Tonight I finally went to my first live football (American Football, not soccer :p) match. It was the opening season match between San Diego State University Aztecs and California Polytechnic University Mustangs at Qualcomm Stadium (home to the San Diego Chargers). My university was giving away free tickets so I decided to try it out and have some fun. I went with my friends from India, we all went there by trolley because we had a one day free trolley pass as well. Haha..Im just a big fan of free stuffs :p Which bummed me out later when we arrived at the stadium because they were actually giving away free football jerseys...but we were running abit late, so when we got there they were all GONE!! :(
When I first started watching the match, honestly I had no idea what was going on. All I knew about football was "touchdown". Haha..so at first I was just watching a bunch of people running on the field with a weird shaped ball and tackling each other...sounds like rugby..haha..
Anyways, later on my friends explained the game to me, and I really had to sit there and concentrate in order to get a hang of what's going on. By the time half time was over, I understood what the game was all about and started to enjoy it. The atmosphere was fantastic with all the fans cheering and screaming. They also had the cheerleaders and the band always pumping up the rhythm. It was really really exciting watching being able to have the opportunity to be apart of it. I seriously wouldnt mind going to another one.
But sadly my great fun exciting eventually ends on a sad note. The Aztecs ended up losing to The Mustangs 27-29. Everyone was really dissappointed because we were actually leading 27-26, but lost in the final seconds. Not so great for an opening home match, but Im sure there'll be more wins coming our way soon.
Alright, I know everyone likes to see pictures. So here are the pictures taken during my first experience watching a live football game :)
Go Aztecs!!!
xoxo,
-ling.
Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. 3 trolley stops away from SDSU.
And that's the gate that I first entered..then later I found out it was free seating :p
Another view of Qualcomm Stadium..and look at the parking lot...
plenty of Aztecs fans!!
Entrance to Qualcomm stadium and walking to Qualcomm Stadium.
The people in the front are my friends from India :)
The parking lots at Qualcomm
Opening performance from the SDSU band, dancers and cheerleaders
SDSU Aztecs running on to the field and walking towards the side lines
Our opponent - The Cal Poly Mustangs
And pic on the right is me and two of my friends that were with me, Ahsas and Ankit :)
Inside Qualcomm and the coin tose between Aztecs and Mustangs
Scoreboard and The Aztecs line up
Our home field and the big screen
The view from high above and the score after 5minutes..still 0-0
Getting ready for another kick off and The Mustangs took the lead first.
The view from another side of the stadium and more pictures of the game
The crowd at Qualcomm and the Qualcomm field
The Aztecs and this was taken when I moved to the lower down seats..closer view
Aztecs scores and more pictures of the game
The Aztec Fans!!
Me at Qualcomm and the scoreboard during the 2nd Quarter Aztecs 7, Mustangs 9
The fans on the other side and the score around the 3rd quarter, CP 16, SDS 14
The game and the score late in the 3rd quarter, CP 23, SDS 21
The final score after 4 quarters, CP 29, SDS 27 :(
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