San Jose State at Stanford – NCAA Football
The nice thing about early season evening / twilight games is that there are often a few select spots in the stadium where late afternoon sunlight sneaks through the stands and on to the field. This image, taken on September 19, 2009, of Stanford fullback Owen Marecic (48) being tackled by San Jose State Spartans linebacker Travis Jones (14) and defensive end Carl Ihenacho (95), is one such example. The light here doesn’t even hit the field, but is just enough to highlight Marecic. Pretty cool. Here’s another example with Antonio Appleby from the 2007 season when Virginia played at NC State:
In the Stanford / San Jose State game, I was pretty impressed with how Stanford handled the Spartans. Definitely a different crowd atmosphere than what I’m normally used to. Stanford’s band has certainly taken the eclectic pep band genre to a new level and the students, while fully into the game, seemed a little more civilized and polite than the alcohol-fueled student sections at certain ACC and SEC schools. Regardless, Stanford won easily, 42-17.
20090919 – San Jose State at Stanford (NCAA Football) – Images by Jason O. Watson
