Hi Five

by Luca Guglielmi

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Friday: Day of arrival

The smell of gas, the brief moments of shade, and the driving. The driving seemed to take years because everything looked pretty much the same. The anticipation was building up; it had started out as just a thought, then for a while hope had fizzled out, but two days before we were going to have to leave if we were to go to the BIGGEST College football game of the year, the tickets showed up, and we were going to see #1 USC VS. #5 Ohio St. By the time we got to our friends’ house, it was late and way past my bedtime. But Xavier and I were not tired. We stayed up for about an hour playing Madden.

Saturday: Day of the game

I woke up late the next morning to the sound of Xavier cooking. I played a half of Madden and had breakfast. Then Xavier and I took a dip in the swimming pool before coming inside to play another game of Madden, after which we returned for a last hop in the pool.

Xavier was in first and he found a -- BLACK WIDOW SPIDER -- AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He jumped out, and we hopped in the car with a sandwich and took off. The driving was worse on the way to the game because I knew that If Ohio St. won I would get an earful from Xavier about how my team’s better than your team. We got there a little late due to a glitch in the navigation system, but we heard the beginning of the game on the radio.

Just as we arrived, Ohio St. kicked a field goal to make it 7-3 USC. For the rest of the game, all I could do was cheer as USC cruised to a 35-3 romping of the clearly undermanned Buckeyes.

It made me think about how at a football game you forget about where he comes from or what she looks like. You hi-five anyone who cheers for the same team as you. Pete Carroll has helped the players do that too. He has taught players from different backgrounds and families to play together like brothers.