My First Carolina Experience

[KendrickPanther]

Thats almost as bad as the number 2 Clausen Jerseys I saw at the 2011 draft party.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Looks like an awesome time brotha! Hoping my first experience there in December is a similar one! Anyone know if there are stadium tours during the week in December?

[The Huddler]

does the spikey haired catman dude post on here?

 

[The Huddler]

my first game was the 2008 monday night

[PantherPride5]

So jealous of you man. I live in Utah so I know your pain or having your favorite NFL team be on the other side of the country. 

[CelticCat]

Great stuff man.

 

That first pic with the mountains is epic.

 

I prefere the upper deck for the atmosphere. Had the same experience as you in the lowers and I promised myself i'm going back up top. You can see the plays develop better up there too.

 

My first game was the Broncos preseason game where Romo broke Kerrys Jaw. I remember being as giddy as teenager, running out to see the field for the very first time. good times. Man, that was a long time ago, I feel old.

[DaveThePanther2008]

Awesome LilSmitty.  Glad you had a great time.  They are some of my most memorable times.  I love going to the games immensely.  The Atmosphere is awesome and they are great fun.   I expect an epic video here in the next couple of days.

 

I have been to some pretty historic Panther games. 

1996 Steeler game.  We won the NFC West that day. That may have been as loud as it can get at BOA (Ericsson) stadium.

2005 Minnesota Beat down where Smitty went off on Smoots.

2007 Game against Seattle Matt Moore's first game.

 

Other games

2006 15-0 beat down on St. Louis

2008 Loss to Tampa Bay.... IN TAMPA first loss ever watching Panthers play)

2009 Loss to Buffalo (first loss in BOA for me)

2011 Buc Beat down on Christmas Eve

2012 Dallas game last year.

 

I took my girls to their first game when we played the Rams and they have been to every game in Carolina I went to since.

 

So they are 1st Generation born Panther fans.  They love the games and almost as much as I do.

 

 

[Doyle]

This makes me feel like a horrible fan.  I live 20 minutes from the stadium and haven't been to a game yet this year.

[SpeedOFLight]

Cool deal man! I loved how you had a picture with a story to go along with it. It seems like you had a great time in North Carolina. That's awesome. I was having a so-so morning today but somehow reading your post brought a huge smile to my face. I am glad you enjoyed it fellow panther fan.

[4Corners]

Did you see all the Ohio State douchebags at Epi Center on Saturday evening? We took the kids to Wild Wing for some dinner before the hockey game and they must have a Buckeye bar there. Fugging obnoxious.

The bowling alley there is the official Ohio state bar of Charlotte.

Source: my GF is an OSU alumni

[RoaringRiot]

The bowling alley there is the official Ohio state bar of Charlotte.

Source: my GF is an OSU alumni

Which is a good enough reason to dump her

[KARASMATIC444]

Thanks for sharing, that was a well written post. It made me remember how it was the first time i went many years ago. I try to go to a couple of games a year, still awesome.

 

[Neylus]

Ive been to a lot of games and that was one of the funnest i can recall in the last 5 years. Looks like you had the same experience.

[Jbo]

Great to hear you had a good time. You actually got luckier than some of us on those autographs for a first timer.

 

My only hope is that if you ever get a chance to make it back down for a game that you sit in the upper deck. In my opinion that is where the real fans are. We hardly sat down and especially did not sit down on 3rd downs or 4th and shorts.