I was in attendance for today's Thanksgiving Day slaughterhouse and honestly, I felt like I was at a sold out showing of James Cameron's Titanic as opposed to a football game.
In the words of my twelve year old niece who was sporting my over-sized authentic Herman Moore jersey, It was absolutely "a brutal beat down."
I stuck it out for its entirety, as I took in all the boo birds, haplessness and $5.75 not-that-jumbo hot dogs. There really isn't much to say without being completely redundant week after week, so I won't.
In concise summation, the Lions turned the ball over a minute into the game, were down seven a minute thirty into the game, at one point had a delay of game penalty after taking a timeout, all on their way to losing a close one, 47-10. That's about it.
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A funny thing happened while I was sitting in my seat late in the game. A dude from about ten rows behind me who was yelling the entire game ran down the aisle to the front row, stripped his jersey off his back and threw it out onto the field as far as he could about ten feet in front of him. He turned around started to walk back up the aisle, assuming he was leaving. However, before he could get even a few rows, he was stopped by security and brought back to where he intentionally disbanded from his Calvin Johnson jersey.
Everyone thought he was probably going to be escorted out of the stadium as throwing anything out onto the field is a major no-no. Instead of being put into painful, pound me in the ass prison, he was merely handed his jersey and told—your punishment is taking this back. It was rather funny.
What a great way to deter crime in Detroit—make everyone wear a Lions jersey and attend games. Crime would go down tenfold.
Three quarters of the way to 0-16, next week is our real last chance at preventing that from happening. My hopes are bleak at this point.
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about 1 month ago
haha, oh man. That's horrible.
hilarious though, making the guy take his jersey back.
I'm sorry you had to sit through that man. I was watching the game at my girlfriend's sister's house in wisconsin with Packers fans and a couple Cowboys fans. It was hell.
from about 1 month ago
I'm actually glad I was there until the end. I'm proud to say I did not boo, although I did throw my hands up in the air in disgust a few times (specifically when we got a delay of game penalty immediately after we called a time out). Anyway, I want to remain optimistic continue supporting the team because it will be that much sweeter when we do turn it around...in 2070. It's a damn shame how things are going and how today went. It was basically the icing on top of our season sucking and oh yeah, in case the rest of the nation didn't know before, they know now: we suck. I did get a picture with the eat 'em up lions/tigers guy, so my day wasn't completely lost.
about 1 month ago
Yah, that is a real punishment and slam. I am suprised that they did not remove him though. How far did it get out and did any players or Lions staff witness it?
from about 1 month ago
He didn't ball it up or anything. He was drunk and just kind of threw it out there. It landed about ten feet beyond the wall near the endzone. No players or Lions staff witnessed it, that I know of. Just security guards and everyone in my section basically.
from about 1 month ago
i'm sure they told him to leave. He was planning on leaving anyway I think after he threw the jersey. I was just surprised he wasn't escorted out. He left under his own accord.
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