The Coin Toss

Oh my goodness, Connor finally got to go on the field. We met the marketing people for OSU Athletics. They gave Connor and I our field passes. They even upgraded our tickets from the south end zone to the fifty yard line! I was pretty pumped. We said bye to mom and went down to the field.

We had about a 30 minute wait until the coin toss. We watched as the Beaver and Utah players came on to the field. The Beavers came out of the big black helmet that Connor is standing in front of. Look at the size of number 75. Oh my goodness, Connor thought Ah-ye (Richard) was big. We got our picture taken by one of the marketing people. The offensive line is warming up behind us.

When there was about 5 minutes left during the warm up, the marketing people took us to the 50 yard line. We could not believe how many people were in the stands. IT WAS SO LOUD. I think Connor was a little nervous and excited all at once. You can see that in the picture of him at the 50 yard line with 40,000 people screaming. As time approached, the captains came out and gave Connor a high five. Connor got to hold Jeff Van Orsow's hand while they walked on to the field. Van Orsow is famous for knocking down John David Booty's pass in the win over then Number 3 USC last year. As you can see in the picture, Connor comes up his waist. Those guys are so BIG. Alex Serna also gave Connor a high five.

Well, he walked out with the four captains for the coin toss. Katie says they put his face all over the Pac-10's largest JumboTron. I was so busy watching him on the field that I didn't even look up at the JumboTron. Our friend's Tim and Kathy said they heard them annouce his name over the PA system. Connor walked back with the Captains and that was the end of the coin toss. I will say it was one of the greatest parent moments I have had. It is not everyday that you get to see your child walk on to the field of your most favorite sports team during a game.