Yeah, okay, so half the city of New York City don't really give two hoots about the college football bowl game in Yankee Stadium. It's another in a long line of too many worthless Bowl games, they say.
There are too many Bowl games, for sure, and perhaps the critics are right about this particular game, but what an awesome day it was for us in The Bronx. The novelty of watching football in a baseball venue hardly wore off before the clock went 0:00 at the end of the fourth quarter, and a very popular Rutgers win. Sitting above home plate in the seriously cool Jim Beam Suite seats made it so much better. It was a surprisingly mild New York City day, beautiful sunshine until around the half, and being front row of the section gave us an unimpeded view of the field from very comfortably padded seats. Thanks for awesome seats, J!
Having a local team this year made the atmosphere fantastic. Rutgers market themselves as New York's college team, and the proximity of their campus, only about twenty miles away in Piscataway, New Jersey, meant that there were plenty of fans rugged up in the scarlet colours of their team, the Scarlet Knights. On the other sideline, the Iowa State Cyclones, famous for their epic 2OT victory over previously-undefeated Oklahoma State, to begin a weekend where Oregon and Oklahoma also lost games. And back to the idea of football in a baseball stadium. It is so cool!!
Rutgers won 27-13 in a game that had a little of everything - blocked field goals, some amazing directional punting, fullback runs, a kick-off return called back, a long bomb of 86 yards for the game-winning score, a few sacks, a big defensive lineman nearly going the distance to score, and three Iowa State turnovers. Jawan Jamison was deservedly the MVP of the game, going for 137 and two touchdowns. Great, also, to see Eric LeGrand, the kid who was so tragically paralysed last year. Coach Greg Schiano dedicated the game to LeGrand, and there was barely a dry eye in the house.
It's a shame that yesterday's game was the only football game on this trip. I'll reconcile myself with the thought of going to lots of hockey in the next three weeks!!
Happy 2012 everyone!
Rutgers won 27-13 in a game that had a little of everything - blocked field goals, some amazing directional punting, fullback runs, a kick-off return called back, a long bomb of 86 yards for the game-winning score, a few sacks, a big defensive lineman nearly going the distance to score, and three Iowa State turnovers. Jawan Jamison was deservedly the MVP of the game, going for 137 and two touchdowns. Great, also, to see Eric LeGrand, the kid who was so tragically paralysed last year. Coach Greg Schiano dedicated the game to LeGrand, and there was barely a dry eye in the house.
It's a shame that yesterday's game was the only football game on this trip. I'll reconcile myself with the thought of going to lots of hockey in the next three weeks!!
Happy 2012 everyone!
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