I know that it’s February and that it’s heart month and
Valentine’s Day and all that cute, fun stuff. But I also know that like me, you
are ready to move on past that stuff and leave it to the girls. We would rather
talk about sports, and good food, and Nerf Wars (which I am pushing to have
again), so I decided to switch it up and go with something different, like the
changing of tides at ACU.
Forever, ACU has lived off of the good ole same traditions
like Sing Song, “The Lord Bless You and Keep You,” chapel, and for some reason
the wildcat that looks something that lives in the bushes of our campus. I am
not trying to bash traditions, because there are some great ones like Sing
Song, but maybe it was time to switch our logo and redesign our basketball
court and apparel. School spirit for not only sports, but just in general, has
been going down the drain for the last few years. It is sad to see the football
games start of full and then empty out at halftime because socialization hour
has ended. Or to see our women’s basketball games have half the number of
students as people from the community, when they still have 3 games left and
have their most wins since 2005. The logo wasn’t just a move to get rid of a
silly little mascot because we are going Division 1. The change was done to
revive the school spirit that we once had. School spirit is something we will
need next year if we want to compete on the big stage. Turnouts of maybe 100
people to basketball games won’t cut it. If we want good teams, then we are
going to have to get behind our teams and cheer them to victory, no matter how
rough next season is. So I encourage you to go to at least one of our girls
last two regular season games, or make the not-so-long drive to Allen to watch
them in the tournament. And yes it is a nice cheap (FREE!!!) date with a girl,
but it is also a chance to watch the possibly 58th national
championship team (knock on wood) or legendary athlete compete at our school
for a limited time. So let’s show them
what we are made of and get more pumped up than we get for Sing Song!
Signing out,
Nate
