What Is That Smell?

Oh, yeah, it's Clemson. Y'all, we stunk. Bad. Lateral passes and running it up the middle every play did not work last year and it is obviously not going to work this year. The defense was nowhere to be found. They had no offensive front line. I know a lot of people probably watched it on TV, so this is not news to you, but I think it may have been worse to see it in person. Don't get me wrong, a true fan has to love 'em through the loss and I do, but wow- it was a total mess. To make it worse, Alabama looked amazing. They looked like they had been playing football together for years. You would never know that there were so many freshmen starting on their team. We did have awesome seats- they couldn't have been much better. However, we were seated in the idiot section. No surprise, Brian and I tend to be" idiot magnets" at big events like that. The girl in front of us had to leave after she tried to fight about 10 people all around her and mouthed off at everyone (yes, she was very drunk). That was in the first quarter. Security came and she even screamed at them. Her poor hubby (who seemed very nice) had to go with her, but he should have cut her alcohol intake off if she gets that way when she drinks. Then we had this guy behind us. He was very intoxicated when he got there and just got worse throughout the game. He was an Auburn fan and didn't care a thing about the game, so don't ask me why he even went. He was about 24-26 years old and had the sense of a gnat and the brains of a bird. Seriously- Adam Sandler's Waterboy character sounds like Einstein compared to this guy. He was trying to mock Clemson's cheers and couldn't even spell Clemson correctly.Well, he was obnoxious and yelling the whole time about this and that and dropping the F-bomb and GD-ing everything every 5 minutes. (And there were 3 kids sitting right in front of us). Well, we had just about had enough, when at halftime, Brian and Chris left to go to the restroom and he leaned over and started singing in my and Megan's ear. (Loud and very off key.) We shook our heads and tried to mind our business, and he just started in on us. I turned around, tried to be nice and asked him to pipe down a little. I told him I was tired of the cussing and the yelling and the obnoxious behavior and told him to please stop. He said "Yes, m'aam." 5 minutes later, he was at it again, worse, and louder. His friend even told him to stop and threatened to kick his butt if he didn't. Brian also spoke to him-trying to be civil. Apparantly he didn't care. His sister started in on me, and that was all I could take. I have a breaking point- and I was at it. I knew I had to move to the seats below where the girl and her hubby had left or I was going to be in a brawl. I got my things and moved on down (after I took all the guys food trash off of my stuff...)Poor Chris and Megan- the guy got quiet for about 10 minutes after I moved, and then he tried to start stuff with them and they had had enough. Chris stood up and let him know in so many words that his behavior was no longer going to be tolerated and he stopped after that. Of course, this was with 3 minutes left in the game, but it was 3 minutes of peace. After the absolute spanking of a game, we went to get on the Marta to go to the hotel, and it took 2 hours to get back because of the crowds. We were sweaty, exhausted and ticked off- but we still didn't regret going. We had a fun time with Mr. Paranoia and Sweet Thang.We did confirm that we are "watch the game at home" kind of people. We prefer the comfort of our couch and the kitchen right there and the bathroom so close and unoccupied. Plus, I think Brian and I may be a curse for the Tigers, so we are going to do them a favor and just cheer from home. The last game we went to was a few years ago and we played Georgia Tech. We were beating them by 20 points or so, and in the last 4 seconds, we lost. So, we are going to help them by staying away. Overall, the Bama fans were very nice (except for the drunk girl that had to leave the game) and we met some good people while we were there. Now we look to next Saturday when they play the Citadel. After what I saw last night, I am concerned. Tonight will be bedtime at about 8 and tomorrow, it will be time to clean out the garage and watch Tennessee go against UCLA. I am so glad that there is no school tomorrow and that B is off work. Gotta go find my black cloak and veil to put on since I will be in mourning for the next few days (or months- depending if Clemson can get their act together....). At least we got it over with for the first game and we have no high expectations for the rest of the season, eh? Gotta look at the positives.....