So off to Muncie we went…the new route 24 is a delight, though it makes me quite sad to think about all the people who suddenly got a big gross highway through their yard or farm or whatever. I hear from people in the know that it shaved an hour (?) off of Toledo to Ft. Wayne. Hooray for everyone, I suppose.
Bossman said we had to leave at 2:30 so he’d have time to get dinner somewhere besides the arena before the game. I’m not sure what he was thinking, because when we got to Muncie, he said, “WE NEED TO GO TO THE ARENA NOW, I CANNOT STAND IT!” The doors opened at 6, and we kind of milled about for 5 minutes and were probably the first people in. We had to pick up his schmoozy tickets at player will-call. From there, I received the most thorough purse-rummaging-through that I’ve ever seen (I had to take my purse OFF and then open it and show the lady with the paint stirstick and rubber gloves what was in the pockets…?). Oh, wait, I was wrong before…we were probably the 2nd and 3rd people in, because we ran into a weird mumbling toothless dude right after we entered. Here’s a picture of him I took later in the game. He was sitting in the student section, and Bossman kept calling him my boyfriend:
Also of note: these dancer girls had weird short sparkly dresses on during the first half of the game with weird white ill-fitting panties hanging out. They did a lot more dancing than the Rockettes, and NOT ONE had a visible tramp stamp (though there were a lot of navel piercings, which negates Brian’s argument that they were too young for tramp stamps). One had an obvious black thong showing above the waistband of those black pants they had on in the second half. So trashy. Also trashy: the student section heckling the visiting team. Just watch the game, asshats.
Anyway, of course we were the only UT fans there, minus the coaches’ families. We had front row seats right behind the UT bench.
Here are some pictures of Worthen Arena, which is octagonal and sort of barn-like:
Here’s the high ceiling:
Panoramic picture with weird iPhone 5 purple haze spot:
I always enjoy the mascots from other schools. The cardinal rides a weird scooter thing around:
Here’s a picture that does little justice to Matt Smith’s bizarrely white ears:
An action shot:
Here’s a picture from a time out…we probably should have drawn up some plays:
The Rockets won, which was a relief…I’m quite sure the 3+ hour drive back would have been rather unpleasant with disappointed/pissed off Bossman.