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Per Kellis artilce in the Star and Eagle....
“It was designed on a whim with our former athletic director, Max Urick,” Floyd said. “We had no concept it was going to take off like it has. It was an idea born out of one too many bottles of wine.
“We were talking about how to create a more festive game-day atmosphere when a guy rolled around us on a Harley. Max looked at me and grinned. He said, ‘We need that. It’s a lot of noise and what our fans want. Go see if you can do it.’ Everything fell into place, and we still do it today.”
Of course, the first Harley Day in 1998 looked much different than it does today.
“There were no shiny, perfect bikes like you see now,” Floyd said. “It was all true Harley riders, most of them had probably never been to a K-State football game. You would not believe the smoke they made. I remember standing on the track and watching what looked like a dense fog overtake the field. I thought Bill Snyder was going to come out and go ballistic. I was ready to drive to Colorado to avoid him.”
Floyd didn’t have to. As it turned it, he said, opposing coaches complained so much about motorcycle noise interrupting pregame meetings that Snyder decided it gave K-State an advantage.
“We are very proud of that,” Floyd said.
Per Kellis artilce in the Star and Eagle....
“It was designed on a whim with our former athletic director, Max Urick,” Floyd said. “We had no concept it was going to take off like it has. It was an idea born out of one too many bottles of wine.
“We were talking about how to create a more festive game-day atmosphere when a guy rolled around us on a Harley. Max looked at me and grinned. He said, ‘We need that. It’s a lot of noise and what our fans want. Go see if you can do it.’ Everything fell into place, and we still do it today.”
Of course, the first Harley Day in 1998 looked much different than it does today.
“There were no shiny, perfect bikes like you see now,” Floyd said. “It was all true Harley riders, most of them had probably never been to a K-State football game. You would not believe the smoke they made. I remember standing on the track and watching what looked like a dense fog overtake the field. I thought Bill Snyder was going to come out and go ballistic. I was ready to drive to Colorado to avoid him.”
Floyd didn’t have to. As it turned it, he said, opposing coaches complained so much about motorcycle noise interrupting pregame meetings that Snyder decided it gave K-State an advantage.
“We are very proud of that,” Floyd said.
