Ok while I realize I am getting older (as a matter of fact I can add one more year to the tally on Tuesday), I felt reallllllly old on Friday night at the local high school football game.
It was also very evident that I was not in the good ole South watching the game. A few observations:
- Gelato at the game (you know that thick ice cream kinda stuff)
- Jamba Juice Trailer (smoothie company)
- Quesadilla's fresh off the grill
- last but certainly not least....Starbucks Trailer--is nothing safe anymore????
- All the Seniors where shirts with their names on them--now not a t-shirt, a custom-made Nike bsketball-type sleeveless jersey. I heard a parent say they each cost more than $100
- The stands 1/2 full on the homeside, 1/4 full on the visitor side--the visiting team is like 15 miles away. Geez, we drove 1+ hours sometimes in high school
- no more homemade cheerleader signs (you know "beat the Tigers", "Go Team", etc crafted on butcher block paper and lining the fence--oh now, they have permanent banners they take with them.
- The big paper sign the team runs thru--it too is a plastic banner and they just drop it on the ground and the team runs over it.
- no more passing a hat around at the end of the game to collect $$ to feed the team dinner afterwards.
- Then of course toss in all the piercings, tatoos, etc on the high school set and that just made it even more strange
There were some things that were nice to see:
- the band--very good, yet still mostly the geeks (hope I don't offend anyone--this was the case when I was in school)
- the band played the same touch down song we did
- The student section--stood the whole game
- stadium seats--still just as hard and uncomfortable
Overall, we had a great time and Sofia keeps asking to go back, so I think we will make a plan to see the home games.
1 comment :
OMG!! I can't believe the differences in Southwestern v. southeastern football! We live for football, here!
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