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Extremeskins Road Trip - To Hell & Back - Part 1 ***UPDATED***

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On The Road Again

Once again I find myself heading out the door with my trusty road bag, camcorder and the newest addition to my road gear, my Extremeskins fleece. Thanks Eric. I hear they might become collector's items. Anyway, I toss my gear in the car and head towards the airport with a quick stop at the 7-11 for a quick breakfast.

I get to Roanoke Regional and check my bags, head through security and find my gate. I've thirty minutes or so before my flight down to Charlotte, so I call Tarhog to do a quick 'Idiot Check'. Seems like we've got everything we'll need. I grab a seat and go through the 80 + pages of the team's Media Advisory that I printed out.

The plane starts to board, so I grab my carry on and head to the plane. It's a prop plane. Thankfully it's a short flight to Charlotte because this plane sucks. My view is of the left side propeller. Lovely. Not to mention, it's a loud and bumpy flight. I do manage to spot Charlotte Motor Speedway before we land though. Upon exiting the plane I hear a faint Ric Flair 'Whoooooooo!'

I traverse my way to the other end of the airport for my connecting flight to Newark. I spot a gentleman wearing a backwards Redskins hat and an N.F.L. jacket. I grab a seat across across from him as we're waiting on the same flight. He unzips his jacket to reveal a Colts t-shirt and it dawns on me who he is. I still decide to call him on it.

"Ok. What's with the Skins hat & the Colts shirt?"

"My son plays. He's with Washington now."

"Marcus! Helluva a boy you've got there. A pure joy to watch on the field. Smart too. We just recently hosted a chat with him."

Puzzled look : "We?"

"Yeah. Extremeskins.com" I hand him an Extremeskins buisness card that he eagerly accepts. Around this point, Momma Washington excuses herself for a bit. I go back to going through the Media Advisory while waiting to board the plane.

Once onboard, I quickly realise that the Boeing 737 I'm on is vastly superior compared to that prop plane. It's kind of like comparing the ride of a Cadillac to an '84 Escort. Once again, I break out the Media packet & immerse myself into the information contained within. One of the stewardesses comes by. She notices my sprawled out media printouts and asks me who's going to win.

"Redskins of course. Duh."

She agrees with me and informs me that she's from Seattle & has been a Brunnell fan since he was in college. She goes off to do the beverage cart thing and returns to talk Skins football some more. Another Extremeskins.com card gets handed out.

I go break out the Media Guide. Upon flipping through it I notice that cut WR Jamin Elliott looks alot like Rod Gardner. I'm immediately glad both WR's have been cut.

The Boeing lands safely at Newark. Upon disembarking, I call Tarhog to see where he is at. He's just landed, but is still on the plane. This is good as we were originally scheduled to land in Newark thirty minutes apart. We hit the baggage claim and then it's off to the airtrain to pick up a shuttle bus to pick up the rental car. Told we were getting a 300c. MUCH better then the Nissan I had at KC. Turns out, they're out of 300c's. We end up with a Buick.The girl that checked the car out to us makes a comment to me. She gets a different card. Tarhog just now learned of this tidbit.

Did you know that there's no such thing as a left turn in NJ? We found out the hard way. Evidently, there's a huge loop of road ways around the airport. And roads just split off with no warning. These split roads shoot you out onto another loop in the loop around the airport. Confused? We were. The chorus of Ratt's 'Round & Round' started going through my head. The best way to describe it would be to visualize Jupiter with its rings. Think of Jupiter as the Hotel and the rings representing the loop of roadways.

We finally arrive at the Hotel and get checked in. Tarhog calls Iheartskins and we make plans for dinner somewhere in Hoboken. We run into Shawn Springs in the elevator. He notices our Extremeskins gear and we're greated with 'Hey, Extremeskins!' Quickly followed by a 'Uhh...What's that?' Way to play it off there Springs. I remind him that we have an upcoming chat scheduled with him.

We spot Larry Michael in the lobby and say hello. Also spotted 'Goose' posing with fans for pictures in the lobby. We head to the Buick and to Hoboken to meet up with Iheart. Instead of Hoboken, we ride around in circles. Again. I put Iheart on the speakerphone while Mapquests (or whatever he did) us around the NJ Turnpike. Meanwhile, Stephen Pearcy's vocal track starts back up in my head. We do find Giants Stadium where I suggest that we just start tailgating. After enough of going in circles, we make plans for Iheart to come to us.

