Sunday, September 21, 2014

Buffalo Bills (19/20)

September 21st, 2014

Matchup:  Buffalo Bills vs. San Diego Chargers (w)


Setting:
  • Drove three hours from Ithica to Buffalo. Was in Ithica for a friend's wedding
  • Very rainy day, with lots of clouds, periodic rain, but still hot/muggy
  • Bleacher seats (metal) 
  • High up but on 45 ish.  Only a few away from the top of the stadium
  • The Bills future was still questionable at the time - if they would be sold and moved or not.
  • The stadium is set as a hole in the ground. Comes up out of no where. Not viewable from the highway at all.
Highlights:
  • A TON of people were taken out of the game
  • People tour up the program brochure and made it into confetti which they periodically threw in the air.
  • Danny Woodhead broke his leg during the game
  • EJ Manuel was still starting at the time
  • Even if it was upstate New York, I could still tell the commonalities with downstate new yorkers... when the team wasn't doing well, the fans would be quick to boo.  No tolerance for second rate performance.
Trip Memories: 
  • Derek and Jen's wedding!
  • Coming from Ithica, we drove for MILES without other cars on the road. The speed limit arbitrarily would change as we were driving on one road.  Lots of corn fields.
  • No one seems to park at the stadium parking. We pull over into a random person's parking driveway and paid pretty cheap rates. We walked the rest of the way to Ralph Wilson Stadium.
  • We went into the city of Buffalo after the game.  Buffalo reminded both me and my husband of Worcester, MA.  We went to the Anchor Bar for the ORIGINAL buffalo chicken wing... my favorite was the pizza rolls (spring roll of pizza).

Team 19 of 32
Award:  Most Active Security Staff Award for sniper-like diligence

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Cleveland Browns (18/32)

September 14, 2014

Matchup:  Cleveland Browns (w) vs. New Orleans Saints


Setting:
  • High seats but on the 50 yard line.
  • Work trip! And met up with some coworkers who live in the area.
  • Spent the Saturday exploring downtown Cleveland including the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.
Highlights:
  • The browns actually won!
  • Cute dog! in honor of the dawg pound
  • All the fans barked
Trip Memories: 
  • AMAZING burrito at a great place in Cleveland my co worker and her husband took us to.
  • Went to MELT after the game for dinner. Wow

Team 18 of 32
Award:  Most Music Played During the Game