Hold the Hope

This winter, Chris and I have been able to attend nearly all the men's basketball games - for free. It's made me quite the basketball fan. The games are a lot of fun to attend in person and I'm even getting more into it - yelling at the refs, pointing out fouls and cheering loudly for our team.

But I get so disappointed at some Coug fans. Now I understand, some of them sacrifice a lot to come to games. Driving down from Spokane in the snow and ice, parking miles away or paying tons to park closer and much more. However, if the Cougs aren't winning, it seems that it's more important to get to your car rather then stick out the last few seconds of the game and support the team.

Last Saturday, the Cougs were down by not more then 10 points in the final two minutes of the game. Hard for any team to come back on but they fought hard. Chris and I were so irritated to see that people just started streaming out of the coliseum as if the game were over. Especially when we saw about 5 guys leave wearing shirts that said "Hold the Hope". Hold the Hope for who, the other team?

If you're going to be a Coug fan, be a true Coug fan. This means that you will stand out in the freezing cold, rain, snow, sun, sleet, wind, or even stand inside a perfecty mild colisem and support your team until the very end!

Once a Coug, Always a Coug.