After the debacle that was last night's season opening slaughtering at the hands of the Golden Bears, it goes without saying I was not in a good mood. My mod was only made worse by after returning to our hotel room and wanting to get some dinner, EVERY place was closed. It's a college town, yet the fine cuisines of dominoes and mcdonalds were closed, depriving me of terrible terrible food for my body.
After deciding to screw the food and just head out to the fine nightlife that Berekely has to offer, we reached "The Bear's Lair", where many of the Berkeley faithful watched the game and were celebrating their victory. Well, not only was the Lair out of all of their quality adult beverages, for the ones they had they charged us $5 a beer for. Really!? This is college and it was a small beer. I was livid.
Then all of a sudden, a light shone down and my mood changed in an instant. I realized at this very moment how much better being at a football school really is. At 12:15 AM, the Mighty Sound of California, yes the marching band, came to the street where the bar was on. They proceeded to march in place and play the fight song at this late hour outside the bar.
But it gets better. The band than came into the bar and stood all around the bar and just started playing music. The crowd loved it, being jacked up about their win, and the band was getting free drinks. It was an incredible sight. And then, out of nowhere, came Journey.
I'm not ashamed to admit it. I am a sucker for Journey's "Don't Stop Believing". I loved it in "The Sopranos", I loved it in "Rock of Ages", I loved it in "Glee"...I will forever love it. When the band played it last night, all my bad ire directed toward California dissapitated and I sung along like a faithful fan. After Journey, they played Madonna/Justin Timberlake's "4 Minutes" and even a little Boston for Hal.
Again...it just proved how cool it is to go to a football school. I can only imagine what it is like going to school in the South, or at USC or Michigan. The tailgating, the atmosphere, the band at the bar! None of this would take place at Maryland...no one would dare. It's a shame too. Dr. Debbie Yow and President Mote were here in attendance at the game tonight. After seeing how this same passion as I did, I don't know how they couldn't want to bring it to Maryland. But needless to say, I have a good feeling they won't.
It's a shame too. Everyone back in College Park deserves to experience what Hal and I did tonight...even after a loss.
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