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Surprisingly positive reportage... - Oasis - 01-02-2013
... on Stanford in the L.A. Times.Â
http://www.latimes.com/sports/
See Plaschke's column ("Stanford's Old School" Etc.) Quite a surprise. He is occasionally capable of seeing the world as it is. Also a good article on Ben Gardner.
It was a wonderful day yesterday, although my insides were churning from about the middle of the second quarter until Amanam's pick in the fourth. One thing was just the happiness that comes with being surrounded by tens of thousands of Stanford fans. Another was having the whole family -- including my son (then five) who was in tears when we lost to Wisconsin in 2000 -- along (with son now 18) to see us win the Rose Bowl.
It was worth any additional gray hair I got between Stepfan's TD and Amanam's pick to see the team trot over to the student section, just below us, link arms and sway along with the students to "Hail, Stanford, Hail."Â A moment that brought us all, old (in my case frighteningly so) and young, together in a kind of timeless unity.Â
I had a tired family in tow or might've lingered for a while longer, listening to the Band, and kept Garvin and Left Coast waiting for our post-game meetup even longer than I did. I didn't want to leave, didn't want it to end.
For those who missed Garvin's and Left Coast's wit and wisdom post-game -- hey there's still next year.
Re: Surprisingly positive reportage... - fullmetal - 01-02-2013
I did leave LAX this morning with regrets of not having met more of you and seen friends I'd intended to see over the weekend (but didn't for various reasons). But with perspective, the game was what mattered, and there should be other opportunities to see you all in the future.
I didn't make it over to the band section for the alma mater. I was in the northwest corner, front row seats, and when the players came over to see family, Devon Cajuste's mother made her way next to me, where Devon found her for a very emotional post-game hug. Definitely worth skipping the first half of band's post-game field show. I think I saw some other players further down the row hugging parents and such--I'll have to go back to my camera to check who I saw. My group wanted dinner more immediately than traffic would afford us heading over to Antonio's, so we met up with a couple other Stanford friends for dinner at the Yard House in Pasadena--overpriced, even for California ;)
Who was at Antonio's?
Re: Surprisingly positive reportage... - jacketree - 01-02-2013
I too was able to watch the game with my entire family, albeit from our sofa, also with an 18 year old son who was five when we last saw Stanford take on Wisconsin. He leaves for an indefinite period of time tomorrow, so it was somewhat bittersweet. (Mostly sweet.)
We knew it was in the bag right from the opening drive despite NOT DEFERRING (my son has a brobdingnagian thing about that), and butterfingered defensive back seven play throughout much of the game. How many tips to receivers were there? Usua just put the final lid on it. (Not bad for a Bellarmine kid.) I'm so jaded by following too many teams at this point in my life that the absence of losing is a bigger deal than actually winning; and running out to watch Django (the "D" is silent m...........) after the game was very peaceful. Well as peaceful as it can be with 3 hours of exploding Tarantino ketchup packets tossed in the mix.
I figure sitting through the 9 possession/9 touchdown Kraftwerk Bowl left enough karmic change for two more touchdowns than I needed for the final two games of our trifecta. I actually expected Stanford to do to Wisconsin what they did to us in 2000 (and it was a pretty close reversal other than the start), but Monday's Sun Bowl was a complete stunner.