The wall comes to life...

This is something I did two years ago and I'm pretty sure I'm safe in posting it. Enjoy.

BYU vs. Wyoming

So you've all heard stories about Laramie and how exciting the fans can be, right? Well my dad comes with me to the away games to help film. Without him we wouldn't have enough camera angles to make a decent highlight. I usually stay on the BYU sideline and my pops stays on the visiting team's sideline. This usually isn't a big deal, but then there was Wyoming.

The only time that my dad had a truffle on the sidelines was when the Notre Dame leprechaun kept jumping in front of my dad's camera in South Bend a couple years ago. (I told him he should have beat the guy up... that would've made SportsCenter...) So at Wyoming my dad was doing his thing and expecting to hear stuff from the fans. If you haven't been to Laramie, there isn't a lot of room between the first row of seats and the player's bench. This makes it so that when you walk behind the bench to get to the other side of the field, you have to get a little up close and personal with the crowd. Two years ago they would yell at him as he crossed, this year, nothing. The fun didn't come from the crowd, it came from what appeared to be Wyoming's graduate assistants. 

There was this one guy who kept standing in front of my dad's camera as he was filming. My dad's first move was to just step to the side and keep filming. Well, the next play, the guy stands in front of my dad's camera and as the play is developing, my dad steps to the side and notices that the guy sidesteps with him to stay in front of the camera. My dad steps to the side again and the guy moves again with him. My dad is no little guy and ain't scared to take on a Wyoming Cowboy. My dad, while filming mind you, lowers his shoulder into the guy and gives him a hard shove. You can imagine how frustrating this would be. My dad finished filming the play and as soon as the play ended takes the camera down and looks to hunt down this guy. As he looks around, the guy was gone! He had split and didn't mess with my dad the rest of the time. 

It's always fun to head to Laramie. You can't leave without some good stories to tell.

BYU vs. TCU

I just wanted to get a quick post in this week. In case you didn't see the play very well, I'm posting a video of when Gooch tore his ACL. It's looking like he's done for the year. By watching the clip below, it looks like it was kind of a freak thing. He didn't really get hit that hard, but it was just enough to mess him up.

Anyways, I'm out for now, but I'm calling for a win in Laramie. 31-14.

BYU vs. CSU

After every home game, the football players are given food which is usually waiting for them as they enter the locker room. The video crew gets some of the food as well. We will go into the locker room and grab enough food for everyone that helps film and then take the food back to the Student Athlete Building where we eat as we make sure the coaches' footage is getting logged. 

Well, there was a minor catastrophe after the CSU game. For the first time (and probably last time) we had Panda Express cater the post-game meal. I LOVE Panda Express. I understand that it isn't authentic, but my American taste buds love it. So I go into the locker room to grab enough food for me and the rest of the crew only to find out that the food wasn't there yet. Heads were absolutely rolling for this one. Making football players wait for food is a sin! No one knew what to do. Players were asking where the food was. We had to give some of them candy bars just to tide them over. When the food finally did arrive, half of the players were gone. They must have had tons of sweet and sour pork left over.

The game went well. I was a little nervous going into this game. We hadn't played a tough opponent for weeks. Sometimes bye weeks can kill your momentum. We came out swinging though and were smart enough to give the ball to Harvey. Anyone else amazed by his consistency? He's just a good person too. Watching some of his behind the scenes interactions with others just really impresses me. He's really down to earth and doesn't let the success get to his head. You can tell he is trying to do the right things and has his head on straight. 

BYU is going to win the conference this year. No doubt.