Football

Last night we went to a UK football game. I've wanted to go to one because, well we do live here, and since my family lived in Illinois for 12 years, I wanted to see of a UK game would be like a U of I game. Well, first of all, we had to find a parking spot. Jeff got really frustrated, he wasn't expecting parking to be like that. He kept saying things like "this is bunk". Tim and I laughed. See, to park anywhere near the stadium you need a parking pass. After that it's a good idea to get there early so you don't have to walk too far. People we parked all over the university, on the grass, on sidewalks. It was crazy. So we parked a long way away and had to walk. We walked past all the people who were there tailgating. Now tailgaiting at a football game is something many of you Canadians may not understand. Everyone goes out to the parking lot, parks their RV's and they BBQ all day, drink beer, play games, just hang out and party all afternoon until game time. It's pretty fun to watch.

Then we got to the game. The stadium was not as full as I expected, in Illinois it sold out for every game. This game wasn't sold out, but there were still about 61,000 people there. (The stadium holds 65,000) We were in a UK section, but right next to the University of South Carolina section. So we got to hear a lot of the bickering between fans. Well that was fun. You see USC is the "Gamecocks". Their mascot is a bird named "Cocky". And they had cheers like "Go Cocks Go" or "Game-Cocks". Well that made it really easy for UK fans. So the USC fans would be yelling Game, Cocks. When they yelled Game, the UK fans would yell "Sucks" so it sounded like "Cocks-Suck" or twist that word around, and you can imagine. It was so funny to see these hundreds o