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Date Posted: Friday, March 14, 03:52:25pm
Author: Millsy
Subject: Re: My Beaver Fever has Returned
In reply to: benniehaha 's message, "My Beaver Fever has Returned" on Friday, March 14, 03:03:31pm

I BELIEVE!!!! Now GO GREEN!!!!

Millsy

>I've come down with another case of Beaver Fever; it�s
>something I can�t shake. Even with the Beavs horrible
>finish to the regular season; I can�t be Fever free
>for long.
>Each season I seem to get thoroughly disappointed with
>their play at times and I shut the game off and vow to
>stop watching. But every time I return to the TV or
>Sanford Center and watch, full of optimism that
>they�ll turn it around and play the way we all know
>they can play.
>This season isn�t any different, it may have even been
>worse, I vowed to stop watching after seeing them give
>up 2 games to Northern Michigan, and I returned. I
>vowed to stop watching again after seeing them play
>like garbage in Mankato, but I returned. I thought it
>couldn�t get any worse when they dropped one to
>Huntsville and I vowed to stop watching again, but I
>returned. Last weekend I was on vacation and I watched
>the games on my computer and was laughing as the Beavs
>gave up 10 to Bowling Green because that was worse
>than Huntsville, and it was laughable at that point.
>�Never again!� I said.
>How have I gotten thru this over the years? I�m not
>really sure, but there is one saying that rings thru
>my head constantly. �Don�t Quit, Never Give Up and
>Always Believe!� This is something a coach of mine
>told me when I was a kid, a coach that just so happens
>to have played for the Beavs. This saying could even
>be a Beaver hockey saying, I�m not entirely sure.
>Anyhow, it was passed onto me as a kid and it stuck.
>So, here I sit at work, with this ringing thru my head
>over and over again. �Don�t Quit, Never Give Up and
>Always Believe!� �Don�t Quit, Never Give Up and Always
>Believe!� �Don�t Quit, Never Give Up and Always
>Believe!�
>I grew up in Northern Minnesota, in Bemidji. I know
>the economic impact of living up there, we probably
>all know it. I grew up with very little and I was able
>to succeed and graduate from BSU with a degree,
>beating the odds. So, I know what it�s like to be the
>underdog, we know what it�s like, we cheer for the
>underdog, and we thrive in being the underdog. I mean
>we cheer for the Vikings, Twins and Wild. We�re said
>to be a small market and we have no chance, and as big
>schools and big programs turn their backs on us and
>the other underdog schools of the WCHA, we can sleep
>at night and wake up in the morning knowing it�ll be
>alright.
>Simply put, I believe. I know we can win these games
>this weekend. And I know we can win the Final Five,
>because I believe. I believe in these Beaver players,
>I believe in the coaches and I believe in this Program.
>So, as I prepare myself to go tell my boss I�ve come
>down with a Fever, and I need to go home. I ask you
>Beaver Nation, do you believe?
>
>P.S. Thanks Millsy for this site and your thoughts. I
>appreciate it and I enjoy reading everything people
>have to say about our Nation. I'll be watching the
>other sites you mentioned early this week and look
>forward to reading all your comments.

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