Ethnography

Ethnography

September 21, 2014

Cans, Bottles, and Bodies

   Jam packed weekend. If you don't know why I'm saying that, then you damn sure missed a hell of a weekend. Rivalry week!! This weekend was the NMSU Vs. UNM game. Swear, the craziness started a week before kick- off.. Driving to school, and seeing big o'l RV's parked in the parking lot getting their favorite spots! Seeing more Crimson colors than anything. Friday comes and hotels are packed to the rim full of UNM, and getting texts from everyone wanting to say "what's up", and "Aye, time to get it in!" If you knew anything about this game, you would know that the pre and post game are just as important as the game.
   It was kind of funny because all week it was raining, and cloudy, but once it struck midnight on Friday night, it was like the football Gods knew what was going to happen, and gave us one good ass day of football. Not going to lie, the tailgate was CRAAAAAZY. It was freaking hot though. IF you went, you would know what im talking about.. Swear, it might have only been like 91 degrees, but that many people... in that amount of space? It felt like it was above 100 degrees. So when you throw college students, alcohol, and heat!? You got a couple problems brewing. 
   Literally when you are walking around the tailgate, you have to watch your step because you got beer cans, energy drinks, and bottles all over the floor. The craziest thing happened at the tailgate, but it was nothing out of the normal. You got to think of when you add hormones, alcohol, and egos? You're going to have problems, and I witnessed many of those while i was at the Beb Bull tent! Saw a couple of fights, and had to stop my friend from beating the crap outta some dude.
                                "Bro! You good!?"
                                "Yeah, im good."
                                "What were you doing? You can't be fighting!"
                                "He was talking crap, and acting stupid. I wasn't going to fight him."
and I actually believed him when he said that.. because of how he looked at me when he told me that, and mind you not, it was hard to decipher his drunken words, but in that environment, with that kind of heat, and being surrounded by people with their phones out filming?  I guess it was almost about to happen.
 

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