Drake Football Senior Day

Linda and I completed our nearly perfect attendance at Drake Football home games. Our first day game, the weather was great. We also enjoyed the added festivities honoring the senior members of the team playing their last home game.

We arrived about thirty minutes before game time and, before taking our seats, roamed around the stadium for the last time this season. For the first time, we noticed access to the area north of the field. It looked like the parents of the seniors were lining up there for pre-game recognition so we just looked over the wall. In all our games, we'd not seen the little blue cannon. This whole part of the field was really new to us. We looped back around toward our chosen seating area.

On the opening drive, Scott Phaydavong, junior running back for the 'dawgs, scored the first of his two touchdowns of the day and we heard that little cannon for the first time. We both were startled by the boom and then had a good chuckle; I enjoyed the plume of smoke and general effect. By halftime, Drake lead 14-3 and continued to extend in the second half. Before it was done, the Drake offense produced over 550 yards of total offense.

Willie Cashmore, another Drake running back, actually outperformed Phaydavong's 109 yards with 130 of his own, also scoring two touchdowns. It was good to see the Bulldogs return home and put up another good win.

It's a little disappointing that there aren't more people in the stands, especially students, but it does allow us to choose our seats and I get a variety of camera angles. I'm going to look forward to stopping by from time to time next year.