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  1. Winthrop officially released their schedule last week, and we are coming up Tuesday, Nov. 18.Other OOC games include South Carolina, Davidson, NC State, Old Dominion, and Charlotte. Likely the most solid schedule we've ever played.2009 Schedule
  2. This is a pretty big blow for us...as you can see, he was our only real big man. We can get by with a 6'8" center in the Big South, but it's really going to hurt us out of conference.I'm thinking we're going to go with Valentine at center, but also look for freshman Case Stiglbauer to get some PT.
  3. I'll keep these places you've mentioned in mind. I always like to taste the food of places that I travel to, and as a newly-21-year-old who would rather have something not called Bud Light, beer is on the list as well.As for the snow driving...the friend I'm currently planning on coming up with is from Anchorage, Alaska...so I think we'll be fine if there's some white stuff on the ground. Thanks for looking out though.
  4. Officially floated the idea to a friend today and it appears we'll be driving up to the game/HOF after all. I was pretty confident that I could find someone to drive, I just wanted to think about a backup plan just in case.Be ready to have your coliseum invaded by at least 2 rabid Winthrop fans! :DAlso, please tell me there are better bars around than Buffalo Wild Wings...BWW has good food, but we like to get more of a local flavor and patronize locally-owned establishments. Any particular food/beer unique to your area we should try? Also, anything else that we should check out, other than the Football HOF? We'll probably try to get in a few hours before the game, stay the night, and hit the HOF on the way back the next day...so about 24 hours, we'll be around.
  5. Nobody'll have much tape on us either...we graduated 4 seniors, 3 were starters and one was our 6th man. The good news is we've had a few excellent recruiting classes, and a couple guys that really showed some good stuff in backup roles are going to get their shot.We also got a surprise out-of-nowhere transfer from Wake Forest, he's a senior this year and because he's coming for grad school, doesn't have to sit out a year. He was Wake's 6th man, and in our conference, anybody who's even rode the bench in the ACC is going to get some nice playing time.I'm not sure how we'll fare OOC, but I have no doubts that we'll win our conference. We've been to the tourney 8 of the past 10 years, and the last 4 straight (lost to Gonzaga in the 4th quarter, lost to Tennessee on a buzzer beater, beat Notre Dame/lost to Oregon, and lost to Washington State after forgetting there are two halves in a basketball game) ... we play in the Big South (NOT the Southern Conference) and honestly, our conference isn't all that good. We lost those 4 players, but everyone else that was good last year lost their marquee players as well. Pretty much anyone you might have heard of from the Big South except Kenny George (UNC-Asheville's 7'7" center) graduated last year (Winthrop's Taj McCullough, Michael Jenkins and Chris Gaynor; Arizona Reid from High Point; Jack Leasure from Coastal Carolina, Reggie Williams from VMI). As such, the entire Big South Conference got a shakeup. Most experts have Winthrop and UNC-Asheville 1-2, from 3 on down it's pretty much drawing names out of a hat.
  6. Sweet...thanks for the heads up.Man, a Tuesday is kinda gonna throw things off. I was hoping it would be a weekend, would be easier to get friends to make the trip. I'm still planning on coming...all of my classes are Tuesday/Thursday, so I'd only have to miss one day of classes and I could hit the HOF on the way back home on Wednesday.Still gonna have to plan this out a little more though...thanks again!
  7. Thanks for the welcome and the advice guys.If I can get someone else to drive, then I'm just going to go that route. My truck would probably die halfway there (no joke) so I can't drive myself. I really haven't thrown the idea out to many people yet because there's not a set date, but I just wanted to have a backup plan just in case. I traveled 23 straight hours via plane and train to get to Spokane for the 2007 NCAA Tourney vs. Notre Dame (thank god we won) so I'm not above crazy travel plans. Granted that was the NCAA Tournament and this is a November-December OOC matchup, but the Football HOF is something I wanted to visit this summer anyway and the plans fell through, so there's really 2 reasons for the trip.That said...since there's no feasible way to get from Cleveland to Akron, I think I'm going to have to find someone to drive. I knew public transportation is a joke here in the South, but didn't know how well-connected you were up there.Oh, completely unrelated, but I was browsing the forums and saw Miguel Graham in someone's signature. That's nuts...I went to high school with Miguel here in Rock Hill, SC. I had no idea he was playing for you. I'll be following Zips football this year, for sure.
  8. Winthrop die-hard here...really enjoyed the game you guys gave us last year. I'm sure y'all didn't enjoy it quite as much as we did...but it was still an exciting one, for sure.Does anybody have any inside info on when the game might be this year? I'm planning on making the trip, and I'm just trying to get everything nailed down as soon as I can. I read the thread on the '09 schedule here, but nothing about the Winthrop game.Speaking of making the trip...I'm looking at taking Amtrak from Charlotte to Cleveland, is there any public transportation and/or trains that connect Cleveland and Akron? Basically, anything other than a taxi...I'd really like to be mobile and enjoy the place, and I'm just not sure how well-connected public transportation is up there. Down here, it's terrible...you can't do anything without a car. I could drive - just hop on 77 - but with gas prices the way they are, I'd just rather take something like Amtrak. Unless I can get some friends to go and help on gas...then be prepared to have 4 Winthrop fans there instead of just me. I'd also like to visit the Football HOF as well, since it's so close and I'm a huge 49ers fan...again, any public transportation or any way I could get there?Thanks in advance!
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