The 2010 Rose Bowl

As a young boy growing up in Southern California I always dreamed of going to see the Rose Bowl. For those of you who are not quite so sports inclined, the Rose Bowl is simply the greatest annual college football spectacle in the United States. This year, for the first time, I was fortunate enough to get a chance to attend. I have a great friend from Oregon who somehow found out he had an extra ticket and so there I was, with 94,000 of my closest friends basking in what is the biggest party in So Cal. Now for me, this year was extra special because Ohio State was playing. Not that I like their football team, I don't. But their band was there. And as some of you may know, in addition to growing up loving sports, I was also a band geek. So that means I was especially excited to see the Ohio State band, "The Best Damn band in the Land" perform their historic spell out. My old high school band director was a graduate of Ohio State, was tuba player, and was once chosen to "dot the i" in Ohio. This band is off the charts amazing, but on this day, I was disappointed. Because instead of the usual large spell out, we got two smaller scripts so that fans on both sides of the stadium could enjoy the moment. Still good, but not the what I was expecting. Over all though, a dream come true. Thanks Gordon. [That's him above in the crazy Oregon fanatic get up.] Enjoy the pictures. [The Buckeye Band getting ready to step off.] [The start of the spell out.] [Sunset on the San Gabriel Mountains, spectacular.]