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- I certainly wouldn't bring too young of a kid into a football game. My son is only 18 months and it would be a pretty big hassle and think it would be too loud/rowdy for him.
- But I do think it would be ok to bring him MAYBE even as young as 3 or 4, since he'll be much more aware of what's going on and used to that many people by then. I think he'd have fun and I also think/hope that Lane would be a good environment to bring him to.
- There are only a few completely hammered folks, and certainly the majority of which are in the student section. There will be those who have had a few and are a bit too over the top in my, now older and somewhat conservative, opinion. The former were annoying to me even when I was the later.
- As a soon to be parent of 2, it's certainly my responsibility where I take them to and to protect them everything ever.
- But I also don't think you can assume a sporting event is a place only for those who are non-stop swearing and/or ok with it. When a ref overturns a Danny Coale catch and you shout out a WTF, I totally get it and I would too if my wife and kids weren't there. It's just the other "That old F'ing Beamer needs to F'ing retire already" and the like all throughout the game that I think shouldn't just be chalked up to being the norm.

Maybe I would feel better about them watching actual game footage, but the M-M-W mockups did not appeal to me next to the M-M-M mockups as presented.

And then Fuente refuses to take any question about QBs..

As someone who recently went from non-parent to parent, I will share my thoughts.

Three years ago I was the guy that wanted you to shut your kid up on a plane. Now, I give zero f---s if my two-and-a-half-year-old screams for an entire flight. Deal with it. Right or wrong, point being, your perception of kids will change once you have a kid.

As it relates to this thread, everyone goes to Virginia Tech football games for different reasons. Some go because they are diehard fans who want to blow their lungs out for the Hokies, others view it as social event, some view it as family time, dads want to bond with their sons, others want to fly paper airplanes, Jerry's only there because he won a ticket on the radio, etc... There are a million more reasons to go the Lane, and for any given person there's most likely more than one motivation to do so. No one has the right to tell a person how to enjoy a football game, and as a corollary, we cannot generalize why everyone shows up to Lane.

I do agree a football atmosphere is one more conducive to drunk people, swearing, loud noises, etc...I swear at football games. I yell at football games. I tailgate before games. Because of that, there are times when my emotional rollercoaster ride during 60 minutes of Hokie football presents itself as obnoxious to other Hokies. If I am asked by someone standing next to me to be mindful of their children, I apologize and do my best to respect their family's enjoyment of the game, because everyone in Lane has a right to enjoy the game. (This has been my attitude well before I had a son.)

With all that said, if everyone respected and had empathy for each other's desire to enjoy the game, there would be less friction in Lane. (And that goes both ways.)

The thread title before it got edited. I wa thinking "why not Evans? Maybe something to this..."

Gallo, Smith, Petit, and Mitchell were all brought in by Grimes.

This would at least be better than texting to choose which overplayed song gets blasted over the PA system.

Looking forward to seeing some more LC Foxes games this year on TV.

Unpopular Opinion Alert: I hate the All Maroon Everything uniforms. Most of the time with them on they look like unitard poop out there, especially under the lights. Literally, the lights can give them the look of walking turds on the field. Plus, our winning % with them on is.... not good....

Sorry, had to get that off my chest

what if they just accompanied him to the media portion and didn't say a word... just acted like body guards.

TROLL GAME STRONG

Dang. Forgot all about the Olympics and EPL broadcasts. Livesoccertv.com shows the LCFC v. Hull, Everton v. Spurs, and MCFC v. Sunderland triple header on CNBC. Then Sunday's Bournemouth v. MUFC and Arsenal v. Liverpool on NBCSN.