UNC fans should be more active during our games

TO THE EDITOR

I know it’s “just football,” but in the South, “just football” isn’t “just” anything. And if your blood runs Carolina blue like mine, I know you’ll understand what I’m about to say.

I had the great pleasure this past weekend to attend the game against Georgia Southern, my alma mater. But as I said, my blood runs Carolina blue, like my daughter and son-in-law’s. As I sat taking in everything on a gray, threatening day at Kenan Stadium, I was dismayed and embarrassed that so many fans had stayed away.

In Georgia, it doesn’t matter what the weather is. It doesn’t matter how crappy you’ve been playing. It doesn’t matter who you are playing. What matters is, the Dawgs are playing, and if you’re not there, then something is seriously wrong with you.

UNC has one of the most beautiful venues for football anywhere. What a shame that we don’t get more excited. What a shame that we don’t get a little crazy, like we do when the Heels are in the Smith Center.

There is something immeasurable that gets passed onto the field from the fans, and then gets returned to them, when you’re really in the game. We have the legacy. Let’s act like it. Amen.



Ron Pelt
Parent of UNC student