Sunday, September 16, 2012

A Big, Big Night (and a Big, Big Game)

The Clausen family had a pretty incredible visit to the Bay Area this weekend. Our little cousin/nephew didn't decide to make his debut -- it was a possibility, as he's due this week -- but Stanford decided to kick some USC tail and last night was a very, very fun time.

Here's my absolute favorite shot of the evening. It features our QB, Josh Nunes, fielding questions during his post-game interview. And it proves that we were RIGHT THERE.

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The rest of these are just in the order that they were shot... starting with FanFest, a great area of activities, games and food.

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More from FanFest:

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And then it was time to go into the game...

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My beloved LSJUMB (Leland Standford, Junior... University Marching Band) doing its pre-game thing:

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There was grub to be shoveled into our mouths...

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And touchdowns to witness...

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And cheering to do (this is perhaps my second-favorite shot of the day)...

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This gives you a pretty good idea of our seats. We kinda stumbled upon them, but they were AWESOME:

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This was an extra point for the wrong team, but you can see how up-close we were.

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Just after halftime:

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No wind:

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Full bellies:

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The girlie when it got a little chillier and "boring":

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E stuck with it. :)

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Here's a shot from just after we scored the go-ahead touchdown. I was being too big a fan to have my camera out when Ertz scored, which is a bummer because we were RIGHT THERE.

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When we actually won:

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And then it was time to storm the field and celebrate...

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Just after watching Nunes get interviewed, my kids decided to try and get interviewed themselves. :)

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After the melee surrounding Nunes, my camera got jostled and a random error message popped up. I wasn't able to take decent photos until I got it sorted our awhile later. In the meantime, the kids grabbed this nice player -- Austin Tubbs -- and I snapped a photo of them with him.

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Once my camera was sorted (sort of), we partied in front of the band.

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And NJC found a souvenir:

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Then Foxy found her own:

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And the kids did end-zone angels...

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And after catching MANY passes from his dad, Noah high-fived the security team.

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And that was basically it after a long, amazing night. It was incredibly fun... and it was well photographed. :)

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