Falcon Football

Today was Kid's Day at Falcon Stadium.  We are two weeks out from the start of the season, and the Mighty Air Force Falcons had a scrimmage.  It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go watch some football, albeit of the preseason variety.  Here's a picture of Bode and Mommy outside Falcon Stadium.

I'm trying to convince Ashley Falcon Stadium and Jordan Hare are roughly the same size.  She's not buying it.  The scrimmage was decent, but a little unrealistic.  Air Force runs the wishbone, which means the quarterback runs the ball a lot.  However, the QB was wearing a "don't touch" jersey, so it was up to the refs to determine if the QB would have been tackled.  The coaches must beat the fact players cannot touch a QB into the players heads, because no one laid a finger on them.  Bode was interested in the game...for a little while.  He liked it a lot more when Mommy got him some flavored ice.

I filmed a couple of plays and thought about emailing them to the Notre Dame folks.  I'm sure they are sweating bullets about the prospect of facing the Falcon attack.  This particular play was interesting.  I think the DB was nice--he could have leveled the RB but chose a less violent hit.

After the scrimmage ended, we could go down on the field.

Bode posed with Mommy at mid-field.  If he plays his cards right, he could be in this same spot 13 years from now wearing a Falcon jersey.  Hopefully he is blessed with more athletic ability than his parents.

Some of the players came out to sign autographs (for free) and pose for pictures.  I had both of these kids in class.  Steph is a starting DB and did quite well in electrical engineering.

Briceton doesn't start, but I think he plays in the nickel defense.  He did amazingly well in my class--so much for the dumb-jock stereotype.  I'd like to see the any starter for Alabama take an EE class and pass :-)  (I'm sure the Auburn team would do much better...)

Bode starts kindergarten on Monday.  He's amped for it.  I'm sure they'll be pictures.  Pleasant day.