The Carolina Huddle

[GRWatcher]

Old timer here. Since 2003. Don't come by too often these days. It is hockey playoff season after all. Mostly just read when I do. Pie a lot. Panthers Twitter (never ever X) still quite active. Follow Panthers a lot on YouTube too. This place became toxic for awhile and the shine wore off. Despite Zod not paying attention, I'm glad it's still here.

The Tepper/Rhule era was hell. Tried to make the Panthers a college team. Bleh!

Thank you to everyone who continues to post. I don't always agree but do appreciate it. 

My favorite moment? At a Carolina Huddle tailgate a long, long time ago I met Kurb. At one point in our conversation, he said, "all this time I thought you were a guy!"  

[Jon Snow]

6 hours ago, strato said:

Are you a blues man? 

I used to be. Still love the music but I no longer play.

[Basbear]

1 minute ago, Jon Snow said:

I used to be. Still love the music but I no longer play.

I need some fresh blues tunes, send them my way whenever you want. 

My go-to is lighting, you can use that as a base-line. 

[Basbear]

Shocked no one has bought up the great reset of 2008.

 

I hope it bugs the poo out zob and anyone else that this type of thread happens every 6 months or so.....

 

Others been dropping names, I will do the same.... wheres my brother @venom @??

 

Edited Thursday at 12:22 AM by Basbear

[Jon Snow]

3 minutes ago, Basbear said:

Shocked no one has bought up the great reset of 2008.

 

I hope it bugs the poo out zob and anyone else that this type of thread happens every 6 months or so.....

 

Others been dropping names, I will do the same.... wheres my brother @venom @??

 

Thats when a lot of usernames got reset. At least that's when I changed mine.  The rest is history. 

[strato]

54 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

I used to be. Still love the music but I no longer play.

Me too. I don’t like to advertise it much but I played it for a living for a lot of years. Other music too, to make a living. If you could call it a living. We should talk sometime. Bet we know some of the same people if you played in NC. I am SC but used to play all over up there. Years ago. 
 

Edited Thursday at 01:11 AM by strato

[NorthTryon]

Ya'll better quit throwing shots at Zod. He'll come in here and ban everybody. I had a friend @prosource who was banned in 2015 because he said some very minor things about Zod being an ass to the posters on the main forum after starting the All-Pro one. He said he felt like another level is cool, but don't punch down on people that don't want All-Pro. (He did say that it wasn't going to last long anyways.) I distinctly remember him calling and being like "dude, I got banned, my profile says I don't have access to the Huddle!") I feel like once Tepper came in and cut off all unofficial access to the team, Zod was going to be around less. The All-Pro board had really good photos, even in game stuff, and I remember seeing him behind a little fenced in area at Wofford for non team sanctioned press/photographers after Tepper bought the team. I knew then his ego wouldn't allow him to continue with past fervency and effort with that reduction in access. Dude was literally in the locker room when JR was owner. 

I came over in 2011 immediately after finding out this place existed. I was super involved with the Charlotte forum, and fell off after its demise. I will never forget arguing Pep over Ryan Sims on that forum! Who is Ryan Sims some of you may ask? My answer is exactly!

[strato]

1 hour ago, NorthTryon said:

Ya'll better quit throwing shots at Zod. He'll come in here and ban everybody. I had a friend @prosource who was banned in 2015 because he said some very minor things about Zod being an ass to the posters on the main forum after starting the All-Pro one. He said he felt like another level is cool, but don't punch down on people that don't want All-Pro. (He did say that it wasn't going to last long anyways.) I distinctly remember him calling and being like "dude, I got banned, my profile says I don't have access to the Huddle!") I feel like once Tepper came in and cut off all unofficial access to the team, Zod was going to be around less. The All-Pro board had really good photos, even in game stuff, and I remember seeing him behind a little fenced in area at Wofford for non team sanctioned press/photographers after Tepper bought the team. I knew then his ego wouldn't allow him to continue with past fervency and effort with that reduction in access. Dude was literally in the locker room when JR was owner. 

I came over in 2011 immediately after finding out this place existed. I was super involved with the Charlotte forum, and fell off after its demise. I will never forget arguing Pep over Ryan Sims on that forum! Who is Ryan Sims some of you may ask? My answer is exactly!

I have that sense, and have stayed out of that. Until this comment - I mean, all you have to do is look at the re-naming of the draft sub forum. 

Edited Thursday at 06:03 PM by strato

[ladypanther]

Wanted to jump into this thread. Although I do not post anymore I do look in as there are a few old friends around.

Loved hearing some of the names you mentioned.  Another  oldie is NanceUSMC.  He is the one who got me here from the old Observer forum.  Good guy and smart football guy. I have learned a lot from a lot of good Huddlers over the years,

Over time. we have sadly lost a few who left this earth too soon.  Anyone who know of someone, it would be nice to try to make a list.  One of the more recent, CosmoGirl,  was someone that kind of hit hard.  Life sucks sometimes.

