#FritzBlitz Kicks Off Paint the Town Blue Week
9/8/2015 3:06:00 PM | Football
Coach hands out tickets around town to Saturday's home opener
STATESBORO, Ga. - You never know where you'll see Georgia Southern head football coach Willie Fritz around town as the energetic and charismatic coach is often seen chatting it up at local establishments and with Eagle fans. Tuesday was a perfect example of this as the second-year head coach went around Statesboro handing out tickets to Saturday's home opener against Western Michigan to unsuspecting fans.
The #FritzBlitz was part of Paint the Town Blue, a week-long celebration of events and activities designed to raise awareness and excitement for the home opener.
Fritz visited Sea Island Bank in downtown Statesboro, Vision Source Eye Center and Cook Out on Fair Road to drum up support for the Eagles and hand out tickets to fans who didn't already have them.
There are other activities planned for the week as part of #PTB2015. Click this link for all of the activities and don't forget to wear blue for Saturday's game.
The Eagles meet Western Michigan in their home opener this Saturday at Paulson Stadium, and kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Georgia Southern has won eight straight home openers, and it will be the Eagles' first non-conference contest against an FBS opponent in Paulson Stadium.
A bevy of activities are going on this week, including Paint the Town Blue. Other promotions for the opener are Night of Champions, GATA Club All-Sports Reunion, Football National Championship Anniversaries, a pre-game ceremony to hoist the 2014 Sun Belt Championship flag and Band Day.
Fans can purchase tickets and select their seats online, by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting the ticket office in the Cowart Building adjacent to Paulson Stadium (203 Lanier Drive). Ticket office hours are Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Season tickets prices start as low as $75 for all six games.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting GSEagles.com.
The #FritzBlitz was part of Paint the Town Blue, a week-long celebration of events and activities designed to raise awareness and excitement for the home opener.
Fritz visited Sea Island Bank in downtown Statesboro, Vision Source Eye Center and Cook Out on Fair Road to drum up support for the Eagles and hand out tickets to fans who didn't already have them.
There are other activities planned for the week as part of #PTB2015. Click this link for all of the activities and don't forget to wear blue for Saturday's game.
The Eagles meet Western Michigan in their home opener this Saturday at Paulson Stadium, and kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Georgia Southern has won eight straight home openers, and it will be the Eagles' first non-conference contest against an FBS opponent in Paulson Stadium.
A bevy of activities are going on this week, including Paint the Town Blue. Other promotions for the opener are Night of Champions, GATA Club All-Sports Reunion, Football National Championship Anniversaries, a pre-game ceremony to hoist the 2014 Sun Belt Championship flag and Band Day.
Fans can purchase tickets and select their seats online, by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting the ticket office in the Cowart Building adjacent to Paulson Stadium (203 Lanier Drive). Ticket office hours are Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Season tickets prices start as low as $75 for all six games.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting GSEagles.com.
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