Long sports weekend....

This year, in addition to Patriots season tickets, we decided to throw BC football tickets into the weekend mix. Those of you keeping score heard over the past year how Tom's nephew, Nick, was recruited by some great schools and ultimately accepted a terrific offer from BC. We knew it was highly likely he would red-shirt this year, but decided to go ahead and get season tickets regardless. Oddly enough, I haven't been to a BC game since easily 10-12 years ago, well before I ever went on to become an Eagle myself. We figured we were due!

We're looking at 4-5 long weekends this fall with back-to-back BC/Patriots home games. Oooph -- deep breath! Home opener looked good until the last quarter when they just started getting completely outplayed. BC is definitely missing their now-pro QB Matt Ryan. Nick (#71 in the center of the picture to the right) dressed, but stayed at the sidelines. Our seats are less than stellar, and we quickly found space sitting on a wall of the stadium where we could get a little more air on a humid day.

A brief overnight break, then we were on to the Patriots home opener. Stadium has changed quite a bit over the summer -- Patriot Place is trying to appeal to the masses. I think the boys are too hard core to try "game and a movie." ;)

At any rate, as you can guess, there we were in the end zone, busy watching Randy Moss fumble a pass from Brady, when...oh wait....why are all the trainers on the field around Brady? Oh no....you mean, Cassel? I have to give this kid credit: from where we were sitting, he received equal boos and equal cheers (although the cheers were almost pleading, "come on kid, you can do it").

Cassel or Brady, BC or Patriots, the real story was the start of the tailgating season. Just a few photos of the boys' very serious tailgate.... Hmmm..upload is slow - coming shortly!