I’m bringing my kids to their first game
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SUOrange44
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My son is 15 and my daughter is 13. Each of them went to SU basketball when they were less than 1 year old. The SU Athletics Department used to do “professional“ photos for each game that you could order in a variety of sizes.
My son’s first game was SU versus Long Beach. We have photo from the game with Jonny Flynn bringing the ball up the court. Subsequently he signed it saying to my son….Congrats on your fist SU basketball game.
Two year’s later, we did the same thing for my daughter’s first game versus Notre Dame. Picture of Kris Joseph that he signed to my daughter congratulating her. They both hang in my Orange office.
Point is, try to do something they will have as a keepsake. I took a large envelope that has the game ticket and boxscore as well.
They will both be with me this weekend G-d willing to watch SU/Clemson.
Enjoy it and, as others have said, PLENTY of quality time with Otto!
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My son’s first game was SU versus Long Beach. We have photo from the game with Jonny Flynn bringing the ball up the court. Subsequently he signed it saying to my son….Congrats on your fist SU basketball game.
Two year’s later, we did the same thing for my daughter’s first game versus Notre Dame. Picture of Kris Joseph that he signed to my daughter congratulating her. They both hang in my Orange office.
Point is, try to do something they will have as a keepsake. I took a large envelope that has the game ticket and boxscore as well.
They will both be with me this weekend G-d willing to watch SU/Clemson.
Enjoy it and, as others have said, PLENTY of quality time with Otto!
SUOrange44
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Not if you raised her to be a Sox fan. Fail.
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4 championships in her lifetime says otherwise.
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He knows his own kids. Mine loved being on campus at that age.
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My son (1 year old) has experienced his first three football games so far this season and has been awesome at them. Way better than expected!
We are having him skip out on Clemson, hoping the atmosphere is too wild for a little man like that!!
We are having him skip out on Clemson, hoping the atmosphere is too wild for a little man like that!!
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I brought my son to two games. One was the 2019 Wake Forest game (he was 10), and he loved it. That ending certainly reeled him in.
The second was the 2021 Pitt game. He spent the walk back to the Sheraton telling me he didn't understand why we use that QB who can't throw (started to wonder if Kaiser and my wife were hanging out back in 2008).
But when we got to the Sheraton, we rode the elevator with the refs, still in uniform. They gave him the coin that they flipped at the start of the game. So he thought that was really cool, saved the experience.
The second was the 2021 Pitt game. He spent the walk back to the Sheraton telling me he didn't understand why we use that QB who can't throw (started to wonder if Kaiser and my wife were hanging out back in 2008).
But when we got to the Sheraton, we rode the elevator with the refs, still in uniform. They gave him the coin that they flipped at the start of the game. So he thought that was really cool, saved the experience.
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Constant onslaught of snacks during the game , steady drip
And everything scooch said
