Now MJ, we could have hooked up and had our secret super handshake, since I was wearing my Ann Hand AF pin!
The only problem with seeing a game like that one was it took us 1 hour to go 1/2 of mile. For those of you who don't know Annapolis, it is literally a 1 road town in and out
They had the 3rd highest attendance ever with close to 40K people. They had people standing for 4 hours because the hill was packed. The hill, is at the end zone and you bring blankets to sit on, so once it is filled and you have a hill ticket, you are SRO.
Now the funny part, we were with our friends that (AF) and a cadet, the Navy choir sings, and we are still standing waiting for the 18s to fly over...waiting...waiting...waiting...looking up in the sky to see where they will come from...NOTHING! To the point we looked at each other and said maybe they aren't doing one! Finally they flew over, our other friend sitting next to me, said they must be on NAVY time, not AF time
The other funny story is another AFA grad has a son at the USNA. Hornet was with us and made a comment about the AF doesn't wear skirts (pipe and drums), I told him be careful X might be offended. He said: NO WAY I called our son and said it is suppose to be 70 and sunny is that skirt weather?
The only time I felt there was poor sportsmanship, and it occurred when the AF qb literally rolled over his head on a play, he was laying on the field for a few minutes, and the midshipmen were not silent, instead doing cheers (not yea he was down, but akin to let's go Navy!). That was wrong. I would feel the same if the AF did it if roles were reversed.
It was great though, more amazing is how you run into people you have not seen for yrs, almost like a squadron reunion.