Rams fans wear black because our hopes of a great season are dead, dead, dead.
Posted on 11/30/2004 9:54:33 AM PST by PrivateIdaho
Football Fans Wear Blaze Orange to Honor Slain Hunters
The Rice Lake business community, near the scene of the November 21st killings of six hunters, asked Green Bay Packers fans to wear blaze orange to the Monday Night Football game in honor of the shooting victims.
Thousands of fans responded in an overwhelming fashion. From the earliest tailgaters to many of Lambeau's parking attendants, the Packers famed green and gold colors had to share the spotlight Monday night.
"It was a tragic thing. We're just here to pay tribute," one fan in orange said.
Generally, blaze orange is not an uncommon sight at Lambeau Field late in the season as fans try to stay warm. This night, though, it held a much deeper meaning. Thousands of fans donned blaze orange in a show of respect for the six hunters shot to death last week in Sawyer County.
"Wasn't even a thought. My friend told me about it and I threw off my Packer hat and put on the blaze orange hat," said fan Tom Fields from Stevens Point.
"We support them, and hopefully this will be resolved and everything will be straightened out," said Bob Toye, a parking attendant at Lambeau Field.
All night long, the blaze orange was impossible to miss. Even a St. Louis Rams fan from Missouri was touched by the tragedy. Allen Hall said, "First snap, it's on -- Green Bay versus St. Louis -- but we're all brothers when it comes to hunting."
In Wisconsin, the Packers and deer hunting are two sacred traditions. Monday night, football provided the joy and a chance for the masses to show their hearts are with those in Rice Lake.
"It's a difficult situation. I can't imagine what those families are going through," Dave Trebiatowski from Plover said.
By asking fans to wear blaze orange, the people of Rice Lake also hoped to raise awareness of and encourage donations to the Rice Lake Hunters & Victims Fund. Donations can be mailed to:
Hunters Survivors & Victims Fund
c/o Dairy State Bank
16 S. Main St.
Rice Lake, WI 54868
Contributions will help the families cover medical and funeral expenses.
I wasn't paying close attention to the game but my brother called me at half-time and asked me if I noticed alot of people wearing blaze orange hunting gear.
About then they showed a blimp shot of the stadium - OMG about a third of the fans had orange on. Very cool!
Yeah, was watch the game last night. (I am a diehard Packers fan)... The over head shots you could see splotchs of orange all over the place. :) It was pretty cool to see.
I noticed it, but didn't put two and two together. Only watched a few minutes of the 3rd quarter.
The more important point is what will they
do to the piece of foreign trash that
perpetrated this act? The death penalty
is too humane.
MV
Yep, the CheeseHeads made a pretty impressive statement.
Might be kinda fun to turn him loose on the 50 yard line at Lambeau and let 60,000 CheeseHeads deal out justice.
I noticed that last night, but being a Packer fan I did not think it odd. I mentioned to Lil'freeper last night that they must have come directly from hunting.
But----but-----someone yelled an ethnic slur at him and he feared for his life.
You want the death penalty for someone who was just trying to defend himself? You Red Stater,you!!!!
(sarcasm off)
Actually, I'm in MD! A dark blue state.
bwahahahahahahahahaha
MV
Are you sure that the blimp wasn't flying over a Tennessee Vol's game? :)
Seriously, that is a great gesture on the part of these fans.
I noticed. A good 10-15% of the crowd had on orange.
Rams fans wear black because our hopes of a great season are dead, dead, dead.
I'm in Massachusetts yet consider myself a Red Stater,if only in the spirit.
What's a back tag?
About 72K plus when the stadium is full to the brim.
A back tag comes with your deer hunting license. It displays your identification number for all to see.
The Vang guy, who killed the hunters, was identified by one of the victims by his back tag number.
We aren't in Idaho - three hunters have been shot here in the last couple of weeks - there's talk of changing the law.
Coat and hat. 50% of your outermost coat must be blaze orange and 50% of your hat if you are wearing one.
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