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Turkey Bowl Recap
Posted by Richard on November 25, 2005
Looking out the window this morning you’d think only crazy people would play football in this kind of weather —20 degrees with blowing wind and snow. And in fact, that was exactly the case when 8 of us got together and made history in the 1st Annual Erie Blogs Turkey Bowl. Two of the eight in attendance were actual bloggers (both Rich and Mike).
To show everyone just how big the event was, Fox 66 (in the WJET 24 truck) came by for some footage along with a brief interview with me. You can catch the interview with some pretty funny footage tonight on Fox66 news or maybe WJET (I’m not sure). Anyways I was so fricken cold that I’m not sure they’ll even show the interview because I wasn’t making any sense. Props to the camera man for coming out and taking the time to be freezing cold like the rest of us.
I won’t be able to post any pictures until Monday on my flickr account but check Mike Sheakley’s since he might have some put up sooner. Sorry that everyone missed a good time (and thank you Corry for bringing that Irish hot chocolate!).
Posted by Richard at November 25, 2005 1:25 PM
Comments
As a person who played in Turkey Bowls at Jefferson Field, E. 35th and Old Rench Road, from 1968 to 2002, I want to commend you and your fellow players on keeping your tradition going.
For years, there was little we looked forward to more than getting old friends together to play the Turkey Bowl. We had to move it to Saturdays to accommodate the guys who had to come in from out of town.
Playing 2 hours of football, followed by 3 hours of drinking beer at Herman's, followed by a shower and a nap, followed by 5 hours of partying at someone's house -- all priceless.
We finally had to give it up at age 51, but it was a great run.
Posted by: Bill Welch at November 29, 2005 11:52 AM
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