The Game Sucked for Panthers Fans

Short blog today. We went to see Faye, my mother-in-law yesterday for her birthday, (her 84th!). Our intention was also to watch the Super Bowl game. Now, under normal circumstances neither my wife nor I am in the least bit interested in the Super Bowl. But this year the local team (Carolina Panthers) represents the NFC, so we figured we'd watch. However, the Panthers were playing so poorly that we left to head back home shortly before half-time. And Carole's mom was really tired after the birthday celebration anyway.

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Carole decked out in her Panther stuff. Dig that crazy hat!

I got a hat.

Happy 84th, Faye!

What it was...

We had fun at the football game. It was my first visit to the Panthers stadium, and I was impressed with it. Damned thing holds over 70,000 human beings. They say it was almost at capacity. They run an efficient place, because we were out in quick order.

The game was good, unless you were an Atlanta Falcons fan. They got stomped, but good.

Sometimes a guy would kick the ball!

Then one guy would give the ball to another guy and he'd run really fast with it!

Then this other guy would throw the football!

And one guy would catch it and some other fellow would knock him down!

What it was, was football!

Football??!!

Today we're going to a professional football game. I have not been to a pro football game in decades. Once upon a time I was an avid sports fan...Atlanta Falcons football and Atlanta Braves baseball. But as the years went by I lost interest in pro sports. All sports, really. I even stopped watching the Olympics.

But Carole got the chance to get two tickets to the home game between the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons. So we're going.

A far cry from what I normally do on my weekly day off.

Cattail Peak, 6,600 feet above sea level, far from the madding crowds.

Today's experience will be much different from this kind of silence and solitude. I hope the game will be a good one.