BYU FOOTBALL

BYU FOOTBALL
(c) Brigham Young University

30-27. Upset overtime win. 2nd week in a row.

What does a live-action football game have to do with media? A lot it turns out. At the game there was ceaseless noise. When it wasn't the crunching of helmets there was the blasting pop-songs over the stadium sound system-- new hits and old classics. Even the flow of the game is at the mercy of media with a little something called a "MEDIA timeout", where the two sides are granted essentially a free timeout because the TV tycoons broadcasting the game need more time to advertise their sponsor's products. During these particularly long breaks, the stadium announcer-man asked us to pull our phones out to play a stadium-wide trivia game that paired what the responses given on our phones with the calibrating graphic on the big screens. And post-game, especially after an exciting win like this one, the car ride home means listening to the Radio (Voice of the Cougars Greg Wrubell!) for post-game analysis and watching replays on the ESPN app, oh, and texting all friends possible--"Did you see that catch!? What. A. Game."

So, what I thought was a Saturday afternoon of me unplugging and getting out into the open air-- I wasn't as detached as I thought I was.

But BOY did I have a good time!


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  1. Kaitlyn DaySeptember 19, 2019 at 8:29 AM

    GO COUGARS!!!!!!!!!!! Being in the stadium certainly provides a rush!

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