As to which flying Duck had the ball on their misdirection plays, the camera crews were faked out as often as us fans in the stands and our players on the field. We kept turning our heads for a second look, to find out what had just happened on the field of play.
Moral of this story is the same as for our first last-second loss this season: Every second counts.
by the granddaddy of all bowl games. Fortunately, my camera’s storage of memory lasted the day, but barely.
The spectacular parade was made more memorable (or “spoiled,” depending on your viewpoint) by the spectacle that followed: The worldwide Occupy Movement entered an ad-hoc, rag-tag, block party to run (or“ruin”) the full 5-mile parade route. To me these ragamuffins were a hoot,
Good Lord, even the "living Jesus" showed up at this event,
as represented by this one and many other such banners.
No matter which side you’re on, here’s hoping for a blessed New Year for you and me, one able to match the New Year’s best parade and bested team.