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Monday, September 26, 2011

Air Force Football

I was recently at an Air Force Academy football game.
It's always a fun thing to see, even though I'm not particularly interested in watching sports. There are interesting traditions, such as cadets doing push-ups whenever Air Force scores, one per point. In a game like this where we scored over 30 points, that's a lot of push-ups!
And of course military bands and the like are always a pleasure to watch (and photograph).
And that's part of Our World this week, and all the colors make it my entry for PicStory's "color" theme this week!

18 comments:

  1. What a fun, colorful day! I'm not a big football fan either, but it is fun to see so many things going on! And beautiful skies, lots of color and you can feel the excitement. Terrific captures and a fun look at a part of 'our world'! Hope you have a great week, Al!

    Sylvia

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  2. What a colorful match! Thanks for joining PicStory :)

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  3. The parts of the game that you feature would make it an enjoyable day for me too! And a what a gorgeous Colorado bright blue day it was too!

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  4. I'm not particularly interested in sports either but I love your photos. Especially the first one. The angle is amazing. That's really a lot of people!

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  5. I haven't seen a home game at a service academy - but the pomp and circumstance makes this special. My parents went to Army games at West Point, and there was a parade and the style is what they remembered, and we see here...

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  6. That looks great. My sister and her family live in Colorado Springs and go to the Air Force games quite a bit.

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  7. By the looks, it is a well attended sport event!

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  8. I've been to the academy, but didn't realize the stadium is so big. I see some of the spectators were wearing coats, so you must have had a nice fall day for football. Enjoy your fall, Al.

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  9. What a riot of joyous colours!

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  10. What a colourful post with so much pomp and circumstance! Great shots of all the uniforms.

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  11. Such a very different world! The uniforms are so crisp.
    I'm trying to judge what the temperature must have been - the crowd seems to range from T-shirts to anoraks.

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  12. Love to watch this kind of event. Very colorful and fun!

    PicStory

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  13. What an amazing mix of colors! I'm not much of a football fan either but this would have been an interesting game to attend.
    The Road to Here

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  14. Hello Al,
    Oh, to be cadets is tough!
    The military bands playing and marching are great!!! I feel as if I listened to their exciting music.
    Best wishes,
    keiko

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  15. next time you watch Rugby? Then you visit me in New Zealand.

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