Football Fantasy!
This part of the world is so crazy about football(American!) and the spirits of the Hokies go up like any thing during a home game. It is a shame being a Hokie and not watching a match live in the stadium(Set aside the fact that i don’t understand the game!). I got a ticket for the match against Western Kentucky which is like a minnow team and VT with four wins in a row didn’t look up WKU as a potential opponent but still it was a game….
There is a practice where in the entire stadium wears the same color and it looks awesome. For VT it is Orange and Maroon and we call it the “Orange Effect” and “Maroon Effect”. The match against WKU was held on the Home coming week and it was a mix of both Orange and Maroon and it was a perfect eye candy! I wore the bright Orange tee which i got from the univ store and got all set. Good guy Sameer was kind enough to take me in his car and after some confusions we reached the research center where we were joined by few more guys from the department. We walked down to the stadium about an hour before the match and the entire place was so lively.
In front of the stadium!
People from lot of places come to watch the match and the stadium will be jam packed for any match. It is an amazing feel to sit among the thousands of fellow Hokies and jump, dance and do all the weird stuff!
Sameer getting some football gyaan from Dr. Pyla
The ultimate comedy was i didn’t know the rules of the game and initially all i did was shout out loud when every one did and make those funny noises likewise. But with some gyaan from Dr. Pyla i did get some insights and figured it out when i should shout on my own! Improvement!
Jam packed stadium… Orange and Maroon Effect!
The most important thing aside the game are the marching bands, the cheer leaders, and some other group whose name i forgot! There are some funky things like making noise with key chains during the final block and throwing up a person after scoring a point and many more things.
Every time VT scores they threw up one person up in the air equal to current score. Imagine flying up 27 times(final score!)
And i did shoot a video of that “Throwing up” thing!
It was an enjoyable outing leaving aside the fact that i had to spend $4 for a soda (ok…coco cola!) and i did learn something. The last two quarters were pretty boring as VT did major scoring in the first two quarters. I forgot to mention about the Hokie Pokie Song at the third quarter…. It brings the child in you and when every one dances you ought to!
Awesome coordination!
Final Yard!
Two months since i landed in this place and i am kinda liking most of the things. Some important things are slated for this week and later and i hope things go on fine.
9 Responses to “Football Fantasy!”
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Hi! I am Ramanujam. I am a grad student in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech.
Nice pictures, sure it looks like a lot of fun being in the bowl, that too for a home game.
Heh, i guess you have been playing too much ultimate frisbee. Its a score in frisbee and a touchdown in football. The difference is – touchdown is valued 6 points.
Did you mean 27 touch downs? or 27 points?
Time to learn the game!
@bharadwaj
Ya… i know the touchdown but 3 and 1 pointers are called score i guess… Not sure!
It was 27 points… 27 touchdowns in near impossible!
Wowo. Cool pics… Nice cam dude. American Football!!!!!!!! Lets see… enjoy to the core dude…. I miss u in orange effect. If u have one pose, please upload it man
@raja
Thanks!
I guess a couple of pics are there in my prof’s cam…. will upload once he mails it to me…
I watched a game last season and never understood anything. I don’t think any of the desi group understands it perfectly though many pretend to know because I know nothing
@madan
True! Even though we don’t understand most of it, it is good fun to be in the stadium once in a while!
Good write up !! Looks like you having good fun!! Enjoy life King size buddy!!
@jayshri
Thanks a lot!
Yup…. the match was good fun!
Hey!
nice write up! Looking at your blog and mine, I can see we have replicated most of the content
Thanks for clicking the video, I was searching for it.