Clausen's Daily Eclipse: My first Football game!!!

Yesterday was a GREAT day. I really wanted to go to a football game before the end of the season, but I thought that it ended with the Super Bowl on the 4^th of February, so
I had some time left. Well, it does end on the 4^th of February, but I found out that the normal games in Chicago were almost over and then come the playoffs and then the final. So, yesterday was pretty much my last opportunity to go to a game this year. Since it was the second to the last home game and that the Bears are having an amazing season, the game was completely sold out. Chris and I decided to go to soldier field (Chicago’s football stadium) to scalp the tickets. The first scalper asked for $300 a piece, which obviously we weren’t willing to pay. However there actually wasn’t many guys scalping tickets so we didn’t have many options. I decided to try and ask one of the people at the entrance if there was any chance to get in without a ticket, to which he respond NO. After asking some other people, I finally talked to the security supervisor. I told him that I wasn’t American and that I was going back home the next day and that one of the things that I wanted to do the most in my short visit to the U.S was to go to a football game. I tried to buy the tickets but the game was sold out and that all I really wanted was to take some pictures of the field and get out. He looked at me and asked if I was serious and I said YES, and he said; “I’ll do that for you” so we waited for his replacement and he personally took us in, to the first level of the stadium and told us that we could stay until the end of the game. We couldn’t be closer to the field and I couldn’t be happier!! It was a great experience and it was a great game. Even though I don’t understand that sport completely yet, I definitely liked and appreciated it way more than the boring baseball.