RUTGERS playing South Florida excitement in the air !!!! Suddenly they score.....and Rutgers is down 0-7... !!!! We all start swearing.....what the f***k how can the defense be so hopeless and start our expert comments on what the Rutgers team should do, the experts from fall2007 cedar lane gang planning strategy for the game they are watching first time....that sounds interesting isn't it. But I think American football is a game where its safe to comment from outside than playing it. Suddenly Rutgers score and I realize I have started liking the game that I till thought was stupid, idiotic waste of time. Suddenly the idea to get tickets for the next game is in the air and we all start scrambling for GSA ticket lottery mails. 2 days and Lo and Behold every one gets tickets and the excitement is at the peak. In the lecture after the lecture we are busy planning how to distribute ticket, who will make it who will miss...lists are out...revised every day.....The D day arrives we are scrambling to find our RED T shirts, sid is busy...making a posters to stick on his shirt... GO R U reads the poster...and it looks really funny on his shirt.....
Reaching the stadium we are in for a pleasant surprise...free RUTGERS t shirts....the mood in the camp is now really charged....
and here comes the Rutgers Band playing the Rutgers song.... the match now seems like nothing less than a grand ceremony.... Rains are the order of the day...stadium in empty not standing up to my expectation of stadium filled to the brim for this crunch game. There is giant screen behind us ... charging the atmosphere by playing some fast numbers metallica, final countdown....and the list goes on...
Teams arrive , the match begins and so does the disaster. It starts pouring rain and touch downs, unfortunately the touch downs are by opponents. Seniors are explaining me the rules of the game....and I am watching in despair my team going down without a fight...we are no match to west virginians....they have stolen the thunder. The interest starts wanning .....and the photo session start...every one wants a pic with the screen with the field in the background.... and the groups photos how can you miss those... The writing is on the wall...RUTGERS is down and almost out... so are half the cedar gang members down with rain and the cold weather....
Match is over...I am thinking am I robbed of 20 bucks that I spent for the match...this is not the match the result I had come to see....I think and realize, there are many things in life whose results are opposite to what you expect....this is just a game...
Inspite of the result I am in love with the game....and in the evening I am off to Johnson Park to play American Football for the first time....
Heads, hung in shame
3 weeks ago
