Green Army steals win in Family Feud Nooner

Pornmanus Saetae

Wednesday’s Nooner on Feb. 25 began with a thunderous cheer echoing throughout the University Union. Instead of the usual musical performances, UNIQUE opted for a different attraction: Family Feud.

Participating were UNIQUE members themselves, The Green Army and KSSU. The event was hosted by Todd Sebastian, an instructor and program coordinator for The WELL.

The event drew a large number of people, from students to staff and faculty, all coming to cheer, clap and laugh while the teams competed for the grand prize, a large pizza from Round Table.

The first round was victorious for UNIQUE, facing The Green Army. Sebastian’s witty comments and the team’s interesting answers resulting in many laughs from the audience.

The survey questions were worded carefully, drawing in humorous responses from the teams as well supporting audience members who shouted out answers. One of the rounds was jokingly dubbed “Fifty Shades of Grey” by Sebastian for its hilarious sexual insinuation.

The competitive spirit and excitement in playing the game was obvious in the team’s reactions, with most of them too excited to push the button to answer before even hearing the whole question. Thus, leading to many funny moments as the player would have to guess the answer since they did not listen to the entire question.

The second round, which pitted KSSU against UNIQUE, even had a trick question, “Which class are you most likely to fall asleep in?” which had everyone stumped for the final answer, “all of them.”

The final, nail-biting round, with The Green Army versus KSSU, resulted in a tie then a tiebreaker round. With KSSU leading, The Green Army was able to steal the final win, declaring them victorious for the large pizza.

“We pulled out the last second and made our comeback,” said Cameron Crouch, a student and member of the The Green Army team.

If given the opportunity to participate again, the team said they will definitely return.

“We would definitely come back to reclaim our title,” said Darren Taylor another student and member of the The Green Army team.

The event was definitely a success and Carly Preston, the program assistant and student lead in coordinating the event was very happy with the turn out.

“We’ve done the Family Feud theme in the past, starting from the 90s,” explained Preston. “The last time we did this was back in 2010 or 2011 and I thought it would be fun to bring it back.”

Feedback from the audience was positive and many enjoyed seeing different Sac State groups pitted against each other for the entertainment.

“It was really fun to watch other groups on campus interact with each other,” said Stephanie Castillo.

Student Cynthia Mar said she really enjoyed watching the event and her favorite part was when the teams were tied for the win.

Preston explained the idea was a change-up and a special project for UNIQUE, who wanted to do something that was different from their usual shows and give the students and groups on campus a chance to interact with each other.