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Saturday, September 14, 2013

FSU wins the First Home Game Against Nevada

View from our seats. Note - Stadium holds 83000 - looks like about 60000 made the game. Newspaper reported 72000.

Nevada equipment truck. Nevada came for the paycheck - gave the Noles everything they could handle the first 2 quarters.

Our seats in section 32. $10.

The Nevada Wolfpack traveled almost 3000 miles to Tallahassee. It was their first visit to town. The final score will not show how tough the first half was. At the end of one quarter - the Casino Kids were ahead 7-3. FSU was back to their old ways of sloppy play and penalties. FSU pulled ahead at the half 17-7.


Nevada ran out of gas - probably because of a lack of a good second string. the Florida heat and humidity did not help. When the score broke 40-7 in the third quarter - and the monsoon cloud were blowing in from the Gulf - many people left. With games at 3:30 - people can drive into town in the morning - and get out of town before the streetlights go on. 

We left our house at 2:40 - we drove the scooters to campus - and parked at Lulu's building. It is abotu 1/2 mile to the stadium from there - mostly downhill - so we walked. We could have parked much cooer for free but did not want to get caught in traffic. 

It was very hot and humid on the walk down and my t-shirt was drenched. We took a few drinks and some pockets full of snacks. The security was checking bags but not pockets. They pretend they are looking for weapons - but really they want you to buy their food and drink at super inflated prices. 

There were plenty of tickets for sale outside the stadium. I check a few - I wanted to sit in section 32 - 33 - or 34 - because they have plenty of seats in the shade there. An older couple form Atlanta had an extra pair in Section 32. They had a $38 price tag on them. I offered $10 - he said $15 - I decided to walk and look for better. He yelled to me okay - I'll take $10 - and we went in.

We were in the shade from the opening bell. Still we sweated. the first half was boring. I wish FSU would stop playing these doormats. 

The storm clouds were approaching - so we left at the start of the 4th quarter. There was little traffic and we were home quickly and beat the rain.

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