Game Day! OSU vs San Diego State

Wow, today was the longest day ever! That being said, watching the Beavers protect Reser Stadium against the Aztecs was pretty awesome.

Watching football alone is fun, but it can get boring. When you throw in a couple friends, it becomes better (especially if you have chips and dip). But if you stand in the student section of the Beavers football game, it's a whole new experience. At first, it was disappointing. OSU has a new rule in effect starting this year where the ticket purchased actually does apply to where you sit (whereas in the past it was first come first serve no matter the ticket). We were sitting about 9 rows back, so we weren't really complaining, but having got there 90 minutes early, we really thought we could get the front row. As more people entered, it became apparent that there was no way the security could enforce the new rule on hundreds of determined students, so we joined the masses and moved to the fifth row on the 20 yard line. The view was awesome, and the people were even better.

Behind us was a 7th year (he graduated and came back) who was more than slightly tipsy, and was determined that a back-up kicker by the name of Owens was better than the OSU defense. Whenever we began cheering "Ooooooo" he would always change it to "Oooooweeeens" and demanded that Owens play quarterback too.

In front of us was a group of rowdy people, but they were the good kind of rowdy. They started many chants, and got stoked with every good play, and gave high-fives to about 20 people every time. I was constantly laughing, especially when we started keeping score of the WSU vs U of O game which was really close. (Ducks ended up winning 38-31, but playing an unseeded team when they are 2nd and only winning by that much is beyond embarrassing). Whenever WSU would score, our section would have intermixed cheers of "Go Cougs" and "___ the Ducks" with the blank being filled in by profanity rhyming with "Ducks".

Since the game started at 7:30, it was close to 10:30 or so when the game finished. I probably went to five high school football games. Silverton was always strong, so it was almost always a guaranteed win. However college games take it to another level. Whether it's hearing drunk guys say hilarious things, or hoping the ice cream beats the cottage cheese (it's one of the silly games they play to keep the audience entertained), college games are far more intense. I can't wait until the next game, and I'm totally ready to camp out for front row tickets, because at the end when I was leaning on the concrete wall cheering on our team for the last three minutes, it was so awesome.