Statement: We're Cougars, first and foremost....then Bruins. We bleed blue, two shades now - powder blue and classic cougar blue. Saturday we bled a lot. Both teams got slaughtered. After hearing where our loyalties lie, our friends Jared and Mary invited us over to watch the BYU game. After listening to the season opener in our camp chairs surrounding the computer, seeing the cougars play live on TV sounded amazing. However, I must say that having the voice of Greg Wrublle ring through our new place made it feel much more like home. I mean even the commercials for Utah's own Grandma Sycamore's bread made me feel back in Utah again.
Anyways, we watched the game and cried. We couldn't hold on to the ball, and Airforce could. It was as simple as that. Sad day.
We hoped the day would improve. Surely both the Cougars and the Bruins couldn't let us down....
We set off for the Rose bowl. Of course...we encountered LA traffic.
It took 1.5 hours to get to Pasadena. I could have made it from Bountiful to Provo and half way back in that time. Alas, we made it.
But as we entered the city of pasedina , we began to notice something very odd. All the streets were residential and they were all closed. Signs were posted on every lap and power pole that no parking was permitted. Everyone is essentially forced to park in the General Parking lot which is really a golf course and pay and rediculous sum of 15.00 to park. What a joke. We didn't bring that much cash. We had to go find a grocery store, get buy some gum to get cash back, and then drive back to the Rose Bowl. Once we found parking, and managed to actually get in (you have to enter gate C if you're a student). We were amazed.
The Rose bowl is awesome. It is huge - it seats 91,000 people! Aside from hearing more swear words and crude comments and losing miserably, the game was fun. Football....there's just something about it. Even if you lose...you still love the game.
Now...Cougar football is even more magical than college football in general. Parking doesn't cost you an arm and a leg - you can park on the streets. People cheer instead of cuss. The fans cheer on their own and cause the stadium to quake. The stadium is a sea of blue and always full. And, last, but not least....Cougar fans actually went or go to BYU. Long Live Cougar Football!
I don't know my stadiums, but when I was in high school we performed at half time at a raders vs bronco's football game in the LA coliseum. And then walked in the rose bowl parade. is that a different stadium than where you guys were? looks awesome to be at the game.
ReplyDeletedid I say walked... typo of key and brain... I meant watched the parade
ReplyDeleteWow! Becca - That is WAY sweet! The coliseum is actually where USC plays...I hear it's pretty awesome as well. I wish we played there - it's closer!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see you bleed two kinds of blue...but that BYU is your "true" color!
ReplyDeleteCute new UCLA shirt swister! I love it! I have to agree that the BYU blue is the best shade, but I still support you since Matt goes there. If it was red... I'm not sure I would still be able to. It was a sad day.
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