Virginia Tech played Tennessee in ATL on New Year's Eve. And of course I centered my New Year's plans around said college football game … I have a degree that brands me a Hokie and a dog named Smokey.
I’m a poet and didn’t even know it. But I did know the Hokies were going to win the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl as the Volunteers would volunteer to lose.
You know why else I opted to ring in the new year at a college football game …? Because I go out to clubs and bars all the time, and the only thing that makes them different on New Year's Eve is that they’re more crowded. Hate to say it, but I call it like I see it.
Before the game, I tailgated at Stats Sports Bar. It’s safe to say they are the champion of sports bars, crushing all their opponents in Atlanta, and even dominating all the sports bars in Charlotte.
Stats has two levels, but I stayed on the first one because they were charging a $20 cover to go upstairs. (Flag on that play!) But they did have orange-colored Jello shots for the bright orange and burnt orange wearing fans. There was even a beer tub station at the bottom of the stairs leading to the bathroom, so people waiting in line could buy a beer … and make them need to pee even more.
To adhere to the mostly Tennessee fans in the place, they played "Rocky Top" over and over, as well as the University of Tennessee produced music video "Eric Berry" (based off the rap lyric for "Halle Berry" for Tennessee defense bak). I thoroughly enjoyed it for comedic value because I was able to ad-lib the lyrics to talk shit. Eric Berry … "he ain’t scary, he a fairy, who is really hairy." Perhaps you should have been there.
Anyway, when we got to the game I saw something I’d never seen before … alcohol being sold at a college football game. The Georgia Dome has a “Spirited Fan” section — as in liquor spirits. The kids didn’t even need to sneak in their airplane bottles. And you could tell there were a lot more Tennessee fans at the game, too, because the stadium seemed empty by the start of the fourth quarter.
I rang in 2010 in a sports complex and wearing jeans. It was perfect. In fact, my NYE was so good, it even generated a “Text from Last Night” from me: I mixed vodka with Pedialyte so I wouldn’t get hung over. As it turns out … didn’t help, nor does it constitute a cocktail.
As for 2010 ... I am confused, am I suppose to say 20-10, 10, 0-10 ... or just 2010?
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