Las Vegas Bowl

Posted by geek on Dec 21, 2008 in Sports | 3 comments

I still have never been to a pro football game, but yesterday I did go to my second ever college game. The first game I ever went to was Michigan Vs USC in the Rose Bowl. I think the year was 1979, but I’m not sure. Last night was the Las Vegas Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium. Even though it was cold, we had a great time.

We were lucky enough to get free tickets to go with a group of friends. We all met up at a bar about a mile from the stadium. We had a quick beer and then decided it would be better to leave our cars at the bar and walk to the stadium rather than trying to fight the traffic. So we bundled up for the cold and got to walking. We made it to the stadium and were in route to our seats as David Hasselhoff was singing the National Anthem. We missed him singing, but stepped out of the tunnel just in time to see the fighter jets do a fly-over just at the end of the song. Wow, that was awesome to see!

We made it to our seats, which of course were on the exact opposite side of the stadium from where we entered, just in time for the kickoff. Our seats, as you can see from the photo below, are basically right on the 50 yard line.

Las Vegas Bowl

The guy who gave us the tickets was rooting for Arizona. Since I couldn’t have cared less who won, we too cheered for Arizona. This was especially fun since we were sitting on the opposing team’s side of the field. Though, the groups right in front of us and behind us were also cheering for Arizona as well. At one point one of the receivers on Arizona’s side made a really nice catch and my buddy mentions to me, “That guy is from Las Vegas.” The kid in front of us, maybe 13 or 14 years old, turns and says, “Yeah, that’s my cousin.” He was pretty stoked and was having a great time. It was pretty cool to see.

We did get pretty lucky. It was quite cold and we had to stay bundled up for the entire game, but at least it didn’t get windy. Had the wind kicked up, the cold would have been unbearable for a sissy like me and I’d have been headed back to the bar. But instead, we stayed for the entire game and celebrated Arizona’s 31-21 victory over BYU with the crowd of 40,047 people.

And before I go, here’s our friend Jason at the game.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JAk3hb_gA]

I remember my first beer, too.

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3 Responses to “Las Vegas Bowl”

  1. Todd says:
    December 23, 2008 at 3:29 am

    I was a senior in high school the year the very first Las Vegas Bowl happened and I was lucky enough to march with the UNLV marching band on the field that year. I only remember 2 things. We played a marching band rendition of Motly Crue's "Dr Feelgood" and I froze my metaphorical balls off. Sometimes I think about going to this and just spectating but it turns out that I just don't like sports enough to go out to a stadium and freeze my nether regions off.

  2. John Hawkins says:
    December 23, 2008 at 4:43 am

    I would have paid good money to hear this version of Dr Feelgood. As for going back to the game, I'd go again. We ate a lot and drank a lot of beer. It made it all worth it.

  3. St. George homes says:
    March 24, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    Hey, I was at that game too! I didn't think that it was too cold, but I was cheering for BYU, so it was too bad they lost. It was a good time anyways, though!