Football Game

I went to the first home football game Saturday. Penn won! It sure is exciting to go to a school where the football team is actually good. This year Penn is fighting for their 4th championship in 5 years. As a student, I can get into all the football games for free. I just had to was show my ID.

Some fun facts: Franklin Field is the oldest two-tiered stadium in the country with a seating capacity of 52,598. It opened in 1895 for the first running of the Penn Relays. It has been the site of the nation's first scoreboard, the first football radio broadcast, the first football telecast, and Vince Lombardi's only NFL playoff loss. The field has also been the home of the Philadelphia Eagles.

If its your first game at Franklin Field you will notice something a bit strange. As you walk in everyone is carrying pieces of bread. I noticed one lady carried in a cardboard copy box half full of toast. Penn fans throw toast onto the field after the third quarter of every home football game. Actually a lot of people get anxious and start throwing it in the first quarter. The toast-throwing tradition was in response to the line "Here's a toast to dear old Penn" in the school song "Drink a Highball". The act of throwing toast was adopted after alcohol was banned from the stadium in the 1970s.