We had an unexpected big adventure. Just yesterday, Randy was given two tickets to today’s UVa vs. Georgia Tech game (luckily children less than a year old don’t need a ticket). Kes is already a being indoctrinated with a love of football so we decided to take her to experience her first live college football game. It has been many years since I’ve attended a college football game but I don’t think I was prepared for the rabidity of the Wahoos (the unofficial name of UVa fans for some unknown reason), the sheer volume of the crowd, or the heat. Don’t get me wrong, I had a good time — it was just a little too toasty for Kes and me (and a bit too orange).
Bottles are not allowed into “The Carl Smith Center, the home of the David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium” (did too many people give giant sums of money or what??) so the 60,000+ attendees are obligated to purchase water from the concessions stands at $3.50 for 12 ounces of Pepsi Co’s Aquafina water. Now, I’m not complaining. I understand that concessions is where the big money is made (not that the $90 our seats were is just pocket change). I read that at the opening game a couple of weeks ago, 50,000 bottles of water were on hand for the crowd (15,000 bottles is the norm for sales at a UVa game) but since it was so hot, they completely sold out and were selling cups of iced tap water for $3.50 (somehow, the plastic bottle makes it more glamorous and psychologically easier to spend $3.50 for water). Today’s weather forecast was a little cooler but UVa had 70,000 bottles of water on hand this time. When I started to feel overheated as half-time approaced, I gladly plunked down $3.50 for an ice-cold bottle of filtered tap water (a.k.a. Aquafina) which was refreshing to me and also to Kes (she sucked on the cold bottle).
The Cavaliers won the game (sorry to my Georgia Tech. alumna friend), no one in our small party fainted from heat exhaustion and we made it to our car without incident. A very good day overall. Now if on the way home, we’d only stopped at Ben & Jerry’s for ice cream it would have been a great day. . .
NO NO NO NO!!! Kes can be a Steelers fan all she wants, but I gotta draw the line at being a Wahoo! I know they beat my alma mater, but seriously, just say no to the orange.
I guess I need to go shopping for a GA Tech babies outfit for Kes. :o)
Well, if it’s any consolation, the football onesie she was wearing was a Steelers onesie and she doesn’t own any orange yet. Kes does have WVU (yeah, sorry about the bowl game . . .) and Marshall onesies as far as college teams go. Randy’s not thrilled about a Georgia Tech. onesie, but if she were to get one, I’d make sure it would get equal time!