What a great day!! Some of our most memorable times are sneaking into stadiums, and these....as much as we love BSU are not your 34,000 seat stadiums. They are massive, steeped in history and you can feel the rush of tradition the moment you step on campus. The University of Alabama was really fun, we stopped in and went through the Paul "Bear" Bryant museum how inspiring, his motto was "I aint noth'n but a winner" and you can still see the impact he had today. When we got to the stadium we pulled up in front just like we owned the place, walked up the sidewalk w/ all the monuments of past championships, great players and coaches, reached down to open the gate and naturally it was locked. That's when the excitement starts, we start running around from gate to gate looking for an opening or hole, and naturally we found one. The adrenaline started to flow as we walked up the ramp,, go towards the light I encouraged the boys.. partly because of the excitement and partly because I was afraid we'd be seen and kicked out. When we made it to the opening and walked out on the field the look on the boys faces was all worth the cut on my leg from getting through the fence and the potential jail time. It was huuuuuuuuge like nothing we'd ever seen before, we sat up in the stands, it was built to hold 103,000 fans but today it was just me and my boys. How special, we sat there quietly imagining running up and down the field, feeling the surge of excitement as 103,000 standing on their feet cheering, I secretly wondered if they would let a 38 yr old father of 5 still try out and then visions of ambulances and permanent paralysis brought me back to reality. We sat there and soaked it up and then went down and felt the grass and quietly walked out. How fun. Afterwards we went out on the front lawn and had a football game. I still thought there might be some scouts watching so I brought my C+ game,,, that's all I got left. It was pretty special when I stopped to think about....here I am with my family at the University of Alabama having a touch football game out front of the stadium w/ students walking by and stopping to watch. Something I never could of imagined a memory I'll never forget!!
Addy was not content with being on the sidelines she wanted a piece of the action.
How cute is that picture of Carston and the boys. Corey wanted to relive the glory days!
Just after this picture he had to be helped off w/ a hamstring pull.
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| How sad So out of shape I need Colton to hold my leg up for me. |
Watching Alabama VS NorthWestern...boys had a good time razzing the left fielder and hoping for a home run ball to chase!!
2 comments:
You guys are the biggest partiers in America. I want to see some more cheerleading moves, Allysun. That one was a amazing! Hope your doing well.
Corey, I love sneaking into stadiums as well when I am traveling. Put on a white shirt and tie and you can go anywhere, even up to the suites.
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