This past weekend was one of the best weekends I have had in awhile. I was able to get a lot of work done on Wednesday so that I could enjoy the extra few days of the weekend. I signed up for the lottery for the homecoming game and actually won this time. I can say that I was pretty happy.
Thursday and Friday were pretty relaxed days, but Saturday was going to be awesome. I got together with "Vanwindenswag" and a group of friends to go to the Maroon Effect game against Duke. We found our seats in the south end zone right as the game started. The first few plays go by and we begin to doubt our team because of rumors of Duke's recent success. Only a few minutes into the game and we are down by twenty points.. The only people cheering were the group of blue Duke fans packed into the corner of the east end zone.
Then out of nowhere someone in the row below us threw a paper airplane towards the field. Never in my life have I seen a paper airplane glide as far as it did. The majority of the south end zone saw it and completely shifted their attention. We all started cheering loudly for this paper airplane. It was ridiculous. The airplane flew all the way down to the 34 yard line on the opponents side of the field. The strange part about it is that the current play ended on the 34 yard line right as the airplane landed. Before the next play, a man on the sideline grabbed the plane.
The next play started, and our team got an interception and charged down the field. This was followed by a touchdown and another touchdown after that. It was like the entire game took a complete 180 degree turn. As we are all cheering, the camera man for the lane stadium screen came over and recorded us cheering for the whole stadium to see. This happened twice, and on the second time our team scored another touchdown.
The camera man left, but the view was still awesome. The sea of maroon seemed to suppress the once so cocky blob of blue in the corner. The final score was 42 to twenty. Not one touchdown was scored by the other team after that paper airplane landed, and that was why we joke about the lucky paper airplane.
I'm jealous that you got to go to the game... I was at the UVA game on Saturday instead, but the best part about that was on kick-off, Maryland scored. The entire stadium was silent, except for me.. and I was dying laughing.
ReplyDeleteDude,thats freakin awesome! i wish i had seen the paper airplane fying down the field, but i was too far. I cant believe we won the game. It was so epic! I was starting to doubt our team too but they totally pulled it together and made an awesome comeback!
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