BYU vs UW

I know, I know. It's been a very long time since our last post. I will try to do better. So here goes. A couple weeks ago Nick and I were blessed with the opportunity to watch the BYU football team play. They were up in Seattle playing against the UW Huskies. We had our tickets at least 3 months in advance. I love BYU football! Nick not so much, but he's supportive and watches with me. Here are a few pictures of our adventures that day.

President Samuelson graced us with his presence at the tailgate party prior to the game. He promised us that we would be winning that day. :)


The BYU cheerleaders were at the tailgate party as well. How they get away with those short skirts for their uniform, I don't know.


My day off and I still have to see my boss! He and his family were sitting two rows behind us. They also graduated from BYU.

Just a shot of the field, right before a kickoff.

The whole game was exciting and very tense. It was never more than a touchdown apart and tied a good part of the time. I get really anxious when games are close. I can't handle over time games, it's too intense!

Here's a pic of all the boats that come and anchor outside the stadium. I'm not sure if they come ashore and watch the game or what. It doesn't seem like they could see the field from the boats. There were a lot out there though.



Several players were injured on the field(seems like all of them were Husky players). This one was kinda scary though. They brought a stretcher out really fast and then the ambulance came out onto the field. At one point a woman(I'm assuming his mother) cam running across the field to get to him. I felt bad for her, she literally had to run the whoel length of the field. I guess they thought he might have a neck injury. Luckily I think it turned out to be just a bad concussion.

Many Husky fans are upset about a call the Ref made in the last 2 seconds of the game. The following are reasons why that is unreasonable.
1. If you think the rule is dumb, complain about it before. Not when all of a sudden it affects YOUR team negatively.
2. The rule is not a judgment call rule. If it happens, the ref has to call it.
3. The player knows the rule, and he obviously broke it. (For those of you who missed this amazing game I'll clue you in. Basically an excessive celebration call was made after UW's touchdown to bring the score to 27-28 with 2 seconds left. The rule is you cannot throw the ball high in the air. If you watch the clip, Locker, the quarterback, chucks the ball way up in the air, at least 20 feet or more. )
4. The call didn't end the game. UW still had the chance to easily tie it up with the extra point kick(which was pushed back a little due to the penalty.)
5. BYU blocked the kick. That won the game not the ref's call. People will say that the angle of the kick was different because of the different distance. But come on, field goals are kicked from farther back and are still really hard to block. BYU is good at blocking kicks. Just Look at the last 2 games played against UCLA. But the most important part is the picture that follows:

The final score.

Side note: BYU beat UCLA 49-0 the following week, and Wyoming 44-0 yesterday. Should be a good season. Can't wait to watch whatever games I can this year.

Go Cougars!!