ASU vs. UC Davis

Dorms.
Due to the economy it had been a while since one of my trucking company reps had asked me to join him in a dinner and a football game but that's exactly what happened Thursday. On Wednesday I received the call and was asked if I was interested, of course I said yes since I had no plans to travel to California this weekend.



So I was to meet him immediately after 4:00pm at Z-Tejas in Tempe. I expected traffic to get there but got none so even though I left at almost 4:20 by 4:40 I was there, good thing he too was there already otherwise I would have had to wait.

We had a couple of drinks, don't know the name of the drink but it involved blue Gatorade and Patron tequila. Two of those and I was a happy camper and ready to see ASU whip UC Davis's butt. Game was to start at 7:00pm so we stayed at Z-Tejas drinking an eating until it was time to walk over to the stadium.

The whole stadium is always a sea of yellow.
The spread point was 35 points, by half time we were like almost 30 points. We walked out a little bit before the fourth quarter started and that's when UC Davis scored two touchdowns. Not being a sports fun I love it when I go and watch a game and the home team wins.

There were many of these as the Devils scored over 40 points.
As for the outings, they are usually totally awesome. I like being wined and dined.


Stadium up ahead!
Just a small amount of all the tickets to the different outings over the years.

Shock The World

Not much to tell, we were in need of a quiet weekend and that is pretty much what we had. Not that it will last since we already have a plan for next weekend. Yep, it will be Super Bowl party at my sons house and I am sure there will be plenty of food involved in that shindig.

So, I call my brother in law to find out what his Football Jersey inventory is like. He sells all sort of jerseys, baseball, basketball, football etc. He right away asked me, I'm sure you are interested in the Cardinals. Ummm he must be psychic. lol Anyway his inventory is not that great as even in California he has sold most of his Cardinals jerseys. Isn't it amazing how a team can be hated one minute and loved the next. As I said before, it doesn't matter to me if you are jumping on the band wagon, you are all welcome to make as much noise as possible to root for the Cardinals next Sunday.


The catch phrase of the moment for next week is "Shock the World". I am confident the Cards will do just that comes Sunday.


Well as the Cardinal fever continues, I am just going to savor it as much as possible. I am already happy they came this far after so many years of being at the bottom. It was about time their luck and performance changed and to wake up the Phoenix fans into believing that it is possible.


We are #1 -- Goooooooo Cards!

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When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true

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There is nothing I can say that you haven't heard, but tell me it isn't true that The Cardinals against all odds shocked all the skeptics and surprised the odd makers. Yes, most of us didn't even imagine this would happen but it is now a reality and The Cardinals are going to the Super Bowl. Unreal? Yes. Shocking? To a certain degree. Amazing? Absolutely. And proof that dreams do come true eventually.

There were thousands of "Cardinal Fans" in the streets yesterday and I had to wonder if they where did they come from? In Arizona there are lots of true Cardinal fans that are as happy as I am. But if all those fans just jumped on the band wagon, I only have one thing to say to them... WELCOME! And to the many fans that all they do is keep remembering those Cards that kept chocking up in that last minutes of the games, I say get over it and join us in supporting this magnificent team that for the first time in the franchise history will take us to The Super Bowl.

Coming back from our trip to the snow we drove by Westgate City Center and the place was completely packed, the game had ended at least three hours prior and I believe yesterday was even bigger than when we had the Super Bowl here.

So, I truly believe that when I go to a stadium or arena to watch my teams play they always lose, it's like a curse that I will have to get rid of before February so I can watch the Super Bowl in peace. There's a small restaurant at the entrance of Snow Bowl and we stopped for coffee and hot chocolate before hitting the road for Phoenix. Upon entering we found a few locals enjoying some bears while watching the game. The clock showed 2 minutes and 53 seconds left and the score was 25 to 24, I had to go out to the parking lot and gladly accepted to babysit three sets of sleeping kids in three cars, the rest of my posse would not leave until the game was over. Of course two minutes fifty three seconds felt like an eternity but a few minutes later my group comes out of the restaurant screaming WE WON! WE WON! and WE ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL. I took a deep breath and joined them in the victory dance. The three hour drive back to Phoenix was more enjoyable after that.

Now we only have one more game to go, one more hurdle to pass, and one more team to conquer before we can call our Cards 2009 champions.



