Thursday, Jan. 19 men's game vs. Jacksonville
State
Monday, Jan. 23 women's game vs Jacksonville
State
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- While there has been almost no snowfall
across Tennessee this winter, the Upper Cumberland region is facing
a bona fide "blizzard" in the coming days -- inside Eblen Center,
that is.
A "blizzard" advisory has been posted for Tennessee Tech's
upcoming basketball games against Jacksonville State. Tech
officials are expecting the advisory to be upgraded to a fill
"blizzard' warning for the men's basketball game on Thursday night,
Jan. 19, and the women's contest on Monday, Jan. 23.
Whether or not the weather outside cooperates won't matter -- the
legendary "blizzard" is brewing inside Eblen Center for the Ohio
Valley Conference games against the Gamecocks. Tennessee Tech
Athletics in bringing back The Blizzard, and fan participation is
the key.
"Blizzards" in Eblen Center became legendary in the late 1980s and
early 1990s, one event going so far as to be selected by ESPN as
the Play of the Day. That's not a play from the game, but the
actual "blizzard" of Tech squares. The network used footage of
Tech's blizzard as a key video element during it's lead-in to
national telecasts for the remainder of that season.
Tech found the original "Tech squares" for this blizzard -- small,
square sheets of toilet paper -- and will provide them to fans in
the stands prior to the games. No outside paper of any form
will be allowed into Eblen Center. No objects should be
thrown into the air except the "official" Tech squares.
Tech held "blizzards" last year at a couple of games. It was the
first experience of the event for many younger fans who weren't
attending Tech games 15 to 20 years ago, including the current TTU
student body. For many, they had no experience of the huge
blizzards of those decades that actually caused the floor to get
darkened by the heavy amount of paper "snow" in the air.
Fans are asked to act in a responsible manner for the safety of
the players, and to follow the OVC Sportsmanship guidelines by not
throwing the paper onto the playing floor to hinder the game's
progress. Throwing paper onto the floor could lead to ejection from
Eblen Center.
"We're excited about bringing back the blizzard, and we're trying
to manage it within the OVC Sportsmanship guidelines," said Mark
Wilson, TTU Director of Athletics. "It's an event from the past
that our fans and students always got excited about. We're asking
fans to contain the blizzard within the stands so we don't
interfere with the game."
Fans wait in anticipation for Tech's first basket of the game
(field goal, not free throws, that is). As soon as the Golden
Eagles score their first basket, the air is filled with Tech
squares, sometimes so thick that the "blizzard" blocks out the
arena lights and shadows engulf the floor.
"It's important that we have one blizzard at our first points,
that it stays in the seats, and that nobody throws any items after
that," Wilson said. "That's the main message we need to impress
upon our fans."
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