bull2saintleo Posted March 14, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 131 Content Count: 3,095 Reputation: 159 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/17/2004 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Good thing the F.W. wasn't scheduled for UCF! Er, thats a road game bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaUSFBull Posted March 14, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 263 Content Count: 24,750 Reputation: 3,107 Days Won: 87 Joined: 12/15/2009 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Just making sure people realize that family weekend is nothing to do with alumni and their families .... it is a weekend for parents of current students to come to campus and spend a weekend with their student. Dang, so the parents of students are coming in on Miami week - for many, that will mean easy on the drinking and debauchery ... advantage Miami there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted March 14, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Good thing the F.W. wasn't scheduled for UCF! Er, thats a road game bud. Even Better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 14, 2013 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 96,987 Reputation: 10,808 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 We should probably have Family Weekend in Vero, since it doesn't cost any more... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cow Pie Posted March 15, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 423 Content Count: 7,693 Reputation: 35 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/04/2008 Share Posted March 15, 2013 What is family weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctbrown24 Posted March 15, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 205 Content Count: 2,187 Reputation: 20 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/06/2006 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Just making sure people realize that family weekend is nothing to do with alumni and their families .... it is a weekend for parents of current students to come to campus and spend a weekend with their student. It appeals to traditional aged freshmen students who are not from the Tampa Bay area. IE - your family from out of state comes and checks up on you. The game is picked (in the past at least) based on the date and not the opponent. They want something from late September to mid October, so that the kids who are home sick or slacking off have a chance for their families to make a positive impact on their academics. Oh I know that. But when I was at USF it was never a big deal. My brother is a current USF student and hasn't even heard of it. My sister at UCF knows all about hers because they send out tons of mailings on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SattyBull Posted March 15, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 56 Content Count: 1,390 Reputation: 13 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/09/2007 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Just making sure people realize that family weekend is nothing to do with alumni and their families .... it is a weekend for parents of current students to come to campus and spend a weekend with their student. It appeals to traditional aged freshmen students who are not from the Tampa Bay area. IE - your family from out of state comes and checks up on you. The game is picked (in the past at least) based on the date and not the opponent. They want something from late September to mid October, so that the kids who are home sick or slacking off have a chance for their families to make a positive impact on their academics. Oh I know that. But when I was at USF it was never a big deal. My brother is a current USF student and hasn't even heard of it. My sister at UCF knows all about hers because they send out tons of mailings on it. This. I'm graduating in May and you never hear of it in the general student conversations. My parents never had much use for it because they came to most games anyways, but friends at other schools would always post pictures online and talk about it. I've heard some pretty interesting stories involving Parents Weekend and Kens Tavern up in Tallahassee the night before an FSU game. I think it plays into some of the commuter school situation...like you said, it's for parents of kids who are likely from outside of the Bay area. Welp, that probably eliminates half of the student body right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breedwell Posted March 15, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 8 Content Count: 863 Reputation: 96 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/20/2012 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Just making sure people realize that family weekend is nothing to do with alumni and their families .... it is a weekend for parents of current students to come to campus and spend a weekend with their student. It appeals to traditional aged freshmen students who are not from the Tampa Bay area. IE - your family from out of state comes and checks up on you. The game is picked (in the past at least) based on the date and not the opponent. They want something from late September to mid October, so that the kids who are home sick or slacking off have a chance for their families to make a positive impact on their academics. Oh I know that. But when I was at USF it was never a big deal. My brother is a current USF student and hasn't even heard of it. My sister at UCF knows all about hers because they send out tons of mailings on it. Joined the darkside, did she? I had never really heard of it, thought it was something more for sports-related families to have a special day for their parents to come see them play football and stuff. I'm currently a USF student. My main footnote though is that I've never really paid attention to things regarding my parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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