Wow! Recently, my friend Noah and his awesome girlfriend
Kristen hooked me and Jamie up with tickets to see the Indianapolis Colts play
the Cleveland Browns. It was mine and Jamie’s first NFL game together, and it
was most definitely memorable. There were so many cool connections and
happenings that made it memorable, but here are a few…
Jamie and I were driving the Nuru van, and we received a
parking pass that put us literally a stone’s throw from Lucas Oil Stadium. That meant
that many of the thousands of people walking to and from the stadium had an
opportunity to find out about Nuru’s work. Pretty stellar, huh!
Andrew Luck is the quarterback for the Colts. He went to
Stanford University during his undergrad. Jake Harriman, Nuru’s founder and CEO
also went to the Stanford GSB. I believe Jake graduated after Andrew’s freshman
year.
Andrew Luck’s dad, Oliver Luck, played football at WVU, is a
Rhodes Scholar, and is also the current athletic director for WVU. Jamie, Noah,
and myself are WVU alumni. My buddy Jake, started his college career at WVU
(where we met), was also a Rhodes Scholar finalist, but played rugby at Navy
not football.
We watched Andrew Luck become the first Colts quarterback
since 1988 to rush for two touchdowns in a game. We also saw Andrew Luck notch
the victory. Beyond that, we saw former Mountaineer Pat McAfee make a solid
tackle and boot the ball a few times during the game as well.
That list is by no means thorough, but the greatest cool
connection and happening had to be reconnecting with an old friend, and
enjoying a somewhat relaxing afternoon together sharing stories and making
memories.
It was my first NBA game, and while it was exciting to see Lebron James, Chris Paul, and others, I definitely don't plan on making it a habit.
But I can now say I am a witness, to Lebron's legend. It was pretty wild. Back in December he broke the career scoring record for Cleveland. He's 23 years old. That's pretty impressive.
The announcer for the Cavs, Joe Tait, called his 3000th game that night as well, so that made for a little extra fanfare. I always like it when stuff like that is happening--makes it a little more exciting/engaging.
As much as I enjoyed the game, and the whole time in Cleveland, I couldn't help but think this thought.
Wouldn't it be something though if we were all witnesses to something greater than Lebron?