All I can say is that the show was more evidence of ODU punching above its weight class. It seems like everything at ODU seems like it is from a program above where ODU is in the Sun Belt, from the stadium, luxury seating, a parachute jump before the game, the announcer (I will explain in a bit), and the drone show. Well done, ODU, well done.
The South Carolina adventure didn’t start at the airport — it began in the fluorescent aisles of Costco and Publix. Since some of the crew was driving to Columbia, it seemed smart to stock up before departure instead of scrambling for supplies once we landed.
If you arrived late to this one, congratulations, you probably missed six touchdowns in the first eight drives. The game opened with Georgia State going three-and-out, a performance that suggested they were still mentally in the locker room. South Alabama promptly took advantage of the provided short field and rolled 53 yards in 10 plays for a touchdown, establishing early that defense would not be attending tonight’s event.
From there, we wandered around campus and through OSU Athletics and the Hall of Fame, which were admittedly impressive. We did some more wandering about campus before attending the guided athletics tour which took us right back to the same ground we had already walked earlier, just now with some extremely limited narration.
And downtown Athens is a nice walkable area with nice shops and restaurants. But there are a lot of hills.
After a drink we headed over to Burl Arcade and the 1980’s. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, pinball, etc., it is all here. It was a blast from the past and a flood of memories from mid-island mall arcade and high school. And some of the games at Burl still cost $0.25.
We headed into the beer garden which is located in one of the end zones. This is a nice touch. It provides excellent views of the field and you can get close up. It was a good spot to watch warm ups.
New head coach Curt Cignetti and QB Kurtis Rourke lead the Indiana Hoosiers to a 42-28 over the Maryland Terrapins, and a 5-0 start to the 2024 season. Indiana was able to overcome a minus 4 turnover margin by coming up big on defense at the right time with Kurtis Rourke throwing for 359 yards in the rain and wind.
It was this access that led us to a sign that said “Welcome to Da’ Swamp”. Now, according to Sam, Louisiana started using the Swamp moniker 2 years before Florida. A very quick, and I mean very quick, internet search of this reveals that there may be some truth to this.
The UNCC campus is a very pretty campus. It was bigger than I remember as I have been here before when looking at colleges with Jake. But it was just as beautiful as I remember.
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