Before reading this post, make sure you read part one (posted on Monday).
What made watching the NU-Hawaii game so interesting? Here’s just a few things:
1) When “Randy Walker, Head Coach, Northwestern” was displayed at the bottom of the screen before the game, the camera was focused on an assistant coach. We became worried for a moment that some horrible fate had kept the real Randy Walker from attending the game. As it turns out, it was just a mistake by someone probably working for channel 5.
2) There were quite a few awkward pauses throughout the game when neither announcer said anything. I’m not sure who to blame — the play-by-play guy could only say so much, and the color commentary guy talked too fast. I guess it didn’t really matter, since we were all so tired anyways because it was after 10 p.m.
3) A bit more on the play-by-play guy. What he lacked in describing the action to the audience, he made up for in pronouncing Hawaiian names. Whether it was Watson Ho’ohuli (linebacker), West Keliikipi (running back), or Kila Kamakawiwo’ole (defensive line), he could rattle off the names better than George W. Bush naming members of the government of Nigeria. Here’s more names for you.
4) My mother made some cookies before the game, some of which were shaped like gingerbread men. She used purple and black sprinkles to decorate some of them so that they would look like Northwestern players. However, she seemed a bit distraught when she learned that Northwestern was wearing white jerseys for the game. No matter what color the sprinkles, the cookies were still very delicious.
I guess that’s all I can think of for now. Perhaps I should have posted this when it was fresher in my mind. Oh well.
Coming soon… pictures from our trip to Chicago on Saturday, November 20.
By the way, I should have said this yesterday: Happy Birthday, Mom!
And on November 27: Happy Birthday, Uncle Nick!
