Laramie on National Television

The University of Wyoming Cowboys played rival Texas Longhorns yesterday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium here in Laramie. The Longhorns, I understand, are ranked # 2 in the nation for college football. The Cowboys and the Longhorns have met but a mere 3 times on the gridiron, and yet…are intense rivals.

The game was a sell-out (over 31,000 in attendance) and pretty much the event of the season thus far. Unfortunately for us, we were too late to purchase reduced faculty season tickets…pretty much the only way we could get into the Texas game. I heard one of the Sportscasters mention that Texas Longhorn fans had to purchase UWYO Cowboy season tickets just to attend yesterday’s game.

We watched the game on cable TV and if we had opened the windows we probably would have heard the roar from the stadium, which is a mere hop-skip-and a jump from our front door. We drove by the stadium just prior to kick-off and could see the fans sitting on the bleachers…this is, a small town after-all. In fact, when we do go to watch a future game, we’ll leave our cars in the garage and walk to the stadium to avoid the hassle of parking...or maybe we’ll bike the 2-3 minutes it will take to get there. The pleasures of small town living!

During the game, the TV cameras would occasionally pan to the sights beyond the high stadium seating to views of the mountains and hills that surround Laramie, which is really what this post is about...Laramie, Wyoming on national television…probably one of the few times the rest of the nation will catch a glimpse without having to trek out here for a visit.

During commercial breaks we got a glimpse of the schedule of the upcoming college games to be televised on Versus (cable network channel) and alas, the Cowboys are not on the schedule.
S thinks the Cowboys probably aren’t a ranked high enough to warrant TV time and that the only reason yesterday’s game was televised was due to the second-ranked Texas Longhorns. Oh well…

So…if you missed yesterday’s game, which I’m sure most of you did, you missed some sights of Laramie. Not a big deal, but it sure was nice to see bits and pieces of our new small home town on national television.

I get my kicks when I can…

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