Stop, Drop and Blog

Uploading the Ohio State versus Penn State photos took longer than I anticipated. As such, this post is a day late. Let’s run through the highlights.

It was warm, so people were dressed… interestingly.

And while the Penn State band was good…

The Ohio State Band? Amazing. Script Ohio? Wow.

Then the game began. And I was on national television! I don’t have a photo of it, but FireDad saw me as I was standing right on the sidelines of this page which they showed from the camera on the Penn State side. My photos aren’t all that great because they were all up in my camera grill.

But this tumble somersault they did together is fun.

In related me-on-the-field news, The Dispatch did a great panorama of the game. If you look on the Buckeyes’ side of the field, toward the student section end near the 10 yardline, I’m standing next to a dude who is kneeling. Wearing a red shirt, grey short sleeved cardigan and my backpack. Camera in hand. Obviously.

The first half of the game was awesome as a Penn State fan.

With some of this.

And some of this.

But then I went upstairs to the pressbox to email the photos to the paper. (And took this.)

And Penn State’s wheels fell off. 35 unanswered points in the second half of play. Sigh. I was back on the field for the fourth quarter. And despite some valiant attempts (with Penn State band bokeh in the background)…

The Buckeyes were the ones cheering at the end of the game.

38-14 in favor of Ohio State. Sad FireMom.

However, and I have to admit it in writing so my Ohio State friends have proof: The Ohio State football game experience was above and beyond what I expected. Kudos to those involved, including those pesky football players. And even those even peskier fans. I have a newfound respect for those Buckeyes.

But not as much as I have for this man:

There are over 250 other photos of the game on flickr if you’re listed as my friend. Let me know if you’d like special access to that album if you are not.