D'Bears

Some opportunities are too fun , too much an adventure, too much an event that they are not to be missed.  Such was Monday night. Blair and I had the opportunity to attend Monday Night Football - where the Chicago Bears hosted theDetroit Lions in Soldiers Field

Sitting in a sky box is pretty cool by itself. One that feels suspended over the playing field is even cooler. The food was plentiful and satisfying.

But clearly the highlight was being on the field prior to the game. Like being court side at a basketball game - the dimension of the truly big men is enhanced being up clodse - they are BIG.

Blair and I also discussed what an ego boost being under the lights, being them focused of unbridled attention - week after week, would really be an ego boost thinking it was all about you.

It was a good night- even for erst while Vikings.

Home Coming

How does an away game feel like a home coming - go watch BYU play Notre Dame and you will see how. 6-8 thousand of our closest Cougar fans crawled out from every rock to attend.

I'm not an over-the -top football fan but ND knows how to host a football game. Thousands descend on their middle of nowhere campus to participate in a broad range of pre-game events. I was clearly enraptured by them - I like their style of pre-game.

The game was disappointing in that they loss but satisfying given I was sure they were going to be destroyed and they did just fine - thank you very much.

We saw family,
We saw friends,
We saw alumni,
We saw folks from Illinois, Minnesota, Utah, Virginia

It was an event.
The best of which was spending the day with Blair.