ASU Football

Paul and I went to an Angelo State University football game last weekend.  I mean, I had to go to at least one football game this fall!  I was excited and Paul pretended to be.

We found a close parking space quickly (great!) and walked up to the ticket counter.  As we waited in line to purchase our tickets an older man walked up to us, shoved a ticket at Paul, said, "Here, now you only have to buy one ticket!  Enjoy the game!" and walked off.  Stunned and grateful, we shrugged and continued to wait in line.  Not 30 seconds later another old man walked up to us, shoved another ticket at Paul, said "Here, have mine!" and walked off.  We were so surprised that people would just give up their tickets!  But, we gladly accepted and got in to the game for free.

Rather than sit in our designated seats (which weren't together) we walked to the general seating area just as the game was starting.  Since the stadium is so small, it is hard to find a bad seat.  Plus, it didn't look like a large crowd anyway, so there was plenty of space.

When the game actually started we were a little disappointed in the talent level of both ASU and West Texas A&M.  See, no one, it seemed, knew how to block or tackle.  One of the early tackles looked a lot like what Paul and I must have looked like when I picked him up from the airport: a long hug that might cause one person or the other to fall over.  We had a good laugh.  After a while though, I realized that watching division II college football has its advantages; a lot happens.

For example:
We saw a 75 yard touchdown on ASU's first offensive play. (Goooo RAMS!)
We saw a couple hard-core sacks.
We saw a poor ref get caught up in a tackle (we laughed).
We saw a fight on the field (we cheered).
We saw a fake field goal attempt that was successful.
We saw a few interceptions run in for touchdowns (and I mean "a few", as in 3-4).

We saw a blocked point-after ran back for 2 points.
(all of this happened in the first half)

We stayed for half-time and enjoyed WTA&M's awesome band.  ASU has a pretty small band, but I loved their song choice: "You Belong [to] Me" by Taylor Swift.  We also had fun watching the male color guard member that was better than all of the girls.  He was really good.

We left at half-time (and didn't feel bad because after all, we got in for free).  ASU ended up losing 27-37, but it was a good game anyways.