Sunday, October 19, 2008

Harvard Football..

After grabbing a late lunch and watching lots of crew we decided to cross the bridge to Harvard Stadium and catch the 4th Quarter of the Harvard football game. After the ticket booth closes they let people in for free - so it was a fun thing to do... and I am all for free activities. The stadium is massive and the oldest sports amphitheater in the country. It looks like the coliseum and is made of solid concrete. It really is beautiful, but it's far from modern. I don't know how you can't love a massive structure like that - it's been hosting football games since 1903.

So, the quality of Harvard football lived up to my expectations - I wasn't expecting much. The funny thing is the Harvard QB really wasn't that great and threw some ugly passes (some of which were easily intercepted). Who really throws a ball (not a spiral mind you) into traffic to a receiver who isn't running any kind of actual route with his back to you the entire time? hmm... Lehigh's QB actually was doing well. They were running the ball pretty well and their passes were right on. It came down to the Lehigh QB throwing an interception with 40 seconds to go otherwise Lehigh would have won. We obviously missed the first three quarters where Harvard was able to get up by a couple touchdowns, but Lehigh should have won based on the 4th quarter.

We were sitting right in front of the cheerleaders and next to the band. That provided some good entertainment. There were several people intermixed in the band - not playing instruments just dancing... dancing like awkward white kids (perhaps engineering majors?). The cheerleaders cracked me up too... there were male cheerleaders wearing jeans, some wearing sunglasses... I really don't know what else to say - other than that it's definitely the Ivy League.

The Program from the Game, A view of the Stadium

Like the new camera, dad?, and Cassie Adam and myself

The Harvard Band and the Harvard Cheerleaders

Some injured player - I noticed the crest on the shoulder pads (it's EVERYWHERE), and more football

I think it is funny the years they have banners for them winning the national championships for - most universities didn't exist let alone have football programs then...

A very excited drum major we were awkwardly watching, and this is one of only a few places where a crimson bow tie is "game day apparel"

Us in front of the field after the game

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