Blacksburg, VA is home to the Virginia Tech Hokies. When there is a home football game here the whole town is centered around the action. Businesses close. Students party. Alumni return. And old timers tune in their radios. When I try to describe it to people, the best comparison I can come up with is to imagine a University of Arizona Wildcat football stadium right in the middle of Globe, AZ. Anyway, last Saturday the Hokies played Bowling Green University. They aren't too great so it wasn't hard to get some free tickets.
It was also Military Appreciation Day and both the football players and the fans dressed appropriately.
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| Bowling Green (carrying the ball) and Virginia Tech (making the tackle) |
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| Heber (top) and Talmage (bottom) |
We had some nice seats, in my opinion. I was hesitant about them at first because it was in the north end zone student section. But they turned out to be at the very back of the student section giving us a nice view of the whole stadium and a view of the campus behind us.
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| Our seats were right up there where those people are standing |
Overall it was really exciting. Heber complained about it being loud and we were only able to hold out halfay through the second quarter. After a slow start, Virginia Tech won 37-0.
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| BG field goal attempt. The fans are signaling "Block it." If you look close you can see the ball next to the left upright. |
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| The front of our shirts weren't too hokie-ish |
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| Opening kickoff. It was so windy that someone had to hold the ball for the kicker. |
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| Utilizing the Cartoon Effect option on my camera phone |
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| What is a hokie? I've not yet heard an adequate answer. Maybe this? |
The plan was originally to bring Hannah since Heber got to go to a basketball game with me. She wanted to the night before. But once here and Rachel got working on her new bike, she lost all interest.
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Turning Heber's $10 spider-man bike into a girls' balance bike.
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| Scrubbing off the old |
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| On with the new |
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Olive doing her part
More on her new bike and a more thorough update of our new car-less lifestyle to come.
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I sure love seeing all these pics of the family. You're really doing your part Talmage/Rachel, whoever is posting at any given time. Keep 'em coming.
ReplyDeleteProps goes to Talmage for the good majority of blogging done for the last couple of months.
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