes playing a pre-season game in Charlotte. I don't imagine the team playing in all of the state's major cities, so Charlotte might be as close as we'll ever get.

[Spartan]

Skyliner, on Jun 20 2006, 07:28 PM, said:

Okay Spartan, you only mentioned Columbia, but I'll take you up plus include Greenville and Charleston on the Carolina Hurricanes tour through Carolina.  No point in giving the treat Columbia alone, regardless of preferences.

Greenville and Charleston aren't the capital of of one of the two Carolinas, as my reply was intended to reflect.

[912]

So Clemson pulled out the all purple uni's last night for the first time in 60+ years (I didn't think it had been that long) & dominated GA Tech.  What a game!

[Greenville]

fromsc2tx, on Oct 22 2006, 08:23 AM, said:

So Clemson pulled out the all purple uni's last night for the first time in 60+ years (I didn't think it had been that long) & dominated GA Tech.  What a game!

What a game, indeed!  Clemson is ranked in the top 10 in the poll that came out today, and with the way we're playing I think we still might be underrated.  Go Tigers!

[Spartan]

Really? I thought that they wore purple just a few years ago?

Greenville, on Oct 22 2006, 03:56 PM, said:

What a game, indeed!  Clemson is ranked in the top 10 in the poll that came out today, and with the way we're playing I think we still might be underrated.  Go Tigers!

I agree. I think the problem there is that the other top 9 or 10 (depending on which list you are looking at) didn't lose.

[whitehourseview]

Spartan, on Oct 23 2006, 08:00 PM, said:

Really? I thought that they wore purple just a few years ago?
I agree. I think the problem there is that the other top 9 or 10 (depending on which list you are looking at) didn't lose.

Clemson has not worn all purple uniforms since 1939. In 1991, they wore purple jersey's twice, but added white pants to the mix. The last couple of seasons, the Tigers have occasionally worn purple pants with orange or white tops, but not all purple.

The seniors have been wanting to wear all purple for some time and the team actually warmed up in orange tops and purple pants, but in a way reminiscent of the 1980 South Carolina game when the team wore all orange for the first time, after warm ups, the team found the purple tops at their locker, reports said it was like kids on Christmas to break out the all purple look and there was quite a buzz when they appeared at the top of the hill in all purple.