h Carolina for their first SEC home game. Ane has been in Athens since classes kicked off in August, and our question is, how do does the overall atmosphere of the town transform during the football season? Ane starts off by explaining that the town becomes "a lot more crowded, but it also becomes more of a united family." She told a story of how she was tailgating, a pre-game ritual, with her friends and people offered them some of their food (that were complete strangers). "I thought it was really friendly of them," she added. Since this past weekend was Ane's first college game weekend, she was not ready for all the vast display of team spirit she witnessed. Ane woke up at 10 AM and looked out of her window and saw nothing but a sea of red and black and the game was not even scheduled for another nine hours!
Ane also mentioned some minor downfalls to her first college football experience. She recalls that "there were a lot more drunks" and that the "frat boys sat above them in the student section and sprayed water, beer, and coke on them every time UGA scored." However, the worst thing that she encountered during the festivities was at half time when ESPN interviewed South Carolina's coach Steve Spurrier. The student section began to yell crude and derogatory statements at him and even the band joined in. She s
aid, "it almost embarrassed me that I was a part of the student body.... I felt as if I was stooping to a new low. It is one thing to have pride, but they pushed it."
Overall Ane said that the weekend was a success, and one that will not be soon forgotten. She concluded that college football games were even better than she anticipated and the hype of the town on game days takes college to a whole different and more exciting level.
***Pictures courtesy of Ane Cimino
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