Getting him to stand still and actually smile seemed like too big of a feat, so we just stuck with this one. That's okay, I still think it's a great picture, and it does capture that half-dazed expression that he has mastered.
The next weekend I went to San Diego and watched BYU play SDSU. I was with a friend of mine and we hit bad traffic on the 5 and ended up getting there a little late. We were in the parking lot and the game had already started when some strange man in a big truck pulled up and asked if we already had tickets. I guess we looked stand-offish because he mentioned later that we both looked at him like he was a pedophile. I told him that we hadn't bought our tickets yet, and he asked if we'd like some free tickets to a loge. I didn't actually want to go sit in a loge with an SDSU fan, but I did want a free ticket into the stadium, so I accepted. We went in and found Devon and Annette, sat with them for a quarter and then decided that maybe it wouldn't hurt to just go check out the loge. The guy was super friendly, not all that drunk, and offered two more tickets for Devon and Annette. So we all wound up in the box. It worked out very nicely since all the BYU fans from out-of-town who didn't know any better had bought tickets in advance that were all around the box, and there was free food. So I got a free ticket, a padded seat located in close proximity to a lot of blue, a hot dog and beverage, and most importantly BYU won. It's probably the last game I'll get to watch in person this season, so I had to really enjoy the experience. I always hope for better, just for the team's sake, but it's never a total disappointment when BYU plays in the Vegas bowl and I get to stop by and see them again one last time on my way home for Christmas.
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