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So, as I've probably mentioned on here, I'm an alum of Michigan State University. As I've also likely mentioned, I am a crazy football and basketball nut, and have been known to travel across the US to see my teams play. Due to some high level donors dropping out of going to the game, my uncle got ahold of two tickets, 11th row in the south endzone, for the MSUvOSU game at Ohio State, where the marching band (including my cousin) would be playing, and I couldn't say no. So, I started out on Friday, drove 4 hours up to MI, stayed the night at my brother's place, and we drove out to Columbus on Saturday. Needless to say, I witnessed a few rather entertaining, though sucky, situations on my trip.
For the sake of context here, I want to add a few notes about my brother and I.
-We are very well-raised, polite kids. We will cheer for our team til our voices give out, but we never harrass people just for liking a different team than we do. We may crack stupid jokes, but we keep them to ourselves.
-We go to away games to show support for our team. Even if they lose, we'll be proud that they played a good game, and do not get bitter. Honestly, I was just happy to see some good football (and OSU's defense is beastly awesome).
Seriously? Nice try.
I never understand the need to harrass out-of-town fans paying good money to see a sporting event in your town. Especially with really *lame* jokes, such as the following:
-While parking, paying the $10: "Well, for MSU fans, that'll be $20, hyuk hyuk."
-On our way to the stadium: "Stadiums over that way, hyuk hyuk" pointing in the opposite direction the herd is moving. Yeah. Not going to work.
Hope it was worth it
As I said, we had super awesome seats. Face value, the tickets were about $60, but were going online for near $300. Not cheap seats. Our section was pretty evenly mixed, OSU fans and MSU fans, and most of us were getting along quite well, with the usual good-natured jibes and such. Not so for Idiot Boy (who was an OSU fan, about 25, and very much intoxicated). IB decided, about 1 minute into the game, that he would like to harrass the MSU fan seated behind him, a gentleman about twice his age. He started in with some real classy taunts, using the phrase "shit head" a lot, and then, when the MSU fan responded by telling him to sit down and be quiet, IB attacked. I mean that quite literally. He tried to jump someone twice his age, and got dragged out, in handcuffs, less than three minutes into a hella good football game. And all the while, he mouthed off to the very large cop hauling his behind out, who did not want to hear any of it. Even the OSU fans were glad he was gone.
*Side note: Situations like this make me glad I have my brother with me, as people don't try that nonsense with him, and if they start with me, he steps in between (My brother is 6'', ~200lbs, and much more patient/less likely to take a swing at someone running their mouth than I am
).
A Slightly Slow Staff Sighting
When we got about 20 miles out from the stadium, we stopped for dinner at Damon's. Mmmmm....steak and garlic mashed taters. I understand that the staff was overwhelmed, and tired, but still. There was some idiocy at work here--I confused one hostess by giving her a number of people and my name.
Then, I got to watch her and the other two hostesses (having three ditzy, teenage hostesses is definitely necessary, btw) show each other their tongue rings. Don't get me wrong--I have piercings and have no problem with them, but I don't want to see you play with it while I'm waiting to eat. 
And of course...the driving
I spent 16 hours or more in my car this weekend. During that time, she went over 1000 miles. I am proud of her. And boy, did we see some crazy drivers this weekend.
-Drunky McDrunkerson: If he wasn't drunk, I'm seriously concerned. He was swerving, perfectly, back and forth in our lane, like a metronome. This required some serious slowing down and patience to wait for him to get off the highway. Very slowly and crooked-ly.
-Driving tactics I just don't get: If there are two empty lanes, and I am in the right lane going the speed I want to go, do not tailgate me. I will not speed up. Get over and pass me, asshat. Also, if you have been going 45 in a 55 for 15 miles, do not suddenly speed up to 60 when I pass you, then cut me off and slow down again. It will piss me off.
-And that seemed like a good idea why?: When in traffic, do not cut people off--they might not be paying attention to you. I almost hit this stupid girl in a red car today. I'm driving, I'm accelerating to keep up with traffic, and looked down briefly at my dash to check my speed. As I did, she cut me off, almost hitting my car in the process, then slowed down. If I had not looked up at the moment I did, and slammed on my brakes, there would have been an accident. There was much horn-honking. This happened again, later, in construction, with a pickup who decided he didn't like being stopped waiting for his exit, and pulled out in front of me. From a dead stop. Without gunning it AT ALL. When I was way too close to him. And I was going at least 60mph. There was much tire squealing, cursing and a lot of horn-honking.
