Chiefs vs Bucs: Game Day Pictures from the Fans
… and when I say ‘the fans’ I mean my friends and I. LOL. BTW, if you send me some of your pictures from the game I will be glad to post them up (dead serious). So send me them pics people!!
Anyways, here are some pictures from the Chiefs vs Bucs game on 11-2-2008. Some of these I don’t even have words for, so here they are:
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Chiefs vs Bucs: Report from Arrowhead
I have been doing this for a while now and I just thought that since I am a season ticket holder and actually go to all of the games maybe I should share what goes down at Arrowhead on the day of the game (at least from my perspective).
So we rolled off of the exit ramp at about 8:40 this morning, not seeing as much traffic as we thought we would but nonetheless happy that we got to the parking gates with the quickness. Once they scanned our parking pass we headed into the lot and noticed that the lots had more cars than they normally do at this time in the morning.
We normally get there about the same time every week and the last few games it was so crowded that we actually got to park in the first non-handicapped row, literally right in front of the stadium. (Holla parking section C7!). Today they were already working on filling up the second row, but we managed to Sneak-King our way on the backside of parking row 1. Yeah, its a sweet spot! 
After playing a little catch, while the cars kept filtering in, we went ahead and set up the party zone. (That’s right, I said “party zone” lol…) Anyway, after we got all set up we poured an anonymous drink and took a seat. As we looked around it took us by surprise; Our row was now filled to the brim with tents, grills and people. After having a semi-sub par outings the home game before the Arrowhead atmosphere was back… and it was awesome! You could actually feel the optimism in the air, people believed and Arrowhead was once again the place to be on a Sunday morning.
The rest of the tailgate was spent eating, drinking and socializing. We parked next to some really cool people (who’s names I can’t remember at the moment) who came all the way up from Wichita. We actually took a photo with this group of people which I will try to post with a few other photos from game day in a post within the next day or two. We had a blast and this dude had some of the best turkey I have ever tasted. It was the BOMB.
Pre-game tailgating was now complete so we packed it up and headed into the game with about 20 minutes left until kick-off. On the way to the gates we did get distracted when we spotted a couple Chiefs cheerleaders … don’t worry the photo will be posted soon.
We got to our seats with perfect timing as shortly thereafter we sang the Nation Anthem, yelled “Home of the… CHIEFS!!”, and saw/felt/heard the flyover. Man, that gets me every time.
Once the game kicked off Arrowhead Stadium was actually pretty full. More people than I thought would be there were filling the seats and judging by my recording the game was not blacked out. So that is good at least.
The mood of the stadium was pretty positive to start the game and, as you can guess, it got better and better as the first half went on. During the first half many hands were slapped, lots of “Gettin’ Thiggy with it” comments were made, and I think I may have seen a manly chest bump or two… yeah, I’ll leave that one alone.
Even at half time and well into the second half of the game you could tell everyone still believed the Chiefs could win this game and then it happened. I can’t tell you exactly what play or the time on the clock, but everyone in the stadium could feel it… there was doubt.
The momentum had officially shifted in their favor and everything then started going right for the Bucs. They scored on a half back option pass, connected on the two-point conversion for the tie, and then eventually won the coin toss along with the game. Once the Bucs won the coin flip in OT I had a bad feeling, I knew the game was over, I was just hoping I was wrong.
I only saw a few Tampa fans at the game and none of them stood out to me, I didn’t even really hear any cheering when the Bucs finally pulled out the game. I’m pretty sure they knew how lucky they had been to get this victory so they just left it at that.
As we took the “walk of shame” down the swirling concrete concord I just felt dejected. The heartbreaking Chiefs had gave me hope, only to let me down once again. We have now lost 16 of the last 17 games…
The rest of the late afternoon was filled with some post-game tailgating, kicking, passing, punting, and a ride back home where we discussed the status and played out future scenarios of our Chiefs.
Alas, I am at home writing you this blog entry, now dead tired from a day Chiefs football in the sun.
See you another day Arrowhead.
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Game DayThread - Game 8: Kansas City Chiefs vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers
So here is game 8:
The Chiefs are 1-6 after putting up a respectable showing last week aginst the Jets and are back at Arrowhead to play the Bucs. This is a big game for both teams, as the Chiefs need hope and the Bucs will try to prove they they can win a game on the road (I read they are 1-3 away from home this season).
For the Chiefs to have a chance in the game one of the keys for the Chiefs will be to make sure their running game gets on track early and Thigpen needs to just not lose the game for the Chiefs (another showing like last week would be GREAT Thiggy). This could be very hard to do against the Bucs as they have a pretty solid defense and have a habbit of terrorizing young QB’s.
One thing I am worried about in this game in the Bucs ability to run the football. You know they like to run the ball (pound it) and then play solid, ball-hawking defense. Can the Chiefs stop the run this week? Or at least not allow a big play for once?
Looking at this from a positive (and HOMER-ISH) perspective, if the Chiefs can get that running game going (without Larry Johnson, AGAIN) and the defense comes to play and creates some turnovers (like last week) I think we have a shot here. The Chiefs MUST win the turnover battle if they want to stand a chance. That’s a lot of “IFs”, but there is always a chance.
As always please post any comments, pictures, or whatever in the comment section below before, during or after the game. If you see something that you hated (or loved) let the rest of us know!
I’ll be yelling from my seat at Arrowhead this week, hoping very much for a Chiefs victory.
GO CHIEFS!!
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