Foaming At The Mouth
Only Six More Days!
You know where I'm gonna be seven Saturday afternoons this fall?
Sec. 127, row 27, seat 16!
Here's what my view of the field will look like:
See, it was Meet-The-Team night for the Northwestern football team on Friday. Basically a promotional/thank you event for all the season ticket holders. The difference this year is they were having activities all over the field (for the benefit of all the families with small kids) and we had the run of the stadium.
The grass is a little patchy and they haven't finished the stenciling...
...but there's nothing like being out on a well-manicured field of play. My camera is excellent but it doesn't do justice to the uniform height and texture of the grass
As I say there were football-related children's activities going on down on the field after the introductions. At the south end zone the kicking team was playing with the kids, letting 'em try punts and field goals. This girl (couldn't have been older than 14) walked up, kicked off her sandals, and place-kicked a ball through the uprights from the three-yard-line. Everybody was quite impressed and asked her to do it again.
You can't tell from this picture but she did it. And if you think that's nothing then you've never tried it.
Up on the terrace above the north end zone, players were taking pictures with fans. I was having none of that. I went straight for the cheerleaders.
Hel-loooooo Jenny and Kirsten! (Note: Those rather prominent sweat circles are from where I was carrying my backpack. Ruins the picture. I'll just have to get another one!)
I've met Pat Fitzgerald probably half a dozen times and he never fails to intimidate the fuck out of me. You can see that he's bigger than I am but the picture doesn't do it justice; he's considerably brawnier than I am. I wouldn't want the guy mad at me on or off the field. My two consolations are that I only see him at events where he's more or less obligated to treat me diplomatically and that he takes just as goofy-looking a picture as I do.
Coming this Friday: The beginning of my Big Ten football blogs that only I will be interested in!
Only Six More Days!
You know where I'm gonna be seven Saturday afternoons this fall?
Sec. 127, row 27, seat 16!
Here's what my view of the field will look like:
See, it was Meet-The-Team night for the Northwestern football team on Friday. Basically a promotional/thank you event for all the season ticket holders. The difference this year is they were having activities all over the field (for the benefit of all the families with small kids) and we had the run of the stadium.
The grass is a little patchy and they haven't finished the stenciling...
...but there's nothing like being out on a well-manicured field of play. My camera is excellent but it doesn't do justice to the uniform height and texture of the grass
As I say there were football-related children's activities going on down on the field after the introductions. At the south end zone the kicking team was playing with the kids, letting 'em try punts and field goals. This girl (couldn't have been older than 14) walked up, kicked off her sandals, and place-kicked a ball through the uprights from the three-yard-line. Everybody was quite impressed and asked her to do it again.
You can't tell from this picture but she did it. And if you think that's nothing then you've never tried it.
Up on the terrace above the north end zone, players were taking pictures with fans. I was having none of that. I went straight for the cheerleaders.
Hel-loooooo Jenny and Kirsten! (Note: Those rather prominent sweat circles are from where I was carrying my backpack. Ruins the picture. I'll just have to get another one!)
I've met Pat Fitzgerald probably half a dozen times and he never fails to intimidate the fuck out of me. You can see that he's bigger than I am but the picture doesn't do it justice; he's considerably brawnier than I am. I wouldn't want the guy mad at me on or off the field. My two consolations are that I only see him at events where he's more or less obligated to treat me diplomatically and that he takes just as goofy-looking a picture as I do.
Coming this Friday: The beginning of my Big Ten football blogs that only I will be interested in!
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Good job btw I wouldn't have had the patience for it.