Fans still want to look good doing it. And before the game, they've wanted to talk Jaguars football — with each other in person, at the water cooler, on social media, loading up the lines on talk radio ... really, any place where there are other like-minded Teal-clad friends.
"I think they brought in coaches and players who want to be here," he said."They're not out for themselves or the money."It's simple: dress the part, talk the talk and walk the walk — straight to a big-screen TV with other Jags fans, wherever that might be.Perhaps the busiest place on Third Street at Jacksonville Beach isn't a restaurant, bar or retail store.
Smith's inventory doesn't stay shelved and racked very long. So many people came to the store the week of the Titans home game that he rented a small tent in the parking lot because they were getting close to the maximum number of people allowed on the premises. Stan Crouse of Jacksonville, another season ticket-holder since 1995, was also positively giddy after a shopping trip to Sports Mania.