GO CARDINALS TIME TO STOP DREAMING AND CONQUER YOUR REALITY

Peace Offering

My son and daughter posing for me. Say Go Cardinals mijo.

So, my son was supposed to pick me up at 4:00 p.m. as we were supposed to meet my rep and his boss of a trucking company I use. We were supposed to meet at Z Tejas in Tempe.

Four o'clock came and went, oh don't worry he is just running a little late. Five o'clock, ummmmm I wonder what is keeping him. Six o'clock, I think I've been stood up. The game was to start at 7:00 p.m. so I took out my car from the garage, being that the afternoon was great I took the top down, upped the radio volume and off I went. I know it's only a 40 minute drive from my house but I didn't know how hard or easy it would be to find parking.

I got there at around 6:45 p.m. and the place was packed. I spotted some garages but they were charging $25.00 dollars just to park, so I kept going and about six blocks away I found a big parking lot charging only $10.00, now I prefer free parking but at this time that was not going to happen. As I pulled in I started to hear the fireworks announcing that kick off was about to happen.

Fifteen minutes later I was apologising to my hosts for being late and even gave them the line of "Better late than never". They told me don't worry we drank your Margaritas at Z Tejas, and ate your Chiles Rellenos, a favorite plate of mine from their menu. The game was actually kind of boring, ASU could have won easier if they would have kept running the ball, but even though Las Vegas was down by 10 points, they were able to catch up and force the game into overtime. A few minutes later thousands of ASU fans were walking in disbelief, yeap we lost.

Now, after walking all the way to my car again in a sea of yellow shirts and sad faces I finally was able to point my Mustang in the right direction to head home. Except now I am very hungry so I get on I-10 and the deviated on I-17 to go to my favorite taco place to buy me a dozen tacos to take home. I finally made it home at almost midnight and it was then that mi chica told me that my son fell asleep and failed to wake up on time.

(Earlier events)

Her phone rings and it's my son,

My son: Mom
Mi chica: Oh, hi son. How are you guys doing? How's the game going?
My son: Mom, I don't know, I am not with my dad.
Mi chica: No? Where are you?
My son: Mom I fell asleep and I just woke up.
Mi chica: Ooooo, you are in trouble.
My son: What do I do now?
Mi chica: Well, you better go to the house and see if he is there.
My son: You think he'll be mad?
Mi chica: I don't know but better take him something (She actually gave him an idea of what to take to me).

They hang up and then mi chica calls him later.

Mi chica: Where are you?
My son: In Avondale
Mi chica: Where? I am here.
My son: On my way to your house, I went to Fry's to buy my dad something.
Mi chica: OK I'll wait for you here.

Now my son lives a good 20 miles away from us so I know he was making sure I would be happy. Not only did he drive those 20 miles but went to the store and actually bought what mi chica suggested along with something that I know for a fact that he thought about twice and probably was as hard for him as the first time he had to buy those monthly female products. lol (He actually wanted me to stand guard by the aile while he picked the right pack as instructed by his chica).

All I know is that how can I ever be mad to a guy that brings me such cool peace offerings.


To put things in perspective, my son drove 20 miles to my house and bought me roses, yes roses. Those two things were probably not that hard for him to do but here is the one that let's me know he loves me, he really loves me. He bought me an issue of 5.0 Mustang magazine. My son buying a Ford related magazine, now that is love because he is a total Chevy guy his hands were probably burning as he was touching such an awesome magazine that talks about such cool cars.

FOOTBALL

So I sat and watched most of the Cardinals vs. San Francisco Giants game last Sunday, and here is the shocker my team won, go figure. Other than that, it was all the same as last year, they do the same thing, they run, they kick the ball, they score and they miss, and after two half times that last the same time as always the game was over.

It's a fact, I prefer a good movie, I just never understood the whole concept of sports unless I am a participant in them. To me it is so much easier to go to Yahoo on Sunday night, click the sports tab, click football, click score, "Hey what do you know the Cards won their opening game against San Francisco", do a quick my team won dance and close the tabs and I'm done. And it only took me about a minute.

Oh but I know what I miss. I missed the most important part of the game, I missed the Chips 'n' Salsa and most importantly the beer. Now that's the ticket. I'm watching next weeks game in full.

LOl Can you all tell sports is not my forte?