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Yesterday I went to the Rams game with my dad. Because there had been articles in the paper about the increased security at the Dome, we arrived an hour before game time, and weren't surprised to see a huge crowd of people waiting at all the gates to get in. So we joined the crowd at the Broadway South entrance. I was not happy. For 30 minutes we stood outside in close proximity to a lot of very drunk people. Among other irritating people, in front of me was a dad who, despite repeatedly being yelled at by his wife, thought it would be funny if he (and his son, who was imitating him) tormented his daughter. Later as we approached the doors to get insdie, he tried to put his beer cup on top of a trashcan that people had already piled numerous bottles and cans on. He lacked the finesse needed to correctly place his cup, and the whole mess of cans and bottles came crashing down on the crowd, sending broken glass all over the place. That guy gets this week's idiot award.

Oh, and when we got in we discovered that the delay in getting in had nothing to do with new security measures, of which there were none. The delay was entirely due to the fact that for every two ticket-takers, who were performing their job quickly and efficiently, there was one person handing out cheap paper American flags, magnets, and a pamphlet with the lyrics to "God Bless America," "America the Beautiful," and "The Star-Spangled Banner" in it. And the lady handing things out to my line was rather clumsy at her job, which eneded up requiring each person to wait 15 to 30 seconds for her to had them all those things. Don't get me wrong, I applaud the sentiment of what they (they being an insurance company that was getting some advertising by doing this, since their name is quite prominent on both the magnet and the pamphlet. I guess they couldn't find a good palce to pu their name on the flags, thankfully) were doing, but their execution was so poor, it left me rather angry.

The game was really good though. The Rams routed the Dolphins, who were supposed to be pretty good, especially defensively. Did anyone see the game? In the third and fourth quarters, why were the Dolphins still running the ball and throwing screen passes? If they wanted to score, they really needed to throw the ball deep. That was some bad play-calling from the sidelines.

Posted by on 1 October 2001 at 9:57 AM