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Okay, this is a legitimate sign outside the Fiesta Mall in Mesa, AZ
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This is looking East down 5th Street, towards the Stadium. We were
just walking around. |
This is one of the formations of the KSU band at halftime.. |
...As is this one... |
...And this one too. Only, they're in reverse order. They're
marching out on this one. |
Don't confuse this with others. And yes, this is an original shot.
This is the pregame show |
This is also pregame. Just as they're coming on the field. |
Took this shot while in the drive back to GC, the day after the
game. |
This shot is of the endless amount of cacti in Arizona...took this
on the way to Phoenix. |
Just a random shot of some desert rocks in Arizona, on the way down
I-40 to Flagstaff. |
The legendary Cat-Tracker bus. If you haven't seen this, you haven't
seen anything yet for a fan bus. Taken game day. |
The whole family. L to R: Myself, Mark (dad), Terri (mom), Betty
(grandmother), Lanny (grandfather and race car owner) |
This was taken around the Flagstaff area the day after the game. |
Only in the state of Arizona can you drive 2 hours and have a
complete change of climate and elevation. |
I-40 was a nutcase road, as was I-17 or whatever it is between
Flagstaff and Phoenix. |
Gametime. K-State backed up on their own butt-end of the field. |
Gametime. Kickoff (just before) |
The grandparents, Lanny and Betty on a bench, about 2 hours before
kickoff. |
About 30 minutes to kickoff, the grandparents again (thanks ma) |
This was a hill display obviously erected for Christmas, as it was
turned on at night (the night photo sucked unfortunately). |
Just a random landscape shot taken on the way to Phoenix. |
The K-State band after we arrived at our seats in the stadium. Yeah
I'm a band freak, get over it. |
Another random landscape shot, though this one I tend to like really
well. |
Yet another random shot, though this one ain't so hot (hey I'm an
amateur, big deal). |
This one was taken on the way back from Phoenix in the high-grade
areas of the New Mexico mountains |
Low-hanging clouds made this an interesting shot to take. |
The Ohio State band in their old-school marching style (I hate it).
Good sound, even though they use only brass instruments. |
I cringe every time I see those archaic silver snare drums and the
way they're mounted and played. |
This was a goof-up, as the cam focused on the rain on the
windshield. But the point is: Don't focus on the little things, you
might miss the big picture. </cheese> |
The pep rally the day before was the largest pep rally for a
Division 1 NCAA bowl game: 14,000 total attendance. Arena capacity
was 15,000. |
This is the other half that I couldn't fit with the camera. |
And, this is just a general test shot, but it turned out well enough
to keep. |
Just before going into the arena, I caught the band rehearsing
outside. Yes, my band freak crept up on me. |
The band, cheerleaders, drill team (dancers), et. al. on the arena
floor to warm the crowd up. |
The team upon arrival. Look a little drab and dead? They were, as
they had reasons... |
A plaza area between 7th and 6th streets in downtown Tempe. Lawrence
people, eat your heart out. Massachusetts street ain't got anything
on this place/ |
Pregame activities going on down on the field below. We were
situated four rows from the bottom of the upper deck. |
More pregame activities, stretching and warm-ups, etc. |
This is by far, the biggest American flag I've ever seen in my life.
I'd be damned if I didn't get a shot of it in. |
Gordon Biersch. Damn nice micro-brewery on 5th street in Tempe.
Good. We were walking here when we heard about Ell Roberson, and
yeah.... |
Okay, I got bored with the camera, and this shot is a result of that
boredom. Another random terrain shot. |
This one I believe was outside of Albuquerque by about 30 miles on
I-40, on the way to Phoenix. |
6 skydivers represented a sort of aerial color guard before the
game, and mom managed to catch the guy carrying the Stars and
Stripes. |
I have no idea why I took this, I just had some compulsion to use
the damn camera right after the pep rally. |
The team storming the field for the game, and the big powercat flag
wielded by Willie. |
This is one of the better terrain shots, taken on the way back home
the day after the game. |
This is probably my second favorite shot, behind the pregame band
shot. This came out extremely well, despite being taken inside a car
on the day after the game. |
This is a variation of the previous photo, but less good. It was a
tester initially, and I brought it out a little with Photoshop. |
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The monstrous blow-up Powercat for the Powercat Illustrated tailgate
party. I wanted to check it out, but mom and dad were party poopers.
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Same thing as before, but just a different shot, a little further
back to kind of get the perspective (not really, i was just bored
again).
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