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If Only My Dreams Came True
Folks, I think I'm going to share my fantasy with
you. Not the one about 2 girls and whip
cream,
but the one that has bright lights and a huge student section.
This fantasy pertains
to game of basketball, and more specificallly the GBA vs. TIT event.
When I actually got to sit on the bench for the boys varsity team
last winter, all I wanted to be apart of was the pre-game warmup's;
I couldn't care-less
about the game itself, cause I was never going to play. I just get tickled
pink when I run out of the locker room and onto the court
with
hundreds,
if not thousands, of fans packed in the roundhouse; the pep band blasting
some sweet ass song like "Eye of the Tiger", and the student section
arrupting as we run past them to our end of the court.
That
scoreboard should do us well |
Now people, that's what I call a good entertainment event, and that is exactly
what I want GBA vs. TIT to be. The closest event we have had thus far to
being a "good entertainment event", is Midnight Madness 1. The pre-game had
the flashlights flying around on the
court, the "Chicago Bulls Warm-up song blarring", and the student section
(like 7-8 people) jumping up and down with their keys just-a-jingling. I
was not in the game myself, but the hair on my arms were just standing
on end. It was quite the atmosphere that evening.
GBA vs. TIT is gaining quite the exposure, now all we need to do is get our
shit together to make it an enjoyable event. Heres what we need:
| Improvements |
Why? |
| Scoreboard
and clock |
Games
are more exciting when you have 1 minute left and your tied |
| Spotlight
for player introductions |
Pumps up the players
and the crowd |
| Microphone
and Speakers |
To
announce the starting lineups and for Tyler Peglow's play-by-play
commentary |
| Halftime
entertainment |
The fans are going
to need something to watch while the players are regrouping; ie:
Tien Thai and his breakdancing skills |
| Camera
Men |
Get
some new footage for The Tube and maybe get it on MET TV for prime-time
exposure |
| Cheerleaders |
Better
looking atmosphere |
| Student
Sections for your favorite team |
Nothing
beats the High School Basketball environment when you have dueling
student sections screaming at each other |
| Referees
- yes, believe it or not, we do need referees |
I'm
getting sick of people crying about not getting a call, and then
have the student section making the call for us |
| Pep
Band - mainly Blake Oleson on drums |
Adds
to the whole basketball environment; Plus I hear he's pretty
good at those drums |
John Johnson is a frequent contributor to Gordiehoops.com and tries to reflect
on the more humorous side of things; except for maybe this article. |
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