So this is by far one of the main challenges of being on the road in a show. Your weekend is almost always made up of two shows on Saturday and two shows on sunday, which, during the fall and winter, obviously begs the question... when do you have time to watch FOOTBALL??? Luckily, these days it's a lot easier to follow your team because of mass communication devices, the fact that a lot of the big games are on national tv, and College football has risen to a level of national significance that several stagehands or security guards will usually be up to speed on the latest scores. Identifying these stagehands/security guards early and utilizing them strategically throughout the show is KEY to keeping tabs on your team :) Our cast in 101 Dalmatians has a lot of big school representation. Jimmy Ludwig and Rachel York are both Michigan Peeps, Kristen Beth Williams is diehard Oklahoma Sooner (I know because every saturday it says so on her HAT), Mike Masters went to Auburn, Chuck Ragsdale and Garett Hawe are both Cincinatti Bearcats, and Julie Foldesi bleeds UNC Tarheel Blue!... (well we won't have to worry about her until basketball season :) And those are only the ones I know about. Every single cast-member of this show has a heart of gold (especially the canines) buuuuut on Saturday... things can get dicey.
Fortunately on Saturday the shows are usually at 2 and 8, so there is a significant break inbetween so you can usually catch the second half of a later game. Today, I used my break to hurry back to my hotel to watch the second half of the Florida/Arkansas game. Now, because we are in Minneapolis and on Central time I got to watch most of the Oklahoma/Texas game Before heading in to the theatre for the first show. Neither team was very impressive, including Colt McCoy, and sadly Sam Bradford was reinjured early. But it was like everybody had a case of the FUMMMMBLES... sooo many fumbles in that game. It was like they were playing in an invisible blizzard or something... (Sorry KBWilliams.) Anyway, there must have been something in the air today because by the time I got back to my hotel room on dinner break, my Gators hadfumbled FOUR times already, and were down 10-6 in the 3rd quarter. Later they trailed again 20-13 in the 4th. It looked like a little bit of nervous time in Gainesville, as
the RazorBacks were hanging tough, and threatening the Gators 15 game winning streak. In the end Caleb Stugis stoically drilled a go-ahead Field Goal with 9 seconds left (He had kicked a career long 51-yarder earlier in the game) and the Gators hung on to preserve the streak. Tebow had a great game, and with the other major QBs struggling right now, he has to be the current front-runner for the Heisman.
And now for some Arkansas love. Dennis Johnson KILLED us all day. Every game I've ever seen in the SEC there is a running back that I've never heard of (first, second, or third string) that absolutely blows my mind! And then a year or two later they are KILLING in the NFL. That's the SEC baby! SPEED! Today it was Dennis Johnson, remember that name. The Razorbacks almost upset us today... and it was because of this guy.
Aw, will you look at that. I got all caught up in Football chat and the time just FLEW by. I gotta get back to the Orpheum... for show number 2!!! Man, I love Saturdays!!! :)
Cheers,
Jeff
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