Purdue 76, WASHINGTON 74

I have not been this disappointed in an outcome for something that I personally anticipated so much since the day Harry Potter Seven was released and I sat down and read it that weekend (silly family wedding not withstanding, I mean who would schedule their 'day of joyful bliss' on the penultimate day for Harry?).

I have a few pictures of the event. I'll most likely get over my despondent state and get around to posting them. But all I can say now is....BLAH

Pre-Game, we were SOOO excited. Me, my sister and my friends Nate and Reid.

At the Rose Garden which is a great facility for an event like this:

After our game Gonzaga played Western Kentucky. This was a great game, too bad I was too depressed to enjoy it. As usual the Gonzaga fans were particularly classless in their utter lack of empathy for their fellow hoops team from the state. I almost wish I had a 8x10 glossy of Adam Morrison crying after the NCAA loss to hand out to every smug Gonzaga fan.

After the game. I will leave you with this picture that succinctly sums up our mood:

Sounders Opening Day

So today was the Sounders franchise opener. 32,523 of my newest friends joined me a Qwest field (Seahawks Stadium) for the opener.

The Sounders have sold 22,000 season tickets. Easily the most in the league. One of the cool things they did for opening night is they gave every season ticket holder a scarf with their ticket attached for the opening day tickts. They they had a 'Scarves Up' campaign leading up to opening day. Thus you had about 30,000 fans holding up their scarves during the pregame and anytime something good happened. It is hard to get a picture that properly shows how cool this was from my seats, but here you go:

As for the game, it was really good. Although it was a little bit of a blur as I was still on an emotional high from the 15th ever NCAA tourney victory by my beloved DAWGS.

The rhythm of the soccer game is so much different than what I am used to when attending Seahawks games at the same stadium. Typically you get to your seats before kickoff and then don't leave until halftime or even after the final whistle. The fan experience is much more like an NCAA hoops game than anything else in that respect.

The game was an absolute success before the kickoff with the game sales and the job that the Sounders have done marketing and promoting the team. But to top it off, we won 3-0 over the New York Red Bulls, frankly we totally outclassed them from opening kick to final whistle. I think Kasey Keller made only one save of note and that was in the 90th minute.

On a side note, Rip Village was awarded an MLS expansion team yesterday. Portland and Vancouver will now join the league together in 2011. This should make for some interesting road trip possibilities. At the unveiling ceremony for Portland the commissioner mentioned how Seattle has been so successful early on with ticket sales and those always classy Portland fans promptly booed any mention of Seattle.

Tomorrow I head to Portland for the UW v purdue game in the Rose Garden. Hopefully I do a better job with my photo journalism and can have a good post for you sometime soon.

GO DAWGS

Cougar Roots

"Win or Lose, I'm gonna booze"

I think this part of the being born in Pullman has sunk in. But that's it.

Today is the UW first round game against Mississippi State in the tourney.

I get very worked up about these games.

Today is one of the 'EPIC' days in the Tobin world. UW NCAA game and the franchise opener for the Seattle Sounders. Of which I am a season ticket holder.

Hopefully the Huskies win and I will remember to take pictures at the Sounders game for a blog post later. If they lose I might be so despondent (or back to my Cougar roots and drunk) that I forget to take pictures.

I have so much nervous energy about the Dawgs game today that I decided to make a blog post from the bar. Thus, here you go.