I was prepared to settle in this evening and get some work done, but Chanuck's old boss had other ideas: he called two hours before the Eagles-Ravens game to offer us tickets. We didn't realize until we picked them up that the seats were, in fact, awesome: we were sitting in the first row on the 30-yard line behind the Ravens bench. Now, I think the preseason isn't worthy of much attention (especially in the NFL), but who am I to pass up good seats? Tens of thousands of fans agreed: attendance at the stadium reached 71,000+ tonight.
A good number of them were Eagles fans. If I got nothing else out of this evening, I appreciated the camaraderie. There's nothing like walking around a stadium and being greeted by opposing fans. (It's similar to the feeling one gets at a Caps game when the Penguins are visiting.) I heard words of encouragement ("It's only the preseason, who cares"), which helped temper the salty taunting from the Baltimore fans ("Go eat a cheese steak," "Your draft picks suck"). It was just nice to see some football again. I'll feel the same way about hockey next month!
(Photos are
here.)
I was prepared to settle in this evening and get some work done, but Chanuck's old boss had other ideas: he called two hours before the Eagles-Ravens game to offer us tickets. We didn't realize until we picked them up that the seats were, in fact, awesome: we were sitting in the first row on the 30-yard line behind the Ravens bench. Now, I think the preseason isn't worthy of much attention (especially in the NFL), but who am I to pass up good seats? Tens of thousands of fans agreed: attendance at the stadium reached 71,000+ tonight.
A good number of them were Eagles fans. If I got nothing else out of this evening, I appreciated the camaraderie. There's nothing like walking around a stadium and being greeted by opposing fans. (It's similar to the feeling one gets at a Caps game when the Penguins are visiting.) I heard words of encouragement ("It's only the preseason, who cares"), which helped temper the salty taunting from the Baltimore fans ("Go eat a cheese steak," "Your draft picks suck"). It was just nice to see some football again. I'll feel the same way about hockey next month!
(Photos are here.)
1 comment:
Great pictures! They really capture the excitement of preseason, especially that last one.
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