Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Homecoming Week Is Here
10/24/2012 12:00:00 AM | General
Oct. 24, 2012
When I came to Florida Atlantic, on a date that we could have a social media contest to identify, homecoming was held each year, but in conjunction with men's basketball. There was a parade that began and ended at the "Burrow" better known to the alumni who will return this weekend as the Teaching Gymnasium. Floats were popular but there weren't many. In fact, odds are there will be more golf carts in the 2012 parade than there were floats back in the day.
Football has meant everything to the celebration of homecoming. I first noticed it at Pro Player and since the arrival of the on-campus stadium it has blossomed. Who would have ever thought there would be more than 1,000 students gathered in the on-campus stadium to watch the Presidential Debate, taking place less than a mile away? Way to go FAU Program Board great idea! The student events this week are and can be found HERE (http://www.fau.edu/homecoming/).
FAU athletic teams get into the spirit as well. Women's soccer plays host to FIU at 7 p.m. on Thursday while softball plays Lynn also at 7 p.m. On Friday volleyball will play host to Middle Tennessee at 6:30 and the men's soccer will host Bowling Green at 7 p.m. The swimming and diving teams will take the pool 11 a.m. Saturday, when they face Princeton and the FAU swimming alumni. Baseball will conclude an Alumni Weekend with a game at noon on Saturday and a ring ceremony celebrating the 2012 Sun Belt Championship title. Volleyball will return to the court at 1 p.m. on Saturday versus a ranked Western Kentucky team. Everyone will then continue their celebrations by taking their respective alum to the football game at 5 p.m. versus Troy.
It is a special weekend and a great time to catch various sports but what is even more special is the opportunity to catch-up with former players, meet their families and talk about "back in the day". In all the talk, we need to keep the men's and women's cross country teams on our cheering minds while they are at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
Go Owls!
