Ordinarily, I'd do a Highlights list about this, but since it's unclear on some of these as to whether they are highlights or lowlights, I'll just list them all. Mike, I'm expecting you to fill in what I miss.
- traffic was pretty heavy on the beltway. but after getting off the highway, we easily found...
- the parking lot, which was, uh, not sanctioned by the redskins. take that The Danny!
- walking over a pasture out of said parking lot
- the bus over to Fedex, where discussion ranged from the quality of ballparks (heard that pittsburgh has some sweet stadiums) to the etiquette of sneaking beer onto a bus to locations of some of the city's finer gentleman's club.
- skins take the opening kickoff for 70 yards. i immediately worry that i'll get a phone call from pat in seconds.
- best jersey #1: Koy Detmer (you sir, obviously have way too much money)
- best jersey #2: Brad Johnon (you sir, obviously don't have enough money)
- a whole lotta eagles fans, which led to many a chant for both teams
- the degenerate gamblers behind us. for the first quarter and into the second quarter, they bet on every single down. "two dollars says they don't make it past the 31"
- the nightclub atmosphere provided by the eagles-cheering chicky chics in front of us who insisted on dancing. every damn time they would finally sit down, the PA would play ludacris. STAND UP...STAND UP. and up they would go.
- quote of the night, from mike: "i'm beginning to feel sympathy for ron artest." it should be noted that mike said this before (uh oh, i feel a side story coming)
- the older skins fan sitting next to mike (he had moved up from a few rows down to mock the chicky chics) getting thrown to the ground by the throat by the eagles fan next to him.
- the ensuing yelling, cursing, and taunting about certain individuals' manhood and gender. and that was just among the eagles fans. (i am not making this up)
- the ensuing yelling, cursing, and taunting about certain individuals' manhood and gender going back and forth between eagles fans and redskin fans.
- the guy in the raiders jersey saying we should all just get along.
- all in all, the fight could have been worse. considering he was thrown to the ground, the guy who got the worst of it took it pretty well, and security did their job. (now back to the rest of the game)
- the snow that started falling
- an eagles win...
- but not covering, so i owe pat a 6-pack. come on pat sing it with me, "i'll be back in the high life again"
needless to say, i had a good time.
Posted by Roy at December 13, 2004 03:22 PMI didn't call you because Arrested Development was on and we missed the opening kickoff. That, and I didn't want to jinx it. What is it? The choke job the Redskins would inevitably do. Which is why Chad and I amused ourselves by playing "Where did that guy go to school?". That and "Chad drinks everything in sight".
We saw a guy with a Detmer jersey on during the game. Amazingly he wasn't on the sideline.
Posted by: Pat at December 13, 2004 03:44 PMOkay, here's what I've been able to put together:
-Fans believing the beer man was discriminating against them because they were wearing Eagles jerseys
-In an effort to get the beer man to pay attention to his girlfriend so she could buy beer, dude in front of us yells out, "Hey, look at her, she's hot."
-The guy wearing the Champ Bailey Broncos jersey
-The Eagles-cheering chicky chick in front of us wearing, and I'm not kidding, camoflage coveralls over top of her T.O. jersey, as well as a matching camoflage floppy hat tied around her neck.
-Actual lyric from a sound clip played during the game over the PA system: "It's hard to yell when the barrel's in your mouth".
-Fighting the urge to critique the Redskins' Band's marching routine. Thanks a lot Katie, I'm regressing into my long-lost bandgeek past.
-The Funky 4 performing a dance routine in the end zone while a player lay still on the turf, possibly hurt severely.
-A multitude of worthless promotions and giveaways, though not nearly as worthless as the Bruce Smith memorial coin they gave away at the game last year.
-Losing faith in humanity after watching the spectacle of fans yelling at each other for no apparent reason, including the use of multiple obscenities and slurs while children sat mere feet away. I know I'll be ostracized for saying this, but I'm beginning to agree with Mr. Tony and Wilbon, beer sales should be cut at the end of the first quarter, or ushers should enforce some common decency. I am allowing for the possibility that such enforcement will be meted out with mace and a billy club.
Posted by: Mike at December 13, 2004 08:10 PMDamn Mike, you're such a cracker you make me look street: that wasn't a sound clip, that was Jay-Z. "What More Can I Say." Fool.
And cut off beer? How about free beer, so everyone takes a nice refreshing nap at halftime and rounds out the game with a nice, synchronized "Windows to the Wall" chorus? It works for us.
I didn't even have to look up that Jay-Z thing. I knew it, 'cuz I'm hardcore.
Posted by: Chris at December 13, 2004 10:47 PMOr that song lyric could be a rip-off of Rap Phenomenon. Though I didn't know that off the top of my head, not sure that was originally a Jay-Z lyric. I will go back to being a cracker now. That being said, I imagine they played Jay-Z at the stadium.
Posted by: John at December 14, 2004 12:32 AMJohn, you're right - it's the same couplet from "Rap Phenomenon" in "What More Can I Say," so I guess the Jay-Z is an homage. Now I'll go to back to studying for this English final. It's just like the comment I posted, only the guys that wrote the stuff I'm 'sposed to know dies like two hundred years ago, not 10.
Posted by: Chris at December 14, 2004 11:57 AM