Well if anybody ever asks me if I've been to a Bowl game, I can now answer "yes" without having to worry about my nose growing. So I've got that going for me. What I don't have going for me is feeling in my feet.
I figured I could get in for $10 and I was right. The secondary ticket market was kind of sparse this afternoon and the ones that were out there had an inflated outlook on their inventory. The first guy that asked how much I was looking to spend got visibly upset at my offer of $10. I then followed him with 4 other dudes to see what the talk was going to be about and he turned around and told me to, "Get the hell out of here. I didn't say you could come over here."
A minute later those same 4 dudes walked back over to where I was, laughing at the guy who wanted $45 a ticket. I mean you could still go to the RFK and get a ticket for $30. Once the guys in parachutes came down into the stadium with the game ball I kinda wanted to go in. I almost paid $20 because I was growing tired of dealing with those clowns only to find a family that was selling a ticket for $10.
Perfect.
Even better was the guy that didn't want my $20 a few minutes earlier then tried to break up my transaction and sell me a ticket. I said thanks for nothing and kept walking.
I actually had a great seat, 132 row 9, but I never went there to stand. I stood in 236, behind La Norte, and on the Quiet side. The CSC didn't give a you know what about where you wanted to go. It was kind of cold. And they kind of suck.
I was pulling for UCLA because all of the Temple fans were wearing tons of Eagles gear. I hate the Eagles.
Offensively Temple does one of the most annoying things I've seen. They rush to the line of scrimmage and then they all get up and look over at the sidelines for instructions. It got old the 2nd time they did it.
UCLA couldn't run the ball and looked as if they didn't want to be on the East Coast for the first time since 1998. But then I guess they figured that it would be kind of embarrassing to give Temple their first bowl win since the 1979 Garden State Bowl. The smart money is that the EagleBank Bowl goes the way of the Garden Classic in the not so distant future.
I left when Temple snapped a ball over the punter's head for a safety to make the score 30-21 with 4 minutes left and then DIDN'T kick an onside kick.
Well I had no idea that I would go to both a Temple football and basketball game this year but I did. Making it even more unlikely is the fact that both games started during the 4 o'clock hour in the middle of the week.
I won't be going to this particular bowl game again. Well probably not.
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