{"id":3607,"date":"2014-09-14T23:48:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T03:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?p=3607"},"modified":"2014-09-14T23:48:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T03:48:35","slug":"rocket-football-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?p=3607","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian and I missed the UT-New Hampshire game, so the big Missouri game was our first of the season.  I was excited to see the new scoreboard in action.<\/p>\n<p>Brian bought 4 tickets on the west side of the Glass Bowl for his dad, his uncles, and himself.  The game started at noon, but the Links arrived in Holland a little after 9 am.  We went up to campus to hangout at Bossman&#8217;s tailgate for a while.  Beers and a limited menu were enjoyed by the older Links.  <\/p>\n<p>Bossman was the Meijer Tailgater of the game!  This was probably one of the lamest of his tailgates I&#8217;ve ever been to, seeing that the pre-game daylight hours were limited, but I&#8217;m glad he finally won.  (Seriously, he has had tailgates where he made everyone personal pizzas with BBQ chicken, Za&#8217;atar spice, baba ghanoush, etc. before).  He had a big ol&#8217; bloody mary in his hand in the video that aired on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we showed the Links the Jambulance, and then we went into the stadium.  The field from the south end:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5244.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5244-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"From South End\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5244-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5244-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5244.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A praying mantis threatens Uncle Ron:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5247.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5247-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ron with a Mantis\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5247-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5247-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5247.jpg 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once we showed the Links how crappy the East side of the stadium is, they all went back to get in their seats and I went to our crappy fan plan seats and waited for my Dad and Donna to arrive.  I was sad to find that the same assholes with GIGANTIC, obnoxious OSU stadium chairs still have the seats in front of ours.  BOO.  <\/p>\n<p>The team now enters from the center of the north end zone.  TOLEDO! (Don&#8217;t mind our pole):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5257.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5257-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"TOLEDO\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5257-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5257-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5257.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The crowd was pretty good, especially for how wet the morning seemed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5270.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5270-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5270-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5270-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5270.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I always enjoy the band, as you know:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5274.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5274-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Band\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5274-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5274-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5274.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Band on the giant new scoreboard:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5278.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5278-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Band on Giant Scoreboard\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5278-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5278-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5278.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Rockets lost badly to Missouri, so here&#8217;s another picture of the band:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5279.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5279-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"More Band\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5279-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5279-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_5279.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the game, we went back to Tiffin and had pizza and watched part of the OSU game with Brian&#8217;s parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian and I missed the UT-New Hampshire game, so the big Missouri game was our first of the season. I was excited to see the new scoreboard in action. 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