Saturday October 26th was another home game for Richard's college. And they played another Catholic school....and WON! For the season, the Blue Devils are 2-2 versus Catholic Schools.
This week's opponent was the Salve Regina Seahawks. "Salve Regina"" is a Latin term which translates as "Hail (Holy) Queen." It strikes me as somewhat blasphemous (or at least vulgar) to hear fans shouting 'holy' words while cheering at these games (e.g., "Go Salve", "Go Sacred Heart", etc.). To me, it shows the ignorance of their fans toward their own religion (and just think how much tuition costs at these private schools).
The weather was cool but sunny (I felt sunburned by the end). Richard and I again sat in the Student section stands, towards the top, about mid-field. The Blue Devils Dance Team was on our side of the field, along with the Marching Band, while the Cheerleaders were on the opposite side of the field (by the Reserved seats). For some reason, there weren't too many fans; the official attendance was only 3312 (Hardly OSU or Georgia or Tennessee).
Having played in my high school marching band, I have to say that I am very impressed with the Blue Devils Marching Band. While it is small in numbers, it is very professional and polished. They do a nice medley of Rhapsody in BLUE, Behind BLUE eyes
So far, for each game, they have distributed "goodies" at the gate when we entered. This time we received little NEC backpacks which included a pen (blue ink, of course) and some sun screen (which I didn't realize until after the game-see above). We found out later, they were also giving away single servings of flavored pretzels. Ended up getting a "bunch" of those too.
The Blue Devils dominate the game. At half-time the score was 35-0. The Devils third TD was an exciting 94-yard run. The final score was 47-13.
I was looking forward to a tasty cheeseburger from Ted's food truck but it wasn't there this time. So instead, we each had a "Frito pie". This is a tasty small dish (only $3) of black and red beans in a chili sauce, poured over Fritos with a sprinkling of cheddar cheese. Yumm.
After the game we walked around the campus; had hoped to go to the bookstore but it was closed. Had to get home in order to get ready for this evening's final performance of the play, "Hedda Gabler."
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