Now that we were back in Utah, my chances of getting to attend a U of U football game in person went WAY up! (o: I lucked out when my aunt Jill called to tell me she had an extra ticket she wanted to let me use for the Colorado game. I think it was Colorado State. I was so excited!! It was a rainy day - we joked that I must have brought the Oregon weather with me. But the soggy weather didn't dampen my spirits one bit. It was so fun to attend a game with my family. When I walked into the stadium for the first time in over a decade I got the chills! There's something so exciting about attending a football game in a huge stadium full of fans. All the beautiful red, the smells, the excitement, I was loving it! The first quarter was slow and disappointing - kind of the pattern the Utes followed a lot this season. But in the second quarter they picked up the pace and things just got better from there! It was such a FUN game.
As the sun came out and the rain subsided the game got better and better. Look at all of those empty seats -
Utahns don't like sitting in the rain apparently. It was kind of miserable and cold at first, but when your team is playing well - who cares?! Jumping up and down always warms you up.
Mom and Tina and I trying to keep warm.
Andy gets pretty serious about the games. (o:
Russ in his fancy
shmancy football blanket poncho thing. He was prepared.
Poised for a touchdown on our end of the field! I don't remember the final score, but it was a blow out. It was 31 to 6 at the beginning of the third quarter and I think we broke 50 if I remember right. (I just checked - it was 59 to 6!) Normally, I feel a little bad when there's a blow out, but I couldn't get enough of cheering for those touchdowns! (O:
We didn't get to sit by Chrissy because she is sits with the MUSS (Mighty
Utah Student Section). I think Chuck* was the one that told us he saw Chrissy on TV. So we came home to check my parents recorded version of the game and sure enough the cameras went to these goofy guys about 4 times during the game. Believe it or not, there ARE some kooky U of U fans and Chris sits right behind them in the MUSS. (o: She's the one in the white poncho looking straight ahead behind the goofy "naked" guys. And she's right next to Hailey my cousin and Lauren (my other cousin's girlfriend) who are talking. Pretty funny.
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