Some of the best times were when we had our own tailgate and could meet up in person.  I think it made us better. Several dedicated volunteers, lead by LiverMush, started setting things up in the wee hours of each gameday morning.  Don't know all those regulars but I remember JakeFlake was one.  For you newbies...each game,  a Huddler (or a group) sponsored the food for each tailgate.  Eating was free but a donation was asked for.  At the end of the year those donations were used to buy bicycles for Toys for Tots.  Over the years Huddlers bought a lot of new bikes for kids for Christmas.  (I am guessing a couple of hundred each year.)  We had a good time getting together, got to make friends in person, and then got to feel like you were doing something good. It was truly a community.

I got to meet Dan Morgan at one of our tailgates...he brought pizza from his restaurant.  How many of you remember that?  Glad the restaurant did not make it....lol.

Not only have people changed, and come and gone.....but the entire nature and purpose has changed. Nothing lasts forever and we move on but we still like to think about good times. Same reason we take pictures.

Want to ask a question I have not seen anyone else mention...........who remembers    "The Couch" ? 

We have argued, laughed, lived the ups and downs of football and dealt with a little real life along the way.  A thanks to  the Mods who keep this going.  I am sure they sacrifice a lot of their time out of love for the forum and the Panthers.

Take care my friends and be well.  I will close with my new favorite quote which I think is greatly needed in these difficult times.  

 

 

 

Edited 20 minutes ago by ladypanther

[t96]

1 hour ago, ladypanther said:

Wanted to jump into this thread. Although I do not post anymore I do look in as there are a few old friends around.

Loved hearing some of the names you mentioned.  Another  oldie is NanceUSMC.  He is the one who got me here from the old Observer forum.  Good guy and smart football guy. I have learned a lot from a lot of good Huddlers over the years,

Over time. we have sadly lost a few who left this earth too soon.  Anyone who know of someone, it would be nice to try to make a list.  One of the more recent, CosmoGirl,  was someone that kind of hit hard.  Life sucks sometimes.

Some of the best times were when we had our own tailgate and could meet up in person.  I think it made us better. Several dedicated volunteers, lead by LiverMush, started setting things up in the wee hours of each gameday morning.  Don't know all those regulars but I remember JakeFlake was one.  For you newbies...each game,  a Huddler (or a group) sponsored the food for each tailgate.  Eating was free but a donation was asked for.  At the end of the year those donations were used to buy bicycles for Toys for Tots.  Over the years Huddlers bought a lot of new bikes for kids for Christmas.  (I am guessing a couple of hundred each year.)  We had a good time getting together, got to make friends in person, and then got to feel like you were doing something good. It was truly a community.

I got to meet Dan Morgan at one of our tailgates...he brought pizza from his restaurant.  How many of you remember that?  Glad the restaurant did not make it....lol.

Not only have people changed, and come and gone.....but the entire nature and purpose has changed. Nothing lasts forever and we move on but we still like to think about good times. Same reason we take pictures.

Want to ask a question I have not seen anyone else mention......who remembers    "The Couch" ? 

We have argued, laughed, lived the ups and downs of football and dealt with a little real life along the way.  A thanks to  the Mods who keep this going.  I am sure they sacrifice a lot of their time out of love for the forum and the Panthers.

Take care my friends and be well.  I will close with my new favorite quote which I think is greatly needed in these difficult times.  

 

 

 

Nice to see you pop in here again!

[Jon Snow]

3 hours ago, ladypanther said:

Wanted to jump into this thread. Although I do not post anymore I do look in as there are a few old friends around.

Loved hearing some of the names you mentioned.  Another  oldie is NanceUSMC.  He is the one who got me here from the old Observer forum.  Good guy and smart football guy. I have learned a lot from a lot of good Huddlers over the years,

Over time. we have sadly lost a few who left this earth too soon.  Anyone who know of someone, it would be nice to try to make a list.  One of the more recent, CosmoGirl,  was someone that kind of hit hard.  Life sucks sometimes.

Some of the best times were when we had our own tailgate and could meet up in person.  I think it made us better. Several dedicated volunteers, lead by LiverMush, started setting things up in the wee hours of each gameday morning.  Don't know all those regulars but I remember JakeFlake was one.  For you newbies...each game,  a Huddler (or a group) sponsored the food for each tailgate.  Eating was free but a donation was asked for.  At the end of the year those donations were used to buy bicycles for Toys for Tots.  Over the years Huddlers bought a lot of new bikes for kids for Christmas.  (I am guessing a couple of hundred each year.)  We had a good time getting together, got to make friends in person, and then got to feel like you were doing something good. It was truly a community.

I got to meet Dan Morgan at one of our tailgates...he brought pizza from his restaurant.  How many of you remember that?  Glad the restaurant did not make it....lol.

Not only have people changed, and come and gone.....but the entire nature and purpose has changed. Nothing lasts forever and we move on but we still like to think about good times. Same reason we take pictures.

Want to ask a question I have not seen anyone else mention...........who remembers    "The Couch" ? 

We have argued, laughed, lived the ups and downs of football and dealt with a little real life along the way.  A thanks to  the Mods who keep this going.  I am sure they sacrifice a lot of their time out of love for the forum and the Panthers.

Take care my friends and be well.  I will close with my new favorite quote which I think is greatly needed in these difficult times.  

 

 

 

Awesome summary old friend. I remember. 

[RoaringRiot]

 when @boo7382 and I brought the porta jon to the Huddle Tailgate that was a game changer