Fruit Inspection

Today was opening day! There should seriously be a rule about having games at 12:30 in August in the south. OMG! It was soooo hot! At least 118 degrees…in the shade!

Yuh-huh. I swear!

Georgia is rated #1 going into this season. That’s exciting. We figured it would be hard to get tickets once we got there and we were right. I almost thought we’d be watching it from the bridge outside of Sanford Stadium.

But just as they were kicking off, we found 2 seats together for an undisclosed amount of moolah. We went in and sat down only 40 rows back. A few minutes into the game our view was blocked by 3 grown men huffing up the concrete steps carrying another man. Just behind us, they dropped him. He was out cold.

Ya had to kinda wonder if it was just the heat or a combo of that and a killer tailgate party. When he began throwing up, the smell made it clear it was the latter.

Now, I was trying my best not to be judgemental. There was a time in my life when that very well could have been me. But this dude was clearly in his mid to late 40’s. Isn’t that too old to be gettin’ hammered at a college ball game? I mean, when your friends are too old to carry you to the men’s room, I really think you should be giving up that lifestyle. Among others reasons.

The funny part about that whole thing was that just as the paramedics were leaving the scene, a man came up and informed us we were in his seats. Turns out ours were on the far side of that same row. If we were sitting over there, we would have missed the drunken show. Oh Darn.

In our proper seats we had a great time. The guy behind us was a die hard fan. Yelling, screaming, and full of UGA football facts he shared freely. Also, in these seats, the shade finally came. Slowly but surely, it arrived and cooled us down ever so slightly.

I just love college football season. I love that the start of football means fall is just around the corner. I love watching games all day on Saturday. I love having people over to watch the Bulldogs when they are playing out of town. I love game day pots of chili and plates of nachos. And I really love it when they win!!! Like today!!!

Yay Dawgs!!!!