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Birthday Blindside

-- It was a sunny cool temperature day in San Diego and I remember listening to Santeria by Sublime on the radio as we drove south on the Interstate 5 freeway. My friend Nathan had told me that we were on going to a Polish picnic in Mission Bay and that there would games so I should wear shorts. It was Sunday so I chose to wear my Denver Broncos t-shirt not knowing that it would come to mean a great deal shortly. He asked me to reach into the glove compartment and pull out an envelope containing directions to the park. Once I opened it I realized it wasn't a sheet of paper but two tickets to the Denver vs San Diego game that was happening in two hours. I was speechless and filled with excitement as he told me "happy early birthday". He then reached behind him and pulled a hat with the Broncos logo on it and gave it to me. That day was my first ever Pro football experience and I remember it because 70% of the fans there were Broncos fans. Walking into the stadium you could notice nothing but waves of orange jerseys mobbing to the entrance. I was so excited to get to my seat that I forgot to get beer. When I looked at the field the first player I noticed was Payton Manning warming up. Then I looked around the the stadium and for a moment I thought I was in Denver because there was nothing but a sea of blue and orange in the stands. It was great game but when you have a player like Payton Manning you know your chances of winning are great. In the end Denver won 22-10 and my exit from the stadium was hard because every Charger fan on the way out booed and gave me dirty looks. It also didn't help that i had a giant smile on my face. I can say that this was my best birthday gift ever and the best part was that I never saw it coming.

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