Shallow Thinker

That's a $9 hot dog!

Today, my wonderful wife allowed me the opportunity to slip away to spend some time with a few of my friends.  Lance, Andy, Rob and I went to watch the Mercer vs. Ga Tech basketball game.  It was Mercer’s homecoming game and Tech is pretty well represented in the Macon area, so the event was sold out.  Luckily, my employer has an inside connection and scored us some tickets.

We met-up at my house and drove to campus, arriving about an hour early.  We really wanted to channel that old-time Mercer spirit, so we grabbed some grub at the cafeteria.  $8.45 seemed about average for the variety and amount of food that we might be able to eat.  Lance had the right attitude going in, though.  He calculated that Mercer had taken a lot of money from us during undergrad, so this was our opportunity to make some of it back.

The old studs return to their breeding grounds.

After stuffing ourselves, we headed over to the University Center to take in the game.  Our seats were pretty good…but when 3,304 people makes a venue “Standing room only”, there really aren’t bad seats.  At any rate, we settled in and watched the Bears take an early lead of 11 only to be up by 1 at halftime.  Then the roared back and went up by 14 in the second half…only to hibernate and be tied at the end of regulation.  I don’t think that they were aware that overtime means “you can still play” so Tech walked out with an 82-76 victory.

Even though the outcome wasn’t what we cheered for, it was still a great experience.  I think we’ll do it a few more times this season.  Well, we’ll probably skip the cafeteria…I think they made a little more money on me today.  Here are a few more pictures from our journey:

Rob was eating so fast that he looked like the flash.  Slow down, dude, the lunch lady will make sure that you are well-fed…and well-loved.

Speaking of flashes…Here Lance is taking a picture of someone that was two tables across from us.  I’m pretty sure that’s illegal nowadays.

Here Stands Tarver Library.  I spent as much time in there today as I spent during my undergrad days.

Warm-ups with high expectations.  Poor guys…

Mercer leads 34-35 at halftime.  I think someone opened a door at halftime and started letting all of the hope out of the room.

Hey, look, there’s Paul Hewitt.  I wonder if he wants me to play for Tech…

Lance has successfully performed the yawn-stretch trick to get his arms around Andy and Rob.  What a smooth operator.

Just before the end of regulation.

Packed house with folks standing to see the end of the game.  A rare site on Mercer’s campus, but I hope that it occurs more often.