Strickland33
Well-known member
Before 2006 I didn't care at all if Wake football was good or not, I just liked going to the games.
Me, too. I was into Wake football long before 2006. We sucked and that's just kind of how it was. Even when we were decent, the prevailing feeling among most die hard Wake fans I knew was that we were a glorified FCS team, anyway. There are plenty on here that have shown me that this was kind of a stupid sentiment, but that's where most townies/natives/etc. were at when I was growing up.
The games were fun because I loved the Deacs and Groves, but I'm not going to lie - I probably enjoyed hanging out with friends than I did the product on the field. Things changed when I went to college in 2005, and we were competitive with just about everybody culminating with the Meineke Car Care Bowl or whatever, but that's not how things were (or, TBH, are)...
I wonder how many non-die hards were in to football prior to coming to Wake, and even among those who went to Wake prior to 2006, if any of them were super into the non-tailgating aspect of football before 2006.