College Football
Home Team: BGSU Falcons
Visiting Team: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Venue: Doyt Perry Stadium (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Game Time: 6:00 p.m.
Fellow Attendees: Brandi, Mike, Lisa
I wish BG games had been like this when I was in school. I graduated in 2000, just before Urban Meyer took over the Falcon program, which was in dire straits. Losing was the order of the day, and Falcon football was not very popular. I'd commonly get to the stadium an hour before kickoff and be the only one there, or nearly so. Contrast that with this Homecoming contest--Brandi and rolled into town around 4:00 p.m., about two hours prior to kickoff, and the area around the stadium was abuzz with tailgating activity. Orange-clad folks were EVERYWHERE, and it was awesome.
There's not a whole lot to say about the game itself. It was a pretty standard beating of a team that was pretty overmatched. I'm still trying to get a gauge on exactly how good the Falcons are, though, so it was interesting for that reason. After the absolutely horrific performance they subjected us to last year, I'm still half-expecting a serious collapse. Well, "expecting" is actually too strong a word, and it lessens with each strong outing, but it lingers a little bit.
Also, it was BGSU's homecoming game. Brandi and I got a hotel room so we could stay in the area overnight. We originally planned to go out hardcore like we did when we lived in town, but Brandi's work schedule and recent exhaustion overruled those plans. Instead, we just went out for pizza with my cousin Mike and his wife Lisa, who joined us for the game, and hung out for a while. So that was pretty cool, and we'll just have to reschedule our painting of the town for another football weekend.
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