Bow Down to Washington

My Lutheran Stud and I both attended school at the University of Washington. Go Huskies! Having the Colorado Buffaloes join the Pac-10, or rather Pac-12 now, has been fun! It means that we can now see our school play when they come to town. To make visiting CU Boulder even better is having a friend who is the campus pastor at the University Lutheran Chapel right across from the stadium. That's premium parking right there. ;)

We made it to the stadium with plenty of time to spare, so we hung out and caught a little pre-game warm-ups.

The music was blaring and the players were dancing!

Coach Peterson was out tossing the ball around too. He's the new guy this year. We'll see how or if he can transform this team of ours.

The Buffaloes' mascot, Ralphie, is always present at the games and makes his rounds before the game and before the second half. It takes 5 people to man the reins. I wouldn't mess with that buffalo.

Go Huskies! It was a slow start for our Dawgs. I mean so slow that the Buffs were starting to get a little comfortable.

But, our guys began breaking tackles and then they

ran down the field, and before we knew it

they scored!

Then they needed a little breather from all the scoring to catch up. For the record, those guys are huge. They're much bigger up close and personal. Sitting in the stands you don't realize it.

The second half was still a little sloppy, but we pulled off the win and that's all that matters, right?

There was an amazing turn out from Husky fans. I think, at times, they were louder than the home town crowd. Now, that was awesome!

A Sea of Purple

People who haven't known my Lutheran Stud or me forever often ask where we met. We both attended the University of Washington (UW) for our undergrad degrees. He was actually the resident advisor (RA) for the floor above the one in which I lived. We went to many football games during our time at UW. Since leaving Washington we haven't been back during football season, so when we were in Seattle just a month ago and saw that our alma mater had a home game we made it a goal to make it to the game.

My in-laws drove over the mountains, but not through the woods, to attend the game with us. Construction is currently going on at the old Husky Stadium, so the Huskies played all of their home games at Century Link Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks. Century Link field is pretty new to us since it was built after we left Seattle. We had never been to this field before, so it was a welcomed expericence. There was a sea of purple in the stands. It was pretty awesome!

I can't say the same for the game, though. We were hopeful for a win, but that didn't happen. The stadium was filled during the game, but as the minutes on the clocked chipped away, in the 4th quarter, the stands began to empty quickly. USC came out with the win, but we had a great time at the game anyway.

When looking at the Huskies' schedule we were excited to find out that they were coming to Colorado. You know what that means. To make things even better, or unfortunate if you're a Colorado fan, the Buffs have had a dismal season. This meant that we were able to find tickets for dirt cheap. Score!

Their season has been so bad that the student section was incredibly sparse. We were told that usually it is packed, but this year, not so much.

My Lutheran Stud did his research when he purchased our tickets. Obviously we wanted to cheer for our team from the visitors side. 

The game started out slower than we had expected, but then we scored and I could breath again.

Oh look! We're going to score again.

And again.

Colorado University's mascot is a buffalo. Can you tell? Before the game, and before the beginning of the second half these men run Ralphie around the field while trying to keep their cowboy hats from falling off their heads and trying to hold on to Ralphie at the same time. I'm sure Ralphie could take them all down if he wanted.

Well, things were looking pretty good for our Huskies. There was no way the Buffs could catch us now.

My Lutheran Stud was pretty excited as the game was coming to an end, as were the other Husky fans. We couldn't sit down over all the excitement.

The game came to an end with our team winning by a large margin.

The players came over to the visitors section and as the band played our school's fight song we all sang! That game totally made up for the game we attended in Seattle. Good times for sure.

We were famished after the game so we headed over to The Sink for pizza. Apparently many others had the same idea. We met some pretty interesting people, including one young man who has already taken advantage of the recently passed Amendment 64. He was pretty happy, although we were too. The pizza was fabulous. If you're ever in town you must visit The Sink!