Having a steady man in your life has a nice perk, rediscovered this weekend: Football.
I genuinely like football, but I fiercely hate the Cardinals, which made it all the sweeter when Jeff's team, the Raiders (I know, bunch of THUGS), (0-5) beat the AZ Cardinals(1-4), making both teams 1-5. Stellar records there for both teams. Not the NFL football highlight for anyone. Anyway, all of us in Arizona are SO glad that we got that brand new stadium in the middle of a corn field, with dirt parking lots for this FANTASTIC team (and thier FANTASIC owner). And if you don't know...the AZ Cardinals used to play in Sun Devil Stadium..they(Bidwell clan) HATED that - they felt it was beneath them...never mind its hosted more championships (with the Fiesta Bowl AND the Superbowl) than the AZ Cardinals have ever even played in during thier long boring history. For the record, the tax payers helped pay for the new stadium....so the Bidwells got a sponsor for the stadium...who? PHOENIX (insert expletive here) COLLEGE! Yah! They had to get away from the miserable embarassment of playing in a college stadium..so they could rename one (that WE paid for) the name of ANOTHER (for-profit) college. Ah, yes. It's mighty rich indeed. I hate the Cardinals.
HOWEVER....Jeff ALSO attended ASU...so we go to ASU games and I get my football fix. Jeff is more of a fan than I, in the sense that he can actually name the past 4 quarterbacks...and my commentary is usually limited to the fact that the ASU dance team appears to have different songs in thier own heads..leaving me to wonder if they even have a future in stripping...ANYWAY...Football, we are talking about FOOTBALL. WELL - ASU(4-3) WON THIS WEEKEND. Exciting it was - even though it was against lowly Stanford (0-5), who are last place in the Pac-10..but sweet it was because it was also homecoming (how many homecoming games get scheduled around the Stanford schedule??). It was exciting because it was the first winning game that Jeff and I have been to in sometime...also made even better by the fact that it was NOT 100+ degrees outside.
Several games last year we sat in the nosebleeds (read: row 800), sitting in the sun the entire game; at one game I got a tan that literally lasted 2 months so deep it was. Last year's last straw was when we ran out of water (as in the entire stadium) before the 2nd quarter was over...leaving me to scream "WHO IS RUNNING THIS OPERATION? FEMA?!!!!) Kind of brutal in Phoenix (still not sure why we can't catch a break and get some night games..). We had to leave the stadium to go get water and HUGE cups of ice. ANYway, this year we didn't go all out for season tickets, but I did buy tickets to all the PAC-10 games...and I was SO TOTALLY jazzed. And here is why:
1) our seats get shade by the 2nd half: this is highly prized, as only about 1/8th of the entire stadium gets shade at all!
2) our seats are in row 24
3) our seats are across from the student section (read: fun to watch, but not sit near).
4) our seats are VERY close to a large variety of concessions (including water!!)
5) our seats are close to the bathrooms!!! (WEEEEEEEEEEEEE)
6) our seats are close to the entrance (and exit!!)
7) the sun is at our BACK the entire game (as opposed to facing it for 4 quarters)
Here is why Jeff doesn't like our seats:
1) they aren't on the 50 yard line
2) they aren't in loge seating
I mean, people...do NOT accuse ME of being high maintenence! I buy all these tickets, and give it some thought and everything...and he doesn't like our seats. Next year, I am buying him 50 yardline tickets...TO THE CARDINALS. Actually, I think I will save the money and just buy 1 - no one will go with him anyway.
