BYU RUGBY

Today was the last home rugby game and Senior Day. We played the Arizona State I haven't gone to any games this season so I was dying to go to this one. Ally went with me because she's never seen a real rugby game (only in the movie Forever Strong). We got there early enough to get good seats. I forgot how good their music is before the game (and during half time).

They started off with the Haka, which was fun to watch. I din't see them do it at all last year. They got right behind the ASU players and were shouting in their ears. Ally said their uniforms made them look like sailors. I said that would make them the most muscular sailors I'd ever seen.

We played so well, which isn't a surprise. We're undefeated right now. During the first half, we had 40 something points and you could tell ASU was starting to get a little ticked. Let the violence increase! They became more aggressive. During the second half, we even got in a little fight. A player from both teams received a yellow card and had to sit out for 10 minutes (we were happy we didn't get punished alone), which was the rest of the game. The announcer was the best. He told them they had 10 minutes to think about what they'd done. Only at BYU. When one of our players missed a conversion (similar to a field goal), which we'd like to believe he did on purpose out of pity to the other team, he said, "That was embarrassing." The [Polynesian ?] accent made it that much better. Everyone laughed at that.

We won the game 80-0, despite the fact that the female ref had no idea what she was doing. There were a lot of unhappy people who thought she shouldn't be on the field and that she was having a female power trip due to so many bad calls.

The weather was crazy today. It just confirmed my hatred towards Utah weather. It a bit last night so I thought it was going to be cold today. By the time it was time to leave for the game, the sun was out and it had warmed up. It was warm until the game started and then the sun disappeared. During half time, the sun made a brief appearance before becoming MIA again. During the second half, the wind picked up and it started lightly snowing. I was freezing for the last 20 minutes of the game.

One thing I enjoyed at the game was listening to this girl behind me. She had many witty comments and she was just funny. I think they could tell I was eavesdropping because of my laughing. When she started taking pictures she said she felt like the team mom, but she'd rather be dating one of the players. I thought that was pretty funny. And true. There are a few decent looking beefy men on the team. There's also a lot of good looking guys that go watch rugby. Now I know where to go to pick up guys next year (if I don't already have one).