Stansbury was meeting with Teixeira and other large donors in NY 10 days ago

thwg said:
Tonight Tex tweets this. Seems like Todd might be raising some funds with this hire.

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He shopped Collins to all the big money donors at a dinner to ensure he got the funds he needed - seems to be working out. Collins definitely knows how to sell.
 
ScionOfSouthland said:
He shopped Collins to all the big money donors at a dinner to ensure he got the funds he needed - seems to be working out. Collins definitely knows how to sell.
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Lesson to all CEOs out there. Doesn't matter how good your product is - its about whether or not folks believe in it.

I expect another benefit of the CGC hire is getting the football alumni club back up and running. I think its been in the garage for quite some time.
 
00Burdell said:
Lesson to all CEOs out there. Doesn't matter how good your product is - its about whether or not folks believe in it.

I expect another benefit of the CGC hire is getting the football alumni club back up and running. I think its been in the garage for quite some time.
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In the process now, may see a few showing support Wednesday
 
I hope it pours in and we finally have a consistently ranked team. It worries me that we may have a rough transition year.
 
00Burdell said:
Lesson to all CEOs out there. Doesn't matter how good your product is - its about whether or not folks believe in it.

I expect another benefit of the CGC hire is getting the football alumni club back up and running. I think its been in the garage for quite some time.
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The Letterwinners Club hasn't gone anywhere - it's still around, but we suffered a lot of the same problems with lost or waning interest the longer the Johnson Era dragged on. Phoning it in vs USF, Pitt, and Duke, a classic sign of a team being lost by the coaching staff, did as much. Many guys openly said they'd stay home til there was a coaching change.... I know one guy I'm going to tell to put his money where his mouth is & buy tickets again.

If you are a letterwinner - there's no FB specific alumni group sponsored by GTAA & hasn't been in a coupla/three decades - whatever the sport (and yes, cheerleading + "Buzz" counts now) get in touch with Lucious Sanford. We do have some football specific activities, but no "FB only T-Club." Again, get in touch with big Lucious.
 
DeepSnap said:
The Letterwinners Club hasn't gone anywhere - it's still around, but we suffered a lot of the same problems with lost or waning interest the longer the Johnson Era dragged on. Phoning it in vs USF, Pitt, and Duke, a classic sign of a team being lost by the coaching staff, did as much. Many guys openly said they'd stay home til there was a coaching change.... I know one guy I'm going to tell to put his money where his mouth is & buy tickets again.

If you are a letterwinner - there's no FB specific alumni group sponsored by GTAA & hasn't been in a coupla/three decades - whatever the sport (and yes, cheerleading + "Buzz" counts now) get in touch with Lucious Sanford. We do have some football specific activities, but no "FB only T-Club." Again, get in touch with big Lucious.
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Lucious told me himself that cheerleaders qualified.

That was a good day.
 
GTRules said:
Lucious told me himself that cheerleaders qualified.

That was a good day.
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Yeah, that was a surprise to me, too, but given how close we've been under DRad & MBob to losing the North End Zone suite, maybe not so much.

The junior guy in the Veterans' Day recognition photo is/was a former Buzz & he's just going through school at Pensacola, not yet a full-fledged, winged Naval Flight Officer (not a pilot, but a mission specialist back seater). He's a good kid, AE2018, heading off to serve as some of my former in-laws did. I'm not sure which bothered me more, the cheerleading or the Veterans' status for a noob, but my age now matches my GT FB number, 69, so who cares what I think?
 
DeepSnap said:
Yeah, that was a surprise to me, too, but given how close we've been under DRad & MBob to losing the North End Zone suite, maybe not so much.

The junior guy in the Veterans' Day recognition photo is/was a former Buzz & he's just going through school at Pensacola, not yet a full-fledged, winged Naval Flight Officer (not a pilot, but a mission specialist back seater). He's a good kid, AE2018, heading off to serve as some of my former in-laws did. I'm not sure which bothered me more, the cheerleading or the Veterans' status for a noob, but my age now matches my GT FB number, 69, so who cares what I think?
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When I was a cheerleader in the 80's, we were considered lettermen. None of us ever took them up on it though. One of our Buzzes became a Navy pilot flying E2's off carriers. Ask @coit about his fraternity brother.

And now my son is a GT AE grad, and finished in Pensacola early this year, and is now a NFO in F-18's. Back seater. Kicking ass and taking names. Here he is flying sideways through Star Wars Canyon in the Sierras.

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GTRules said:
When I was a cheerleader in the 80's, we were considered lettermen. None of us ever took them up on it though. One of our Buzzes became a Navy pilot flying E2's off carriers. Ask @coit about his fraternity brother.

And now my son is a GT AE grad, and finished in Pensacola early this year, and is now a NFO in F-18's. Back seater. Kicking ass and taking names. Here he is flying sideways through Star Wars Canyon in the Sierras.

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Awesome photo. Congrats to a great dad and a huge thank you to your son and your family for his service.
 
buzzdoc said:
Awesome photo. Congrats to a great dad and a huge thank you to your son and your family for his service.
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Thanks, man. The best part about that photo is that it was taken by a dude standing on the ground. The ground "beneath" the plane is the vertical canyon wall.

He is having more fun than the law should allow.
 
buzzdoc said:
Awesome photo. Congrats to a great dad and a huge thank you to your son and your family for his service.
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By the way, his older brother was in the 82nd at Ft Bragg for 10 years, and deployed to Iraq 3 times. Lost a lot of his hearing to a roadside bomb and was given a medical discharge. He lives with us (along with my grandson) and is soon to finish his degree in Electrical Engineering from Valencia college in Orlando where we live.

I am also retired military, although I don't bring it up a lot. Just something I did when I was younger.
 
GTRules said:
By the way, his older brother was in the 82nd at Ft Bragg for 10 years, and deployed to Iraq 3 times. Lost a lot of his hearing to a roadside bomb and was given a medical discharge. He lives with us (along with my grandson) and is soon to finish his degree in Electrical Engineering from Valencia college in Orlando where we live.

I am also retired military, although I don't bring it up a lot. Just something I did when I was younger.
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Impressive family. You certainly have lots to be proud of and thankful for. Hope y’all have a great Christmas.
 
buzzdoc said:
Impressive family. You certainly have lots to be proud of and thankful for. Hope y’all have a great Christmas.
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Backatcha doc! Thanks.

And don't get me talking about my favorite, their little sister.
 
DeepSnap said:
The Letterwinners Club hasn't gone anywhere - it's still around, but we suffered a lot of the same problems with lost or waning interest the longer the Johnson Era dragged on. Phoning it in vs USF, Pitt, and Duke, a classic sign of a team being lost by the coaching staff, did as much. Many guys openly said they'd stay home til there was a coaching change.... I know one guy I'm going to tell to put his money where his mouth is & buy tickets again.
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Don’t know how you can say he lost the team when they rallied and played their best ball after the 1-3 start. The team didn’t quit. Too bad it sounds like some of the letter winners are quitters as fans, though. öööö those guys, they can stay away as far as I’m concerned.

JRjr
 
GTRules said:
Backatcha doc! Thanks.

And don't get me talking about my favorite, their little sister.
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Nah. My brother is a dwag and an interventional cardiologist. He’s a true embarrassment to the family name. :bigthumbup:
 
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