Jesse, Zac and Emily
Zac, Emily, Sherry and Jesse before the pep rally.
Infront of "the bus." All bundled up...it was a crisp and chilly night.
Jesse and Sherry infront of "the bus."
Infront of "the bus." All bundled up...it was a crisp and chilly night.
Zac, Jesse and I playing some slot machines. We were hoping to win enough to pay off our trip, but I don't think anyone even won enough to pay for a single drink!
Above are a few pictures from our Reno experience!
I'll just be honest....despite it being almost a week since the heart wrenching, gut twisting loss, I am still not over it and I'm not ready to do a full blog post about it. Maybe at some point, I will add in pictures and talk more about the trip altogether, but for now this will be short or not and sweet or maybe it's more sour. Whichever, here goes.
I have three things to say about the game......FIRST.....the officiating was absolutely terrible!!!!!! I have no doubt in my mind the officials gave that game to Nevada to keep BSU out of a major BCS bowl game and to alleviate all of the turmoil and politics that goes along with non automatic qualifying teams reaching a BCS bowl, as BSU has done now twice and should be three times in the last five years. When we're talking about millions of dollars on the line....paying out refs is a drop in the hat. Nevada did not win that game....BSU was robbed of a spot in a BCS bowl game.
SECOND....the Nevada fans were belligerently rude, ruthless and classless!
And THIRD...Bronco Nation still loves Kyle Brotzman.....there is no i in team. Had the officials not called Kapernick's touchdown good (because it wasn't good), called the muffed punt "destructing the receiver" and put BSU back on their own 2o yard line instead of Nevada's 6 yard line, called face masking against Nevada in the 3rd quarter when Titus missed the touchdown reception because his face was on the ground, or any of the various passing interferences or 3rd down conversions....well then the game would not have come down to a field goal and the pressure would have never been on Brotzman.
This loss affected everyone among Bronco Nation....from the die hards, to Bronco Nation supporters to first graders in Mrs. Broadie's classroom. I was ready to get over the game and see my students come Monday and instead I was greeted with the horrible news in class. It was dead silent and one little student whispered to another....."Did you hear the Broncos lost?" Another child piped in "Do you think Mrs. Broadie knows?" And yet another student said...."Let's not tell her because she will be really sad." The last students says, "Duh....Mrs. Broadie knows....she went to the game in Reno!"
I am okay losing fair and square.....but the only fair things to say about the game is Nevada was handed this win on a silver platter and those refs are still probably loosing sleep over how wrong their calls were....unless that is, the money they were paid out outweighs their conscience.
This whole situation is a complete shame and won't be forgotten any time soon. However, true character will be discovered among Bronco Nation, the players and coaches in this week's game against the Utah State Aggies. Here we go Broncos....and Bronco Nation let's show the country what we're all about!
I'll just be honest....despite it being almost a week since the heart wrenching, gut twisting loss, I am still not over it and I'm not ready to do a full blog post about it. Maybe at some point, I will add in pictures and talk more about the trip altogether, but for now this will be short or not and sweet or maybe it's more sour. Whichever, here goes.
I have three things to say about the game......FIRST.....the officiating was absolutely terrible!!!!!! I have no doubt in my mind the officials gave that game to Nevada to keep BSU out of a major BCS bowl game and to alleviate all of the turmoil and politics that goes along with non automatic qualifying teams reaching a BCS bowl, as BSU has done now twice and should be three times in the last five years. When we're talking about millions of dollars on the line....paying out refs is a drop in the hat. Nevada did not win that game....BSU was robbed of a spot in a BCS bowl game.
SECOND....the Nevada fans were belligerently rude, ruthless and classless!
And THIRD...Bronco Nation still loves Kyle Brotzman.....there is no i in team. Had the officials not called Kapernick's touchdown good (because it wasn't good), called the muffed punt "destructing the receiver" and put BSU back on their own 2o yard line instead of Nevada's 6 yard line, called face masking against Nevada in the 3rd quarter when Titus missed the touchdown reception because his face was on the ground, or any of the various passing interferences or 3rd down conversions....well then the game would not have come down to a field goal and the pressure would have never been on Brotzman.
This loss affected everyone among Bronco Nation....from the die hards, to Bronco Nation supporters to first graders in Mrs. Broadie's classroom. I was ready to get over the game and see my students come Monday and instead I was greeted with the horrible news in class. It was dead silent and one little student whispered to another....."Did you hear the Broncos lost?" Another child piped in "Do you think Mrs. Broadie knows?" And yet another student said...."Let's not tell her because she will be really sad." The last students says, "Duh....Mrs. Broadie knows....she went to the game in Reno!"
I am okay losing fair and square.....but the only fair things to say about the game is Nevada was handed this win on a silver platter and those refs are still probably loosing sleep over how wrong their calls were....unless that is, the money they were paid out outweighs their conscience.
This whole situation is a complete shame and won't be forgotten any time soon. However, true character will be discovered among Bronco Nation, the players and coaches in this week's game against the Utah State Aggies. Here we go Broncos....and Bronco Nation let's show the country what we're all about!
