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List things the Panthers could do to improve their relevance in South Carolina

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14 hours ago, Grendel said:

Where is this coming from?  Are people in SC feeling dissed?  Seems like this is a non issue.

it is a non issue.

i'm not sure who or where other sc huddlers hang , but i'm from charleston/summerville and i can't spit without hitting a panther fan.

i don't think location is the issue...association seems to the the real evil here.

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4 hours ago, KendrickPanther said:

This idea that you can go to other NFL cities/states and everyone supports the hometown is a farce too. I've met Panthers fans in Seattle, West Virginia, New Jersey, Ohio, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Tampa, and Nashville. You go up to a New Jersey sports bar and there are fans of all the front runners, every NFC/AFC East team and of course delusional Cowboy fans. It's like that everywhere. Can you imagine how the 200 Chargers fans feel in LA?

 

    I was in East Lansing (Home of the Michigan State Spartans) last fall. And it seemed like everywhere I went, I ran into someone wearing something Panther related. Stopped to get gas in Ohio, and ran into another one. Panther fans are everywhere. 

 

    I live in Spartanburg, and I am seeing more and more kids wearing Panther gear every year. This fanbase is growing. Those folks that feel the fan base is not growing fast enough are just not looking hard enough. 

 

    As more and more kids buy in, the fan base will continue to expand. 

    

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It just won't happen in SC. They would have to be a patriot-like dynasty. SC is full of transplants and bandwagon fans, especially the upstate. it seems people towards the coast care more about the panthers than the rest of the state. I wore my Kuechley jersey for the first preseason game last year when i was in charleston and a lot of random people stopped me to talk. That never happens in the upstate. it's all CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAMPSUN. There were a good bit of fans at the bar i was at for the finale on new years eve. 

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I think it depends on where in SC. Closer to Charlotte: the Rock Hills and Ft. Mills are definite high in Panther fans.

In Columbia? It is all Gamecocks and maybe 1 in 25-30 Gamecock only fans will tune in to catch 20 total minutes a game that the Panthers are winning.

A LOT of Gamecock fans are just indifferent to other sports in general but most(6 outta 10) definitely HATE Cam Newton, since he tore their azzes up twice winning the Heisman at Auburn.... oddly 6 out 10 Gamecock fans also love country music, yell fake news and say "Heritage" with a lot of pride describing the past. 

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What would help jumpstart the traditional South Kacky college fan's interest is If the Panthers partnered with SC & Clemson to alternate playing one preseason game a year at Williams Brice one year & Death Valley the next year. That would do alot and help build closer relationships with the staffs of two NFL talent-heavy teams with our own scouts and coaches. 

Winning consistently and being nationally relevant is important as we were in 2015. Everyone suddenly had Panther gear in week 15 & the wife and I would be like where was all this the last 8 years we have lived there? I would say that the 2015 increased the fanbase by 25% around here post bandwagon jump off.  

The folks in SC LOVE to be front runners:they used love college baseball(2 national Championships) now it's likewarm, suddenly love Women's college bball(1 national Championship in 2017) and during the 2017 NCAA tourny, there was very few Gamecock fans that could name the starting 5 of the Mens Final 4 team but off to ColonialLife Arena they went where one could hear questions like..."I thought it was 4 Quarters! I goota pee out this moonshine" and what is that clock on top of the backboard for?  

Look there is a long way to go just to have folks care about other sports out side of Sat football. In my office, i spoke to one person who watched the NCAA championship game. Others began to describe the Women's NCAA finals or said what game last night?

Just know it is not uncommon to be in a bar/grill on a Sunday where most the TVs are on Fox new and HGTV where Chip and Joanna are restoring homes for the cheap!!  SC can disappoint so hard. 

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all black unis, black helmet, black endzones and a Panther at midfield.  Boom.  State of SC would rename itself to Panther State.  From years on this board, I have determined that is what the people want. 

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