Just back from the game ....
Great write-up Garvin. I won\'t try to add to it but I thought folks might enjoy hearing about some of the other things going on in the stadium.
* Too bad all of you 70\'s era Cardinals weren\'t there this evening. The 1970/71 Rose Bowl team was honored at half. Looked like there were about 25 or so of the team there including (of course) Plunkett and Ralston. Both go to most of the games anyway and Ralston has seats near us in section 114. Some fun highlights of the Rose Bowl season were played but somehow they missed the infamous SJS game. :-) Lot\'s of thunderchickens were in evidence - I recognized two but I\'m sure those others standing nearby must have been linemen.
* John Lynch was at the game as part of his Stanford Hall of Fame induction He looked like he could still be playing and enjoyed himself on the sidelines. John was interviewed on the sideline and was highly complimentary of Luck - he mentioned that his transition to Safety from QB was an easy choice since his arm was nothing like Luck\'s. Nice compliments for Luck to receive from a guy that played at the next level. Brevin Knight was also in this year\'s class but not at today\'s game.
* Sighted along the sidelines - Jayne Appel, wearing a large "boot" - guess she\'s still healing. She had two other players (RGO was one of them? ) with here.
* The band show poked fun at the Pac 10 expansion and noted the Pac 8 started going downhill with the admission of the non-Pacific based Arizona. The band ranks were dressed as various Mario characters (Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, Yoshi, Mushrooms, etc) but that didn\'t figure into either band show.
* The stadium\'s sunnyside had sparse sections at game time but filled up somewhat by the end of the first quarter. Not a sell out - there were empty sections particularly in the upper deck.
* The UofA crowd was pretty quiet - not a lot for them to cheer about.
* I\'m surprised that Loukas didn\'t get in this game. He had his helmet on and was ready to play throughout the 4th quarter but the Arizona no-huddle seemed to have given Harbaugh just enough of a scare to keep his starter in. Still, all those Luck run calls in the 4th scared the heck out of me! When Luck ran up the middle on an option and characteristically refused to  slide I had visions of our season going up in smoke.
* One of our kick-offs went through the uprights .... Niiiiiice.
* Lots of student interest - Stanford stadium on gameday is definitely a be-there event on campus.
* The Stanford women\'s crew squad received a National Sportsmanship award during the 3rd quarter transition for their rallying together with the Cal team to help the Cal coxswain\'s fight against cancer. The parents of the fallen player were also on the field for the ceremony.
* The ABC skycam that is suspended over the field and zips around during the game is REALLY annoying for spectactors. Sometimes it\'s only 4 to 5 feet above the players heads. I hope it took some good shots for those of you watching on TV cause it\'s a big distraction to those of us there.
Great write-up Garvin. I won\'t try to add to it but I thought folks might enjoy hearing about some of the other things going on in the stadium.
* Too bad all of you 70\'s era Cardinals weren\'t there this evening. The 1970/71 Rose Bowl team was honored at half. Looked like there were about 25 or so of the team there including (of course) Plunkett and Ralston. Both go to most of the games anyway and Ralston has seats near us in section 114. Some fun highlights of the Rose Bowl season were played but somehow they missed the infamous SJS game. :-) Lot\'s of thunderchickens were in evidence - I recognized two but I\'m sure those others standing nearby must have been linemen.
* John Lynch was at the game as part of his Stanford Hall of Fame induction He looked like he could still be playing and enjoyed himself on the sidelines. John was interviewed on the sideline and was highly complimentary of Luck - he mentioned that his transition to Safety from QB was an easy choice since his arm was nothing like Luck\'s. Nice compliments for Luck to receive from a guy that played at the next level. Brevin Knight was also in this year\'s class but not at today\'s game.
* Sighted along the sidelines - Jayne Appel, wearing a large "boot" - guess she\'s still healing. She had two other players (RGO was one of them? ) with here.
* The band show poked fun at the Pac 10 expansion and noted the Pac 8 started going downhill with the admission of the non-Pacific based Arizona. The band ranks were dressed as various Mario characters (Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, Yoshi, Mushrooms, etc) but that didn\'t figure into either band show.
* The stadium\'s sunnyside had sparse sections at game time but filled up somewhat by the end of the first quarter. Not a sell out - there were empty sections particularly in the upper deck.
* The UofA crowd was pretty quiet - not a lot for them to cheer about.
* I\'m surprised that Loukas didn\'t get in this game. He had his helmet on and was ready to play throughout the 4th quarter but the Arizona no-huddle seemed to have given Harbaugh just enough of a scare to keep his starter in. Still, all those Luck run calls in the 4th scared the heck out of me! When Luck ran up the middle on an option and characteristically refused to  slide I had visions of our season going up in smoke.
* One of our kick-offs went through the uprights .... Niiiiiice.
* Lots of student interest - Stanford stadium on gameday is definitely a be-there event on campus.
* The Stanford women\'s crew squad received a National Sportsmanship award during the 3rd quarter transition for their rallying together with the Cal team to help the Cal coxswain\'s fight against cancer. The parents of the fallen player were also on the field for the ceremony.
* The ABC skycam that is suspended over the field and zips around during the game is REALLY annoying for spectactors. Sometimes it\'s only 4 to 5 feet above the players heads. I hope it took some good shots for those of you watching on TV cause it\'s a big distraction to those of us there.
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