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Game Day

Really, just some photos of the weekend.

The weekend events started with Game Day. For those that don’t know, GameDay is an ESPN product that runs from 9 to 12 AM each Saturday during the college football season. They set up on a campus, and the students create the backdrop for the show. Because sports in the US are biased towards the east coast, that is 9 to 12 AM Eastern time zone, or 6 to 9 AM Pacific. And the good spots are allowed to fill at 4 AM. The question is, did they get up early or stay up all night?

Our inclusion in this event didn’t start until it was well underway, although it was still dark out when we left the house. We go primarily to see the spectacle. There were lots of other folks out and about most were going, but some had obviouly been and were headed to somewhere warm and dry.

Lots of folks out for an early morning walk
Weather Report for the start of the show, before we arrived

We worked our way around the fringes, with occasional forays into the crowd for a picture or two.

Johnny Tenbear, a fellow old man baseball player and UW fan, despite the Sooners gear. We ran into him at the 2016 version of GameDay as well.
James Clifford was a UW player many moons ago and a Mariners strength and conditioning coach until recently. The other side of the sign had a picture of Sonny Sixkiller, a UW QB 1970-1972. The man holding the sign is friends with both of them.
The GameDay talking heads, with their backs to the crowd
If you are in the Pit, you got a red plastic hard hat. Between the pit and the talking heads were the cheerleaders. Behind the pit is everyone else, and a lot of them have flags and signs. There was also an elevated Old Dominion section, maybe for VIPs that didn’t want to mingle with the great unwashed crowd.
The crowd
Things I saw in the picture much later. Equal time for women and men.
This kick earned the kicker, a student with a sign that said, “Kicking is Easy,” $30,000. This was after he missed the first try, worth $60,000.

Just so you know where our allegiance lies, I will include the following somewhat blue picture.

Note Washington in the background as the morning sky lightens. The team the UW Huskies were playing was the Oregon Ducks.
Washington from the front, Suzzalo library in the back

We left home about an hour after GameDay started and were back home to see the last 10 minutes on TV. And had over 8,000 steps to start the day.

Watched the game here and there, a back and forth affair.

We took a shorter walk during the game to get our Covid shots. We failed in that endeavor as apparently the change in corporate ownership of our neighborhood drugstore means they are no longer in our health network. But got our steps over 10,000.

The Huskies prevailed, 36 to 33, over the Oregon Ducks, when the Ducks missed a last second field goal attempt. Bedlam ensued.

Today was a bit tamer. Our walk was just a walk. We walked north until the rain started and then headed south towards home. About 8,000 steps again.

Fall colors
Signs of old Seattle, brick streets

Tonight’s game is Astros vs. Rangers. Both teams are in the Mariner’s division and finished barely in front of the Mariners. We are in favor of the Rangers because: 1) they are not the Astros; and 2) a work friend is a true Rangers fan from his childhood.

All for now. In for the night. Yummy turkey meatloaf and a glass of wine.

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2 Responses to “Game Day”

  1. Margaret Says:
    October 18, 2023 at 7:20 pm | Reply

    I’d never heard of Game Day. I loved watching Sonny Sixkiller when I was in junior high. Glad the Huskies won.

    • raincharm Says:
      October 21, 2023 at 11:47 am | Reply

      I wouldn’t know about GameDay except for their coming to UW a few years ago. 1) I don’t closely follow college football and 2) it is timed for east coast viewers, the left coast doesn’t count into their targeted viewership.

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