Football Fans Wear Blaze Orange to Honor Slain Hunters

WBAY TV- Green Bay ^ | 11/30/04 | Jeff Alexander

[PrivateIdaho]

Anybody else notice this?

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!

[Americanwolf]

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.

[Bosco]

I noticed it, but didn't put two and two together. Only watched a few minutes of the 3rd quarter.

[madvlad]

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

[PrivateIdaho]

It was pretty cool to see.

Yep, the CheeseHeads made a pretty impressive statement.

[PrivateIdaho]

The death penalty is too humane

Might be kinda fun to turn him loose on the 50 yard line at Lambeau and let 60,000 CheeseHeads deal out justice.

[big'ol_freeper]

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.

[Mears]

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)

[madvlad]

Actually, I'm in MD! A dark blue state.

bwahahahahahahahahaha

MV

[meyer]

About then they showed a blimp shot of the stadium - OMG about a third of the fans had orange on. Very cool!

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.

[skeeter]

I noticed. A good 10-15% of the crowd had on orange.

[atomicpossum]

Rams fans wear black because our hopes of a great season are dead, dead, dead.

[Koan]

I was in my seat wearing my orange, though my wife wouldn't allow me wear my back tag. She forcefully proclaimed that it was too "hickish". I replied, "What's your point!" (I gave in.)

The get-the-orange-out effort was very cool. It definitely added a more thought provoking dimension to the game. Many Rams fans participated also. I hope that the friends and relatives of the victims gained some amount of hope from it.

[Koan]

I was in my seat wearing my orange, though my wife wouldn't allow me wear my back tag. She forcefully proclaimed that it was too "hickish". I replied, "What's your point!" (I gave in.)

The get-the-orange-out effort was very cool. It definitely added a more thought provoking dimension to the game. Many Rams fans participated also. I hope that the friends and relatives of the victims gained some amount of hope from it.

[Mears]

I'm in Massachusetts yet consider myself a Red Stater,if only in the spirit.

[PrivateIdaho]

Nice job - I was impressed.

What's a back tag?

[Koan]

About 72K plus when the stadium is full to the brim.

[Koan]

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.

[PrivateIdaho]

Are you required to wear some orange in Wisconsin?

We aren't in Idaho - three hunters have been shot here in the last couple of weeks - there's talk of changing the law.

[Koan]

Coat and hat. 50% of your outermost coat must be blaze orange and 50% of your hat if you are wearing one.