Devils Vanquished

The outcome was not favorable for the Blue Devils today.  In a rare 12 noon start, the Devils were not fully awake for most of the game, which ended in a 54-21 defeat by the Robert Morris Colonials.

The weather was challengingly cool (45F) and cloudy during the game.  Perhaps that's what kept attendance down to 2004.  Hardly any fans sat on the Students/Visitors side. Richard and I sat on the Home side because that was closest to the refreshment booth and restrooms.  We should've worn gloves. Instead, I bought a cup of hot coffee (2X) mostly to hold to warm our hands. Toward the end of the game, we moved to the Student stands because it was getting the sunshine (which made it slightly warmer.

Richard bundled up during Half-time.

RMU is the most distant school in the conference that we play. It is located in Moon Township outside Pittsburgh, PA. Perhaps today's early start time was to offset the long commute the Colonials had to return home.

In addition to the two (2) cups of hot coffee (which I only had a few sips), Richard enjoyed a pulled pork sandwich (heavenly aroma) and I had a Frito pie.

Usually, there is some sort of free promotional item given away. We have received illuminated devils horns, rally towel, and back sack. This time nothing was distributed at the gate but later the mascot passed out rally signs.  There was not much use for the "Beat RMU" side.

  

In addition to cheerleaders and dancers, the Blue Devils have a very fine marching band (for its small size). In the picture below you can see how empty the (Student/Visitor) stands are.

Two other humorous episodes that we witnessed during the game: a young kid next to us got his picture on the scoreboard via the fan camera but he was holding his rally sign upside down (until I told him). Despite the success of the Colonials,they were not perfect. In one case, the quarterback threw an incomplete pass and hit one of his players standing on the sideline who went down for about 5 minutes. Hope it wasn't a season ending injury.

Links:
http://www.ccsubluedevils.com/sports/fball/2013-14/boxscores/20131109_90r1.xml
http://www.rmu.edu/