Vols vs. The Hippies

Last Saturday, Rachel and I met up with some more friends in California and went to the UT vs. Cal game. In addition to Caleb and Mike Johnson, we also met up with Paul Davis, a good friend of mine from UT and the person who sheperded me through Analytical Chemistry (now a Chemistry Professor at Pacific Lutheran University) and Ken Achacoso, a comrade of mine from his Rohm and Haas days and an avid footballer, having grown up in Baton Rouge and attended the University of TX before being trapped in Pac-10 Land. Not pictured, are Jerry Becker and his friend John, and about 12,000 other UT fans that we fellowshiped with at The Bear's Lair.


Berkeley was a slightly "different" footballing experience. First, the stadium may have held 72,000 fans, but it was not set up logistically to deal with that many, as the concourses were a constant miserable traffic jam. "Tightwad Hill", pictured here, was a neat little concept (although I understand the TV announcer made some week accusations).


Perhaps the strangest spectacle of the trip, other than the 20+ missed tackles by the defense, was the Hippies in the Trees, who were protesting the proposed stadium expansion. We had many a laugh, as we explained to the Cal fans several scenarios that might transpire if anyone attempted to halt a stadium expansion at an SEC school.

This time, I want to throw a shout-out to Erin Langston's blog on Southlake Carroll football (they play this weekend on TV at a highschool in Miami). Not that I don't enjoy the pregnancy blogs, but this one was spectacular.