The Mascot Bowl

Upon hearing that Jordan would be participating in a Mascot Bowl this year, I learned just how little Jenn knows about football. Everyone in my family knows I'm not a football fan. It's fun to play in video games once in a while, and I'll watch when my nephews are playing, but other than that, it's not my thing. Still, even I know that a "bowl" is a term for a major football game. However, when Jenn heard Jordan would be playing in this year's Mascot Bowl, she had visions of mascots floating in a bowl of cereal.

Actually, the first "bowl game" was held at the Rose Bowl Stadium, so named for the bowl-shaped design of the stadium. Since then, the term "bowl" has become synonymous with a major football game, such as the Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Sun Bowl, and of course, the Super Bowl. (I love Wikipedia.)

The Mascot Bowl is a big charity event that includes all the mascots from Utah (from every sport), NFL and NBA mascots from around the country, Utah Blitzz Arena Football players, and other random mascots, celebrities, and groups. Trevor played in the Mascot Bowl three years ago, and we heard how much fun it was, and knew we had to watch Jordan play in it this year. So here are just a few of the many pictures I have of the event. Pictured below in order are Brady, Kalli, Jeremy, Mom, us, Trevor, his "friend" Aubrey, and Kaytlin.





I have found that I enjoy watching football (big shock, I know). I have found that I most especially like to watch the Burningham Brothers' football games. Why? Because for one, I know at least one player in each game that I can root for, and secondly, not very many people show up to watch the teams that my nephews play on, so I don't have the discomfort of being surrounded by huge masses of people that I am SURE are all out to get me.

Now, I am a consitantly naive individual. When the Mascot Bowl was explained to me, I thought it would be a really fun and unique experience. I was all for it. I had visions of mascots running around the field getting their stuffed tails kicked, with the usual assortment of spectators scattered around the bleachers. I couldn't have been more wrong. When we reached the exit for Lehi, we realized that the game was going to be uncomfortably packed. The off-ramp was moving at a tedious 1 mile an hour.

People filled the bleachers and lined the sidelines and even the end zone. Just seeing the people from a distance made me dizzy, being in the thick of them... well, you just use your imagination. But I had a lot of fun anyway.