I was at the Washington State - Michigan State and the game was pretty poor. Of course WSU QB was ruled out before the game and their star WR dismissed after their last game of the season.
Couple tidbits that I thought I'd share:
- To beat a dead horse.. The dome needs more unified parking because the tailgate scene was great.
- Qualcomm is a dump. Chargers had to move or get a new stadium. At the very least you expect it to be clean but you would be sorely mistaken.
- Parachuters and fly overs (bombers out of AZ which was different) still get me giddy like a little kid.
- WSU Alumni provided flags for their sections which was a nice touch, albiet none were used appropriately.
- MSU Alumni provided glow in the dark sound sticks for their sections. Useless during the game but very cool at halftime when they shut the lights off for the the fireworks.
- Marching bands: WSU was great during the game. Cheerleaders were impressive. MSU was unbelievable during halftime. Lots of Tubas, solid flag pole team, and good baton ladies.
- Fireworks at halftime with a great high school band was spectacular.
- Brian Lewerke is a stud. MSU routinely finds great QBs (Cousins, Cook, Foles, Hoyer). Lewerke also got knocked out unnecessarily on a run in the 3rd and I had flashbacks to Dungey.
- The six individuals closest to me in my row were: 'Grew up in Utica', 'Grew up in Rochester', 'From Brooklyn', 'Graduated from SU', 'spent time in Syracuse during high school but went more to the Hill to party' and 'my family is from upstate'.
- Lastly, WSU chanted Cougs all game. As Randy Jackson says in the Geico commercial, not feeling it dog.