While waiting for him in the bar, we spot Sonny & Larry head in with SJ9's in hand. They grab a table in front of a flat screen and watch the Michagan game. Iheart needs a faster taxi as we're already two beers ahead of him. See, drinking in the hotel is a good thing. You only have to stumble to the elevator. Once Iheart arrives, we order burgers & another round and move to a table near where Sonny & Larry are. During yet another round, I quietly mention to Iheart that Donnie Warren has joined Sonny & Larry. We call it an early night as the plan is to get to the stadium rather early in the morning.

Game Day

Our plan was to leave out at 8:00 AM. I'm up, ready and waiting on Tarhog. I have a good thirty minute wait before we depart for the Meadowlands. I head down the hall to the vending machine for some caffine. At two bucks a drink, somebody's making a killing. I feed my cash in the machine at hit the Mountain Dew button. The machine dispenses a frigging Sierra Mist. (In retrospect, I believe this to be Bad Omen #1.) I figure the Sierra Mist will work as long as it's cold, which it is. I take a few swigs from the bottle and then notice the two words on the label I don't want to see.

Caffine free.

What I immediately thought at that point is not suitable to type here as our profanity filters would catch it all.

Still waiting on Tarhog, so I kick back in the chair and flip through the TV channels. I get sick of Sports Center re-runs from the night before. I find the Weather Channel and wait for the local weather forcast. At this point (Bad Omen #2 for those keeping score.) I notice they're reporting the time as 6:30 EST. 'Funny' I think to myself. The clock on my cell says it's 7:30. Hmmmm...

Then it hits me. Daylight Savings Time. Seems I had to turn off the auto time update feature when I was in KC two weeks ago. Guess I never remembered to turn it back on. This now sucks as I realize that I got up at FIVE FREAKING THIRTY!

Now I really hate the vending guy that loaded that caffine free crap in the Dew slot. Bastich!

Great. Now I have hour before we leave. I grab my room key and down to the gift shop for a two dollar Dew. Heading back to the elevator, I pass by Dale Lindsay in the lobby. Heading to the elevator I notice a security guard. He holds the door as I get on the elevator. It takes me a second (lack of sleep & caffine) to recognize that it's Novack I'm sharing the elevator with. I ask him if he's ready to go today. He tells me that John Hall is kicking today. He's just there in case Hall hurts himself again. Ouch.

I get back to my room and call Tarhog's room across the hallway. I inform him about my clock ordeal and then pass on my Novack encounter to him as well. I also inform him that Jophn Hall will be kicking today as well.

While I wait on him, I continue to watch Sports Center re-runs. I find myself getting sick of the same College Football highlights . Tarhog's finally to go, so I grab my camera bag and he head to the Buick.

We reach the Meadowlands without incident. I guess it was helpfull that we drove right past it the night before. We hit the Cash Lots and park. It's roughly 9:30 and a bit chilly. Tailgaters are just starting to set up. We walk around the stadium looking for the Media entrance. We have a brief encounter with a Giants fan.

Jeez this one was Stoopid with a capital 'S'. How Stoopid? Glad you asked. Stoopid enough that he thought we still had Stephen Davis. But wait. It gets better. Captain Braincell here then goes on to tell that Corey Dillion is about to have a break out season for the Giants.

You just can't make that stuff up. You have NO idea how hard it was to remain professional and not laugh in Captain Braincell's face. Sadly (Bad Omen #3) this dolt has just become one of the few highlights of the day.

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Damn... intermission!

:munchout:

Update: Captain Braincell. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I'm dying here.

And BTW, for future reference. With all the drivel that gets posted around here after a loss, us old timers look for those threads we know will be worth taking the time to read. No need to poll the masses, yours are one of them.

Keep'em coming!

:eaglesuck

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Jeez this one was Stoopid with a capital 'S'. How Stoopid? Glad you asked. Stoopid enough that he thought we still had Stephen Davis. But wait. It gets better. Captain Braincell here then goes on to tell that Corey Dillion is about to have a break out season for the Giants.

You just can't make that stuff up. You have NO idea how hard it was to remain professional and not laugh in Captain Braincell's face. Sadly (Bad Omen #3) this dolt has just become one of the few highlights of the day.

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