countdown to the big game
Nov. 8th, 2006 10:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moonwiseThose of you who live in New Jersey and do not habitate either under a rock or in a cave know that the Rutgers Scarlet Knights are 8-0 and are ranked 14th in the country.
Which is a big switch for a team that's used to being the Jersey Joke. Four years ago, you couldn't give away tickets. Now, tickets to tomorrow's game vs. Louisville are going for $300 a pop, depending on which article you read.
Guess who has six tickets. Purchased at buy one, get one free, no less. (we belong to the alumni association.)
The state is going crazy. You can't look at a local newspaper without seeing a story. The campus is off the wall. The stadium is going to be loud as hell tomorrow night. Several prominent alums are going to show up, including James Gandolfini (who goes to every game, I might add), Shaun O'Hara of the Giants and LJ Smith of the Eagles, with their respective buddies Sam Madison and Donovan McNabb.
It's going to be INSANE.
And I'm going to BE THERE.
Some of husband's friends at work were telling him that he should sell our tickets and then we should purchase a new plasma screen TV with the proceeds. Perhaps that would be the rational thing to do (aside from that we bought the tickets for other ppl who might not agree with our decision.) However, this just shows that his coworkers do not understand that BEING THERE is priceless. Sure, you can take the money and run. But then, what kind of memory do you have? "I sat on the couch and drank beer while everyone else was having a massive party and screaming their heads off?"
Sure, an upset win is a long shot. Sure, it'll more than likely be a shellacking. But hey, you gotta believe!
Which is a big switch for a team that's used to being the Jersey Joke. Four years ago, you couldn't give away tickets. Now, tickets to tomorrow's game vs. Louisville are going for $300 a pop, depending on which article you read.
Guess who has six tickets. Purchased at buy one, get one free, no less. (we belong to the alumni association.)
The state is going crazy. You can't look at a local newspaper without seeing a story. The campus is off the wall. The stadium is going to be loud as hell tomorrow night. Several prominent alums are going to show up, including James Gandolfini (who goes to every game, I might add), Shaun O'Hara of the Giants and LJ Smith of the Eagles, with their respective buddies Sam Madison and Donovan McNabb.
It's going to be INSANE.
And I'm going to BE THERE.
Some of husband's friends at work were telling him that he should sell our tickets and then we should purchase a new plasma screen TV with the proceeds. Perhaps that would be the rational thing to do (aside from that we bought the tickets for other ppl who might not agree with our decision.) However, this just shows that his coworkers do not understand that BEING THERE is priceless. Sure, you can take the money and run. But then, what kind of memory do you have? "I sat on the couch and drank beer while everyone else was having a massive party and screaming their heads off?"
Sure, an upset win is a long shot. Sure, it'll more than likely be a shellacking. But hey, you gotta believe!
