What a day! A great game, great weather, and a delightful surprising burger.
Saturday (October 5, 2013) I accompanied my son, Richard, to another football game at his school. You may recall that we went to a game a few weeks ago where Holy Cross got the upper hand.
This time the game started in the afternoon and the weather turned out much better than forecast. We were anticipating a partly cloudy day in the low 70s but were blessed with a mostly sunny day in the mid-upper 70s. Sitting in the student section was brutal because of the sun. Most of the fans bailed from that section by halftime. I suspect many left around then because the score was was 28-3 at half time.
But the game turned out to be a nail biter as the St. Francis Red Flash almost caught up. By the early 4th quarter our Devils were only ahead 31-29. It came down to the final moments with the Blue Devils scoring with only 2 minutes to go. The final score was 38-29.
Last game, they passed out plastic blue devils horns that lit up. This game they gave out blue rally towels (see below).
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| Rally towel: about the size of a large wash cloth or small hand towel. |
For the first half of the game we sat in the stands next to the visitors section. I was shocked to learn that St. Francis is in Loretto, Pennsylvania near Altoona and Pittsburgh and took about 8 hours to travel to the game. Saint Francis University is the oldest Franciscan institution of higher learning in the United States. It is a Catholic, coeducational liberal arts university sponsored by the Franciscans of the Third Order Regular.
I find it interesting and somewhat more than coincidental that we (the Blue Devils) have played against Catholic Schools in both games Richard and I have attended. Next week, the Blue Devils play at Sacred Heart University (another RC school). Also, somewhat ironical, is that Richard's former roller hockey team was also the Blue Devils.
One of the highlights of the "game" for me was unexpectedly encountering a food truck from Ted's Restaurant. Because we sat in the Student Section/Visitor's stands, we were not near the stadium's refreshment booth. However, there were two food trucks parked nearby.
Initially, Richard took a look and was not impressed with the choices. However, when I took a peek I recognized the significance of Ted's Cheeseburgers. Ted's usually comes up in lists historic and significant area burger joints. One of my work colleagues had traveled with her family several hours just to try out the steamed burgers. So, recognizing the name, I decided to give it a try (without onions) even though sitting in the hot sun was not ideal for enjoying a juicy cheeseburger.
Overall, I was pretty impressed with the cheeseburger. Very tasty and filling. I'm pretty sure it had all the fat and calories needed for the entire day (and perhaps more). Richard was not as adventurous (he was skeptical about the cheese, I think) and missed his opportunity.
After the game, however, we stopped by a nearby Mooyah. We have one of these near home, so it is familiar. Had the best sweet potato fries this time. Even though I was still stuffed from my steamed cheeseburger, I had a hard time to keep from stealing some of Richard's sweet potato fries. Yumm.
Links:
http://ricketwrite.blogspot.com/2013/09/last-evening-richard-and-i-attended.html
http://www.ccsubluedevils.com/sports/fball/2013-14/boxscores/20131005_usc8.xml
http://francis.edu/
http://www.tedsrestaurant.com
http://www.mooyah.com/