As you can see, it was a fun weekend. One final thought though: In all my years of driving, I have learned one thing: NEVER ASSUME. Do not assume that the person you cut off does not have a gun, or is not crazy. Do not assume when you cut someone off that the other person is paying attention, and won't hit you. Do not assume there is no one in your blind spot, as you will hit them or force them nearly off the road when you attempt to change lanes into them.
That is all.
For the sake of context here, I want to add a few notes about my brother and I.
-We are very well-raised, polite kids. We will cheer for our team til our voices give out, but we never harrass people just for liking a different team than we do. We may crack stupid jokes, but we keep them to ourselves.
-We go to away games to show support for our team. Even if they lose, we'll be proud that they played a good game, and do not get bitter. Honestly, I was just happy to see some good football (and OSU's defense is beastly awesome).
Seriously? Nice try.
I never understand the need to harrass out-of-town fans paying good money to see a sporting event in your town. Especially with really *lame* jokes, such as the following:
-While parking, paying the $10: "Well, for MSU fans, that'll be $20, hyuk hyuk."
-On our way to the stadium: "Stadiums over that way, hyuk hyuk" pointing in the opposite direction the herd is moving. Yeah. Not going to work.
Hope it was worth it
As I said, we had super awesome seats. Face value, the tickets were about $60, but were going online for near $300. Not cheap seats. Our section was pretty evenly mixed, OSU fans and MSU fans, and most of us were getting along quite well, with the usual good-natured jibes and such. Not so for Idiot Boy (who was an OSU fan, about 25, and very much intoxicated). IB decided, about 1 minute into the game, that he would like to harrass the MSU fan seated behind him, a gentleman about twice his age. He started in with some real classy taunts, using the phrase "shit head" a lot, and then, when the MSU fan responded by telling him to sit down and be quiet, IB attacked. I mean that quite literally. He tried to jump someone twice his age, and got dragged out, in handcuffs, less than three minutes into a hella good football game. And all the while, he mouthed off to the very large cop hauling his behind out, who did not want to hear any of it. Even the OSU fans were glad he was gone.
*Side note: Situations like this make me glad I have my brother with me, as people don't try that nonsense with him, and if they start with me, he steps in between (My brother is 6'', ~200lbs, and much more patient/less likely to take a swing at someone running their mouth than I am
).A Slightly Slow Staff Sighting
When we got about 20 miles out from the stadium, we stopped for dinner at Damon's. Mmmmm....steak and garlic mashed taters. I understand that the staff was overwhelmed, and tired, but still. There was some idiocy at work here--I confused one hostess by giving her a number of people and my name.
Then, I got to watch her and the other two hostesses (having three ditzy, teenage hostesses is definitely necessary, btw) show each other their tongue rings. Don't get me wrong--I have piercings and have no problem with them, but I don't want to see you play with it while I'm waiting to eat. And of course...the driving
I spent 16 hours or more in my car this weekend. During that time, she went over 1000 miles. I am proud of her. And boy, did we see some crazy drivers this weekend.
-Drunky McDrunkerson: If he wasn't drunk, I'm seriously concerned. He was swerving, perfectly, back and forth in our lane, like a metronome. This required some serious slowing down and patience to wait for him to get off the highway. Very slowly and crooked-ly.
-Driving tactics I just don't get: If there are two empty lanes, and I am in the right lane going the speed I want to go, do not tailgate me. I will not speed up. Get over and pass me, asshat. Also, if you have been going 45 in a 55 for 15 miles, do not suddenly speed up to 60 when I pass you, then cut me off and slow down again. It will piss me off.
-And that seemed like a good idea why?: When in traffic, do not cut people off--they might not be paying attention to you. I almost hit this stupid girl in a red car today. I'm driving, I'm accelerating to keep up with traffic, and looked down briefly at my dash to check my speed. As I did, she cut me off, almost hitting my car in the process, then slowed down. If I had not looked up at the moment I did, and slammed on my brakes, there would have been an accident. There was much horn-honking. This happened again, later, in construction, with a pickup who decided he didn't like being stopped waiting for his exit, and pulled out in front of me. From a dead stop. Without gunning it AT ALL. When I was way too close to him. And I was going at least 60mph. There was much tire squealing, cursing and a lot of horn-honking.
As you can see, it was a fun weekend. One final thought though: In all my years of driving, I have learned one thing: NEVER ASSUME. Do not assume that the person you cut off does not have a gun, or is not crazy. Do not assume when you cut someone off that the other person is paying attention, and won't hit you. Do not assume there is no one in your blind spot, as you will hit them or force them nearly off the road when you attempt to change lanes into them.
That is all.
Mich Sts Defense played pretty well in the 2nd half they had me scared for a little while. Coach D' antonio coached UC last year too.
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