People Are Funny!

This year Craig vowed he was going to take advantage of the variety of benefits Pepsi offers to their employees for free. One of these is tickets to a variety of sporting events. Well last night was over the top. I have never been to quite an event.

Let me set it up for you.

An Air Force Hockey game.

For those of you that don't know, Air Force has never really been a very good hockey team. Until recently, that is. Last year they won their division championship, so this year the games are a little more crowded. Certainly not sold out, but more seats are being filled. Good for them. They certainly deserve some support. They are ultimately defending our country so that we can maintain the lifestyle that we tend to take for granted.

Anyway, last night was an experience that I will certainly remember for a long time. You see, the AFA was offering free hotdogs, popcorn and soda through the end of the first period. Now you would have thought they were giving away free automobiles with the number of people that showed up for this game. I have never seen this stadium so packed. We arrived about 30 minutes early. Usually we arrive 10minutes late and the stadium still has more empty seats than filled ones. We barely found a spot to sit. By the time the first period started the stadium was standing room only. People were lined up on both sides behind the nets, plus blocking stairways just to see the game.

The free food was being dispursed in the basketball stadium area. The line to get the food came out the entrance of the basketball court, wrapped around the entrance doors past the nets for the hockey arena, and past the third entrance to the general admission seating area. CRAZY! What people won't do for a can of soda, a box of popcorn and a 50 cent hotdog!!

I know what you're thinking. Did we stand in line? WELL OF COURSE WE DID! We had to get our money's worth for our FREE evening!

Even with all those people the evening was a blast. Air Force blew Sacred Heart off the ice. We left just into the third period with a score of 4-1. On the drive home they scored two more goals. I am not sure what the final score ended up being, but it certainly was a memorable game.