Mac Attack brought up good point on home field advantage Sunday...

[jayflip]

Question for all you Carolina based fans: at games, when the opposing offense is on the field, are their LED signs all around the stadium that pretty much yell at you (through reading of course) "STAND UP, GET LOUD!"...?

Because at the cardinal game, that happened on every single down that the panthers were on offense, and the crows abided, and that place got LOUD. Even at the time, I wondered how that would fly at BoA stadium.

Maybe this year will be different, Riv did say he wants to establish a "this is our house" mentality. I can only hope.

[Bensalama21]

if PSL owners sell their home opener tickets to Packer fans online......then they should be punched in the face.

Lol I bought 3 row 2 PSL Tickets for the Packers game... The Packers are my life but the Panthers are my second favorite team and I want to see them do well.

[Montsta]

This is funny to me because when I went to the Arizona game on Sunday, there was a group of tatted up, face painted 20 somethings in the row behind me that kept saying "You're in the nest baby!" and "Man, you guys chose the wrong section, this is for diehard cards fans only!" I replied to them "if this section is so diehard, why did the person that owns these four seats sell his opening day tickets to Panthers fans?". They had no rebuttle at that point and it was comical. Turns out that as the game went on they were actually pretty cool guys that I talked to throughout, although when I asked if Patrick Peterson would be starting or doing kick returns, they replied, "Who?" Um....yeah. Diehard Cards fans, huh?

[coralreefer_1]

Being way over here in Korea, I am a bit out of touch with the atmosphere of the stadium since 2003..but frankly the bottom line is that those PSL owners are the main reason we still have a franchise in the area. In this economy, folks who can/willing to shell out the money for PSL's have already shown their loyalty to the team..and help to keep the money rolling in so our team can stay in Charlotte.

I would much rather watch a game on TV and see opposing fans making noise and enjoying a game in Charlotte rather than looking at empty seats.(obviously our own fans are better) All those people (even if they are opposing fans) are buying beers, staying in hotels, eating in local restaurants...supporting the local economy. All we have to do as fans is just endure a little trash talk, but otherwise we are all better off having them in town as opposed to not.

[panthers55]

Gonna be at the game and gonna bring out the Panther paw foam hats for this game. They are hot to wear but Should give some balance to the cheeseheads there. Can't find a picture or I would post it. Don't think they sell them anymore.

[MGH1989]

Lol I bought 3 row 2 PSL Tickets for the Packers game... The Packers are my life but the Panthers are my second favorite team and I want to see them do well.

I'm not trying to be an asshole, or stir the pot on anything here, but this is another problem that bothers me. Too many people in this town root for another team before they root for the Panthers. Another reason why we Panthers fans are drowned out by large opposing traveling fan bases like the Redskins, Packers, and Cowboys because Panther fans will root for the other team ahead of the Panthers when they are here and they will go to the game and dress in that team colors and jerseys.

[Hotsauce]

Lol, my uncle who has 50 yard line, club level tickets will get so pissed with the panthers coaching or the FO, that he will simply just not goto the damn games, and leave his seats empty....

[boo7382]

Lol, my uncle who has 50 yard line, club level tickets will get so pissed with the panthers coaching or the FO, that he will simply just not goto the damn games, and leave his seats empty....

that's where Im sitting.........

do I know your uncle?! Is he the one I got the tickets from?!

:rolleyes:

he on Panthers side or opposing?

[Snake]

until we start winning, cam newton's hype is the one thing that is going to be putting more panther fans in those seats.

there will be some, but it still is going to be close to a home game for the other team....esp. for the world champion packers who probably have a huge bandwagon right now.

You mean bandwagon fans right? With Charlotte being such a transplant city I really doubt if we ever have many true fans. Until Jerry makes it where other teams fans cant come in its going to be that way.

[Seltzer]

When I went to the Panthers/Packers game in 2008, we were given tickets by the Packer fans because we had come so far. Now that was nice.

The best time I've ever had watching a Panthers game was at another stadium, kinda sad.

Me too, and I don't mean that as a negative against BOA. But sitting endzone week 1 in San Diego when Delhomme threw that last second pass and having everyone go silent except for me, my wife, and the 20 other Panthers fans there was an unbelievable experience.

Don't know if I can top that, but one can hope. The beatdown against Tampa on MNF in 2008 was pretty close. Watching Dlo and Stewart being unstoppable in the 4th Quarter and the crowd going crazy was fun.

Also, the ATL game at BOA in 2005 was amazing. Everyone was jingling their keys chanting "85 South" to all the Falcons fans after we beat them walking down the ramps was cool

[jayflip]

Me too, and I don't mean that as a negative against BOA. But sitting endzone week 1 in San Diego when Delhomme threw that last second pass and having everyone go silent except for me, my wife, and the 20 other Panthers fans there was an unbelievable experience.

Don't know if I can top that, but one can hope. The beatdown against Tampa on MNF in 2008 was pretty close. Watching Dlo and Stewart being unstoppable in the 4th Quarter and the crowd going crazy was fun.

Also, the ATL game at BOA in 2005 was amazing. Everyone was jingling their keys chanting "85 South" to all the Falcons fans after we beat them walking down the ramps was cool

I was one of those 20 others. And dear lord I almost got murderballed by all the rowdy charger fans after the game. And I loved it. That's how Panther fans need to treat opponent fans.

[JJT]

As a Panthers fan that quietly supported the team for several years I can say that the fan base here is a bit more subdued. I don't think enough bars support our team and the most ironic thing is ( what i think is) one of the best local announcer teams. Mick and Eugene are pretty good, and it's too bad we can't have the local announcers call the game in the bars ( i think there's a delay)...a little homer action is must better than the neutral national guys. Another aspect is the tail gating, i just recently found this site and plan to stop by but typically we would just go to the games...I've just never felt like any of the pro tailgaters where inviting..mostly because of either loud music or the clickish feel or why not simply had our announcers doing a pregame (do I have to hear brick house at 10 am? 10 pm? ok). If any of the organizations just post a sign up drive for new members or welcome message, I would have dropped by...I'm not calling anyone out, just saying the pro tailgaters seem to be in competition with each other with the volume of music and not fostering a fan base to take on the true enemy at our gates...this weekend-the super bowl champions. Ok, I'm ready to get blasted but that's how it went for four years for us...

As far as the delay is concerned, the TV is 5 - 10 seconds behind the radio.

I bought a gadget for this season that can delay the radio variably so that you can synch it up to the TV. Costs $200.

Surely, if a bar wants to, they can afford that.

[rfn]

uh, mick mixon is terrible.

Worst than that and he needs to start eating something other than what food eats.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

I swear, every time I get on here and read it feels more like online English class than a Panthers discussion board. It's so annoying. Quit trying to fix everyone's mistakes, and stay on topic. Pretty please?