Preseason Football: Up Close and Personal
- Filed under: NFL
- Date: Aug 25,2008
Last night I attended my first preseason game. Preseason generally doesn’t do much for me. If regular NFL games lead to scorgasms, preseason games are the equivalent of foreplay. Basically a chance to warm up and for people who don’t know what they are doing to get some experience.
But given that it was going to be the first NFL game in the new Lucas Oil Stadium, I decided that it was worth going. Watching the 285-pound Jared Lorenzen was incredibly dull. (albeit sometimes humorous). I’m sure that Tony Dungy got a lot out of watching particular plays and players, but I didn’t. In fact, it hasn’t even been 24 hours and I don’t remember the final score. The Colts lost to Buffalo . And the Colts defense looked a little flaky. That is about as much of the game as I care to recall.
The stadium did make the trip worth taking. Watching the roof open up without even making a sound was amazing. And there is a pretty stocked bar outside of section 444. The food was just kind of okay…I’ll take my gameday buffet at home over what they had to offer any Sunday.
Bring on the real games. The ones that count toward the playoffs and the record books. Those are what give me MY scorgasms.
