The Panthers are baffled...

[ColinG]

"Tonight's game is a sellout, but more than 3,500 tickets remain for the Sept. 7 regular-season opener against Jacksonville. The Panthers are baffled as to why fans don't seem excited after an active offseason and promising preseason."

You want the answer? Three words.

Rodney Peete's starting

And the fans should be excited why?

 

[meatpile]

I think it's got more to do with 6 staright years of being losers.

 

[batgrafix]

exactly. 31st on offense in 2002.

Visions of that QB draw in GB last season...

I'm so optomistic.

At least if Foster is healthy, the question will be WHO will he hand off to rather than run or pass...

 

[Shocker]

Friday night game? Maybe thats the allure?

Is kinda strange though, although I think the game will eventually sell out.

 

[lde]

Originally posted by Shocker
Friday night game? Maybe thats the allure?

Is kinda strange though, although I think the game will eventually sell out.

The opponent tonight is Pittsburgh. Lots of Steelheads (is that a word) bought lots of tiks.

The Jags haven't been around long enought to have fans scattered around the country.

 

[YINZER]

I think it's due to the fact that STEELER fans will outnumber panther fans today and Jacksonville doesn't have quite the same fan support.

 

[y2b]

It can change over night. I saw it happen in Tampa. It seemed like one Sunday you could get free tix on the street and businesses were forking out money to avoid blackouts, and the following week there was 5,000 people on a waiting list for season tickets, and that was way before they lost to the Rams in the play-offs.