Wednesday, October 08, 2003
by the way, did i ever tell you the outcome from the first football game of the season? no? allow me.
football game #1: vs sac state (sucs)
so the first quarter looked bad. they score once and the board reads 7-0, sac state. students from the home stands came with "f*ck davis" t-shirts. well isn't that nice. and we have our own shirts... but we're better. we stay put and watch the game. second quarter we score to tie the game, 7-7. but soon thereafter, they steal the ball and score. we're one touchdown behind. then, we get a field kick, and it's good. so 14-10 sac state, and we go into half-time.
RUDE. they are incredibly rude. for those of you back home: if you thought villa park and us were bad, think again. it was absolutely appalling. (nice water bottle you through at us during half-time. yeah. bad aim, though.)
anyway, back to the game. third quarter, they score again... i remain hopelessly hopeful. soon enough, we score again, keeping close at their heel. the score now 21-17 sac state. and the moment we've all been waiting for: the first lead in the game. we score two consecutive goals, bringing our score up to 24-21 uc davis. but no time for cheers. fourth quarter goes on without any touchdowns until the last few minutes of the game. sac state scores and the lead is reversed, 27-24. they didn't make the field goal, though. the clock keeps ticking, and we're all nervous. there was enough time left on the clock to change the outcome of the game. so we used it, of course.
fourth quarter, 1:17 or so left in the game. we slowly inch our way to the end of the field. the band plays, the crowd cheers, then falls eerily silent.
0:18 seconds left.
clock ticking...
the crowd cheers. for a split second, you didn't know from which side of the stands the racket came from; there was just too much going on at once. but then i look across at the home stands and everyone is standing up... to leave.
we won over our rival, sac state, with 18 seconds remaining on the clock. it was an amazing game with very high points throughout the night, and damn, we felt good.
not such a bad experience for a first game for a 1st year. as a matter of fact, it was the best way to start off my college band days.
random fact of the day:
did you know that october 18th is national "sweetest day"? mmhmm. basically, it's a day where you show the ones you love the most that you truly care. so do them a favor: get them something, do something special for them, "just because". i love those. share the love.
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