Place...first look of Yager Stadium and what i saw

Drops of sweat ran down the side of my exhausted face as I came upon the entrance to the home of excitement. As I looked around this place that made the north side of campus what it is today, I caught myself staring at a mural of familiar faces. These faces with big beady eyes all seemed to represent a famous coach but one particular face stuck out to me. The University of Michigan’s well known coach, Bo Schembechler, who passed away in November of 2006, filled the entire left hang corner of the mural. Seeing his face up there not only meant a lot to me since I grew up a Michigan fan but also seemed to be a big part of the Miami University. It was not till later that I discovered that Bo actually played football for Miami. As my eyes wandered away from the mural, two enormous black gates with capital m’s on them opened up a new world of life. As I walked closer to the gates, Yager Stadium was imprinted on just about everything in the stadium. The ticket booths, which are tan cement boxes, filled the left hand corner while the large entrance of the stadium was surrounded by much smaller entrances. As I began to walk through the gates, I stopped in the middle of the opening to sit down and observe the surrounding area. Surrounding this massive stadium is lines of green bushy trees which all seem to look the same as well as other sporting facilities. The architecture of the stadium all seemed to match the modern style of the rest of the University and the flooring of the stadium was lined with what looked like black asphalt with large amounts of rocks throughout it. Shade did not seem to cover any square inch of the stadium especially in the stands. Each row of the stands was covered with sun light which made it hard to recognize the red and white seating around it. Some of the seating on the reserved side was even painted a washed out black color with random looking red seats throughout it. Right next to the two story glass windowed announcement box, five interchangeable white and red flags lined the top portion in a straight line. As my eyes wandered through the stands, it made me feel like I was going to a Cleveland Browns football game. The entrance ways to the stands which come from a lower level where the bathrooms and concession stands are, made me feel as if I left high school sports and came to a professional athletic school. My gaze of the stadium came to an end as blaring music from the announcement box came over the loud speakers with “Hale to the Victor’s”. As the heat seemed to tire me out, I slowly began walking out of the stadium gates until I noticed two large plaques at either side of the entrance. Both were embroidered with names of old head coaches who seemed in have an impact on Miami. Terry Hoeppner who coach at Miami from 1999-2004 and then went to coach at Indiana University from 2005-2006, took up a large portion of the left side entrance. Randy Walker , on the other hand, who played at Miami from 1972-1975 and coached at Miami from 1990-1998, took up the right hand side. After observing each of these coaches’ plaques, I turned my back from Yager Stadium to head back to the life outside of this entertaining place.