"We got fins to the left, fins to the right, It's the only game in town ..."
Miami Dolphins v Cleveland Browns, Sun Life Stadium, Miami - WHAT an experience! An NFL match is something insane. The gates open four hours before kick-off; everyone rocks up, parks up, opnes their tailgate, gets out the BBQ, the trestle tables, the gazebos, the stereos, and the carpark becomes party central - known as a Tailgate Party. Awesome. What an atmosphere. Those Americans sure know how to party.
The game itself - sorry, but give me rugby any day. Had no idea what was going on - we were supporting the Dolphins, so if people in orange and green were going Woo Hoo then we would go Woo Hoo; if people in brown were going Woo Hoo then we would go Boo. My brother had downloaded a quarter before we left New Zealand and tried to explain it - but he never mentioned that in the middle of the game, with the players still on the field, and the ball still in play, the girls would come on the field down the other end and start dancing. Weird. But fun. The atmosphere was electric. Everyone should go to at least one NFL match in their life.
For the record, it was 10-10, and then the Browns scored 3 points with TWO seconds left on the clock. As one Dolphins fan said, "Yes, yes, well done Browns, your team played slightly less crappy than ours did." Ha! So it wasn't just me who thought, this is a crap game.
End note: it took us an hour and a half to find the car after the game! Dark was falling - what a feeling of relief to push the keys and see a car spit its locks up.
More photos from the Miami Dolphins v Cleveland Browns.
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