Today will go down in history as the day I finally got one of those free t-shirts they occasionally toss out at college sporting events. My parents were in town for a visit and we all went to the ISU vs. Dartmouth men's basketball game. At one point some cheerleader-types came up to the upper deck where we were sitting while the PA announcer said it was time to see who can cheer the loudest. After realizing that this might finally be my chance, I stood up and waved my arms while yelling crazily like the other fans in our section. To my surprise I saw a cheerleader with a wadded-up shirt rear back and toss it in our direction, though I was sure the gentleman a few rows ahead would catch it.
Instead, the shirt somehow sailed through his outstretched hands, continuing towards me, at which point it also sailed past my uncoordinated hands, landing a glancing blow off my cheek and falling into my dad's seat. I snatched it up and held it in the air, victorious! Dad was kind enough to let me keep the shirt, though I would have argued that it was rightfully mine anyway on the basis of my cheek-deflection recovery; kind of like getting a fumble back in football.
After unraveling the shirt we found that it had the current I-State logo with the word "BEAST" printed below in large letters. Some might be confused by this, but we had been to enough basketball games to know it was a reference to the Beauty and the Beast gymnastics/wrestling combination meet coming up in the spring, which has been heavily advertised during basketball games.
Looks like I can check one more item off my bucket list!
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