These Buffs can be seen during the day strolling around campus enjoying all the Milligan plains have to offer, but when it’s game day something clicks, and The Herd unleashes their school spirit.
Sophomores Joe Lyttle and Brian Sackett started The Herd, a school club dedicated to enthusiastically supporting Milligan athletics.
Lyttle saw the need for focused participation at sporting events and decided to organize a section of students for the games.
“If you are a student at Milligan, then you are a part of the Herd,” Lyttle said. “You don’t have to show up to every event, but we want our athletics to have a lot of school spirit.”
Before the Herd was an official club, Lyttle and Sackett traveled across the country to support the Buffs at various athletic events. They then decided to kickstart the club and let fellow students join them in cheering at athletic events. Their club status provides funding for painting and any other accessories needed for herding in Milligan students on game days.
The Herd shows true dedication at softball games, baseball games and basketball games (and those rare Milligan football games).
“We haven’t done anything nuts,” Lyttle said. “We just want people to know we are here and to come support our Buffs. A lot of people don’t know about us, so we want to get out the word.
The Herd will continue to be at sporting events, so next time you get the “It’s Game Day” email, let your inner Buff out and follow The Herd. All you have to do to join is simply show up to the game. When you see a group of Milligan students wearing body paint or holding signs, you know you are in the right place
