You do understand 'mr. i'm a better fan than you' that he could have stayed home with the 5 and 2 year old and not come at all. Or maybe the wife is working and someone has to watch them, or maybe he wants his kids to grow up accustomed to attending Herd games. Shut the hell up about the fans.
You are right. After I thought about that post I should not have picked on the guy with kids that is attempting to at least go to part of the game. I don't know his situation. Maybe he doesn't have a wife or maybe his babysitter bailed on him at the last minute. I don't know but at least he is trying to go to at least part of the game. Personally, if it is an option, I would find a couple babysitters about a month in advance and go and enjoy the game. A 2 and 5 year old would be in bed at that time anyway.
I should be just picking on the fans who say they are fans and are not going to the game when they live 10-30 min. from the stadium and choose not to go because of the record, it is on TV, work etc. I have to get up for work the next day at 6am and you will see me there the entire game. Until the clock says ZERO. No bitching here, just support. Most church services let out at about 8pm so church is not an excuse on this night either. Get out of church, throw on your Herd gear and come to the game. You would get there by at least the 2nd quarter.
I discussed this with my wife who is a very understanding and thoughtful person and she agreed with me that if you live within a reseaonable distance to the stadium and are choosing not to go to this game because it is later or because our record is not great then you are not a true loyal fan of Marshall football. I guess we have fans of all kinds and I guess it takes all kinds of those fans to fill the stadium when we are winning, but those who are doing that are not diehards. Nothing against those types, but they just aren't the diehards who are there no matter the weather, record or time of day. Just the way it is.
All I am saying is this area tends to find an endless pit of excuses to not do something. Not just go to games but anything really. I see teams play all the time in the middle of the week, on weeknights, Sundays, etc. and the stadiums are generally full. I have a hard time believing those people don't have the same problems that every other family in America does. They just decide they want to be there to support their team bad enough and they make a way to do it. People around here spend more time making excuses rather than trying to find a way to make it work.