So since I have the most awesome brother-in-law a guy could ask for, Ali and I got tickets to the Denver Broncos game on Sunday. We decided that if we were going to Denver that we might as well live like rock stars and fly in on Sunday morning, go to the game, then fly back home that night. It was an awesome and exhausting experience.
Now a lot of the fun of going to the game was all of the "preparation" that we needed to do before so. This included buying new shirts, jerseys, and ribbon for Ali's hair : ) I got to buy a Champ Bailey jersey and Ali went with Jay Cutler (who ended up throwing 5 TD's in the game!). Ali decided that since she can't really get dressed up all cute to go to the high school games anymore that she would go all out for the Broncos game, and she looked great!
Well the game was simply amazing. I lost my voice by the end of the 1st quarter and yet I still had plenty to scream about with 30 seconds left in the game. It was honestly one of the very best football games that I have ever seen, and I was so lucky that I was there in person to see it. Judi probably put it best when she said "Jon, you're in your happy place aren't you?". Yes, I was.The most exciting part of the game was the last two minutes, Denver was down by 7 points when a crazy play happened. Jay Cutler actually fumbled the ball, but the referee had called it "dead" because he thought it was an incomplete pass, so even though San Diego had recovered his fumble, it didn't count because the ref had blown his whistle and called the play "dead". I'm pretty sure I was the only person who actually understood what exactly happened when the referee came over the loud speaker and explained what happened. Anyways Denver ended up throwing a touchdown pass to Eddie Royal with 1 minute left in the game. The huge call came when Denver's coach decided to go for 2 instead of just kicking the extra point and going into overtime. The whole game rested on a 2 point conversion! Denver called almost exactly the same play as they did on the touchdown pass and our rookie wide receiver Eddie Royal caught the game winning 2 point conversion! Eddie was then subsequently injured in the celebration (but he is ok).
Ali and I bought our traditional hoodies that we buy on every trip. I got a sweet "old school" Denver hoodie and Ali bought a awesome white hoodie along with some Bronco earings! All in all it was a wonderful day. A very big thank you to Ryan and Judi for the tickets. What a day....
Oh yeah, and only one half of my face got sun burnt because the sun was only on my right side all game!
