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Jetzt also noch ein paar Bilder vom Spielfeld und vom Spielrand. Yale hat übrigens verloren. Vielleicht lags an ihrer schlechteren Marching-Band ;)

(Klickt auf die Bilder zum vergrößern)

                                                                   

Filed under: Connecticut, Football, New Haven, USA, Yale

lukelucas says...

not my homecoming, mind you. i didn't go to Auburn. but i'm a fan.

Filed under: auburn, football, furman, homecoming

Heute war wieder ein Heimspiel der "Yale Bulldogs" bzw. des Yale Football Teams. Alle Uni-Teams, und davon gibt es ja eine Menge (Eishockey, Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Baseball etc.), heißen "Bulldogs". Der Name leitet sich, wer hätte das gedacht, vom Maskottchen der Uni ab. Dies ist eine Bulldogge mit dem formschönen Namen Dan und wird nun schon in der x-ten Ausführung (die aktuelle hat latente Aggressionen gegen Fernsehkameras) auf dem Campus gassi geführt.

Bei bestem Sonnenschein-Wetter bin ich also zwei Stunden vorm Spiel zum Yale Bowl Stadion geradelt, da meist für Mitglieder der "Yale-Community" vorher noch kostenloses
Tailgating steigt. Tailgating ist quasi die amerikanische Art des Vorglühens vor Sportereignissen und wird anscheinend streng nach Alter getrennt gefeiert. Die Unterschiede im Tailgating zwischen älteren Semestern und aktuellen Studis sollten dabei denk ich aus den Bildern deutlich werden. Gemeinsam ist aber beiden Happenings, dass sie auf den Parkplätzen und nahe der Kofferraumklappe stattfinden. Wie zu sehen ist, kann man Vorglühen dabei auch wörtlich nehmen, denn wo ein Ami Plörre Bier trinkt, da kann auch ein vorschriftsmäßiges Barbecue nicht weit sein und so schließt sich auch der Kreis zu der Frage, "warum soviel Amerikaner große Pick-ups oder SUV's fahren?". Neben der täglichen Jagd auf Radfahrer braucht man braucht ganz einfach den Platz im Auto um schnellstmöglich und in jeder Ecke des Landes den Grill und Campingstühle gefechtsbereit zu kriegen.

Nachdem ich also kostenlose Hot-Dogs und literweise warmes Apfel-Cider statt amerikanischem Bierimitat verdichtet habe, ging es rein ins Stadion und die Sicherheitsmaßnahmen sind im Vergleich zu einem Regionalliga Fußballspiel des 1.FC Magdeburg quasi nicht existent. Es wird auch überhaupt nicht zwischen Fangruppen getrennt, was einfach daran liegt, dass zumindest das Spiel heute (ich werd sehen wie es beim Erzrivalenspiel gegen Harvard in ein paar Wochen aussieht) eher eine Art soziales Happening mit viel Essen, Trinken und Plaudern war.

Die Jungs auf dem Spielfeld kamen natürlich nicht unbedingt zum Plaudern und auch wenn ich die Regeln von Football noch nicht wirklich verinnerlicht habe, macht es schon Spaß zuzuschauen wie Leute durch die Luft fliegen und der Sound der aneinanderkrachenden Helme hat auch was ;).

Einer der Profiphotographen vor Ort hat mir dankenswerterweise einen Photographen-Pass gegeben, so dass ich auch von der Seitenlinie Photos machen konnte. Mit meinem Urlauber-Tele war ich natürlich vergleichsweise untermotorisiert aber ein paar brauchbare Bilder sind denk ich doch rausgekommen. Die Bilder vom Spiel seht ihr im nächsten Post.

                               

Filed under: Connecticut, Football, New Haven, USA, Yale

JRE Family says...

Little JR and I went out for some field-goal kicking practice.  I kicked a field-goal with camera phone in my hand.  I surprised myself with a 40 yard fieldgoal before this too.  (there was a massive tailwind that helped a lot)

 

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Filed under: Football, Jeremy

JRE Family says...

LIttle J and I went out on the football field behind the house.  LIttle JR has a fascination with kicking the football, so we went out for some field goal practice.  He did pretty good!  

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Filed under: Fieldgoal, football, JR

Stephen says...

Without a doubt, the game of the week (GOW) is Alabama-LSU so I'm not going to select another match-up as the GOW.

