Football Learning Event
Monday, October 16, 2006
By Aaron Greiser at 3:33 PMOkay, so it was a little cold out last Friday night, but we went to the East Grand Rapids football game anyway. The fans were pretty into the game (mostly to keep warm) and the players brought their game, too. It was funny to be hanging around with High School and Middle School aged kids again (made me realize how little I miss High School).
On the way to the game, we discussed a little about football, except most of the people who went had already seen American Football before. As the game went on, situations would come up in which someone would have to explain a ruling on the field and sometimes there were even disagreements about rules between people who supposedly know the rules of football. I guess it goes to show how many rules there are in football compared to other team sports.
It was a pretty good football game. East Grand Rapids won 21 - 0 and everyone who went had a good time, despite the frozen backsides. As we talked during the game, we found out that High School football is bigger in some parts of the country than others. John Medendorp acknowledged that football in Texas is a much bigger deal than here in Western Michigan. I too, remember going to football games back home in Eastern PA where everything seemed bigger; the players, the crowds, and the general noise level of many games back east seem bigger. Maybe I just have a slanted view because I was in High School when I went to High School football games. Enough about this, but I think we should think about having a Mosaic Superbowl Party if anyone is interested.