Your stories from the Freezer Bowl

[SunsetBengal]

(02-02-2018, 07:48 PM)bfine32 Wrote: There I was.......


OK, I was there and have shared the story before I think. The first thing I remember is getting in my car to go. I had a 1978 Trans Am and I put my key in to open the door and it snapped off inside the lock. Luckily those were the days when the door key and the ignition key were different, plus a coat hanger could easily unlock the door.

This was a game at which we did not tailgate and to get into the stadium if you knew the right door and had $20 you could get in without a ticket. I was a member of the Ohio National Guard back then and one of our Platoon members with a Cincy Cop that worked the field on game day, so we got down on the field pre-game.

The rest was just walking around the Stadium watching the game from various vantage points. I cannot remember many plays nor can I recall the famous "our oline wore short sleeves" situation; however, I do remember that it seemed our D forced a TO in about every drive.   

For some reason, I get an image of Billy Madison, and you standing in the parking lot, wearing a denim jacket with a sweatshirt underneath, and the collar flapped up.  

Personally, I was 12 and though I had outside chores to attend to that froze my ass pretty good, I watched the game on TV.