Auburn vs. Furman (No line)

Auburn thumps the Paladins.  No contest here.

Auburn 45, Furman 10

Alabama (-9) vs. LSU

The biggest game of the year for both Alabama and LSU.  An Alabama win guarantees a match-up with Florida in the SEC title game.  An LSU win puts them in the driver's seat in the SEC West.  Alabama desperately needed the week off after nearly giving away the game to Tennessee two weeks ago.  LSU has looked good since their loss to Florida.  Should be a low-scoring defensive struggle.  Bama wins, but LSU covers and keeps it close.

Alabama 17, LSU 10 (LSU covers)

Utah State (-3) at Hawaii

I'm having trouble figuring the Aggies out.  They lose at New Mexico State, but play well against Utah and BYU.  Hawaii is a pretty bad team and comes in on six-game losing streak.  I'll roll the dice on the Aggies.

Utah State 35, Hawaii 28 (Utah State covers)

Brigham Young (-13) at Wyoming

BYU had the week off after getting slammed by TCU.  How will the Cougars respond to seeing their conference title hopes likely dashed?  It probably won't matter because Wyoming is pretty lousy.

BYU 34, Wyoming 14 (BYU covers)

New Mexico at Utah (-27)

Utah struggled to beat Wyoming last week and had to turn to freshman QB to pull out the win.  New Mexico is just terrible and is riding a 12-game losing streak.  The Utes in blowout.

Utah 40, New Mexico 10 (Utah covers)

Weber State (Bye week)

Filed under: Football, Predictions

Stephen says...

I missed last week's (Week 9) predictions due to a brutal week at work.  The last predictions I did were for Week 8. 

Here are the results from my Week 7 College Football Predictions (here):

Straight-up: 6-1

Against-the-spread: 4-2   (Losses with Alabama and Utah State)

No line: 1

On the year: Straight-up: 44-8 , Against-the-spread: 22-21

Filed under: Football, Predictions

kbadeo says...

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Filed under: 2009 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas, Football, Watch Live Stream


It seems the naming rights saga has caught fire among the English FA Premier League . On the back of Newcastle United's announcement that St. James' Park is to be known as the "sportsdirect.com @ St. James' Park", Chelsea's Chief Executive Ron Gourlay has now revealed that Chelsea are preparing to follow the lead by selling the naming rights for Stamford Bridge. Like Ashley and Co. at Newcastle, Gourlay is insisting that the associated brand will only be able to add to the name, rather than actually change the name of the stadium altogether. 'Stamford Bridge' would therefore be retained in the name along with the assocation with "a suitable blue-chip company."

"Retaining the heritage of the stadium is paramount to considering such a move but we think that is achievable and on that basis we would enter into discussions over naming rights with the right partner for Chelsea", Gourlay told Chelsea TV.

"We understand that this is a sensitive issue for our fans and that is why we would keep the name Stamford Bridge in any deal".

Could it be that scenes like the below are soon to be a thing of the past within the giants of the game? Surely Abramovich doesn't need the money as much as Chelsea need the identity of their stadium?

A sensitive issue indeed, but Gouray feels that the financial advantage of selling the rights is essential.

"What we are not prepared to happen, and I am sure our fans will appreciate this, is allow our rival clubs in England and Europe to gain a competitive advantage over us in terms of the revenue they can generate through either expanding the capacity of their existing stadia or moving to a new stadium and then invest that upside in their team or the club. Those possibilities are not open to Chelsea for the foreseeable future because of the restrictions in expanding our stadium and the issues around finding a new site, so that means we have to be creative and look at our sponsorship architecture and see if we can create new value and new opportunities that keeps us competitive".

In 2004, Emirates paid Arsenal £50million to acquire naming rights on their new Ashburton Grove stadium for 15 years, and Allianz is charged £4m every twelve months for Bayern Munich's ground to bear its name. In the USA, Citigroup pay £10m so for the new New York Mets baseball arena, now called Citi Field.

Check out http://chelseafc.com for more information.

Filed under: advertising, football, naming rights, soccer, sponsorship, sport, sport marketing, sports

Buck says...

For what it’s worth, I can’t imagine any circumstance under which Martinez returns as defensive coordinator.

I agree. This is from AJC sports columnist Mark Bradley. Sad to say because from what I hear Martinez is a good position coach and an all around good guy.

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