In the shadow of the Bryant Denny Stadium
On Saturday morning the University of Alabama plays one of the most important football games of its season. All day today RVs have been lumbering into town and setting up camp in grassy undeveloped lots. There are hot air balloon rides on the quad. The tailgating tents are already springing up and the buildings downtown are already cordoning off their yards, to keep revelers out. There are hundreds of porta potties tucked into every nook and cranny on campus. Strange middle-aged people draped in head to toe with team gear are staggering around town on foot and of course the traffic is unbelievable. In the darkness the stadium looms, lights blazing, like the fucking death star. Football is weird, y’all.
elizabeth said,
November 6, 2009 at 4:07 am
football makes me crazy. i was a cheerleader & have a real soft spot for that sort of shit.
i used to walk around the different trucks-n-trailers before the games at uga & leave with my purse stuffed with drinks.
jskah said,
November 6, 2009 at 8:13 am
i don’t remember what i was going to say before i found out elizabeth used to be a cheerleader, but it was probably something like, amen?