The four guys I usually travel with are also High School Football coaches so when we want to go to a college football game all we have to do is call the home team, tell them how many tickets we need and most of the time they will provide us with free tickets to any game we ask for. The only 2 things we kind of worry about is the fact that we have no idea or control over where our seats will be. This time to our surprise Stanford gave us tickets and pregame field passes! when they handed them to us we all tried to look like we expected them just in case it was mistake. I don't know how the other guys felt but as we left will call but I was walking towards the field with my camera feeling like I had stolen something! And even though I had the field pass with my initials on it around my neck I was still a bit nervous every time I passed a stadium security guard, avoiding eye contact and fully expecting someone to tap me on the shoulder and say it was a mistake! I guess thats how shoplifters feel as they walk out of a store with shit they didnt pay for hidden in their pants. But once I passed the last gate and actually stepped out on to the field it was on! So while the guys basically stayed in one place on the sideline I tested the limits of that damn field pass! I got as close to the players as I could without getting in their way I walked around the entire field doing exactly what the cats in the white media vests did. Sometimes even kneeling next to them and talking to them while shooting. But mostly I just walked around taking as many photos as I could.

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