Enthusiastic Navy fans love Emerald Nuts!
Dec. 31st, 2004 12:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shirenomadLong day yesterday (and the day before), so I'll fill you in now...
In case you didn't get the news, Navy went to the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco this year. In case you really haven't been paying attention to my journal, my brother Andrew goes to the Naval Academy. Which, in addition to having a game to go to, led to a nice side effect. See, the academy will pay airfare (and two nights hotel) for any midshipman who wants to attend. And it's really irrelevant whether they fly into SF or another airport, so long as they arrange transportation to the event. And it costs about the same to fly in a couple weeks before the game as the day before. So to cut a long story short, the academy covered Andrew flying home for Christmas break.
Also provided: free food! The "tailgater" took up an entire pier warehouse, with live music and a selection ranging from shimp to hot dogs. Only two guests per mid, but one of Andrew's friends didn't have anyone to bring, so we were able to get the other half of the family in under his name.
I've been to only two Navy football games: this one and Army/Navy 2003. Army/Navy was spent on the tail end of a snowstorm in Philly, so why should this year be any different? This time, rain. (I'm surprised there weren't more turnovers.) At least we had some breaks in the clouds from time to time.
The Navy fans were as rowdy as ever. 1700 mids flew out to see the action and stretched the length of the field, so the players could hear them wherever they were. Sadly, some academy officer vetoed chanting "the ref beats his wife!" whenever a bad call was made, so they settled for "the ref hates America!" ^^;
As for the game itself, USNA-Net can fill you in on the details. It didn't hurt that their lead rusher (Moore) was taken out of the game with a solid hit in the first quarter, but the game-breaker was Navy holding the line one yard from the end zone when New Mexico was down by 12. That was with 1:41 left in the third quarter. Navy then marched down the field, slowly but surely, but had to settle for a field goal in the end... just before the two minute warning. Total drive time: 14:26. We passed once during the entire drive.
Final score: Navy 34, New Mexico 19.
In case you didn't get the news, Navy went to the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco this year. In case you really haven't been paying attention to my journal, my brother Andrew goes to the Naval Academy. Which, in addition to having a game to go to, led to a nice side effect. See, the academy will pay airfare (and two nights hotel) for any midshipman who wants to attend. And it's really irrelevant whether they fly into SF or another airport, so long as they arrange transportation to the event. And it costs about the same to fly in a couple weeks before the game as the day before. So to cut a long story short, the academy covered Andrew flying home for Christmas break.
Also provided: free food! The "tailgater" took up an entire pier warehouse, with live music and a selection ranging from shimp to hot dogs. Only two guests per mid, but one of Andrew's friends didn't have anyone to bring, so we were able to get the other half of the family in under his name.
I've been to only two Navy football games: this one and Army/Navy 2003. Army/Navy was spent on the tail end of a snowstorm in Philly, so why should this year be any different? This time, rain. (I'm surprised there weren't more turnovers.) At least we had some breaks in the clouds from time to time.
The Navy fans were as rowdy as ever. 1700 mids flew out to see the action and stretched the length of the field, so the players could hear them wherever they were. Sadly, some academy officer vetoed chanting "the ref beats his wife!" whenever a bad call was made, so they settled for "the ref hates America!" ^^;
As for the game itself, USNA-Net can fill you in on the details. It didn't hurt that their lead rusher (Moore) was taken out of the game with a solid hit in the first quarter, but the game-breaker was Navy holding the line one yard from the end zone when New Mexico was down by 12. That was with 1:41 left in the third quarter. Navy then marched down the field, slowly but surely, but had to settle for a field goal in the end... just before the two minute warning. Total drive time: 14:26. We passed once during the entire drive.
Final score: Navy 34, New Mexico 19.
