Kiera's Blog: Monon Bell Baby!

This past weekend was amazing. My great friends from Oregon, Steph and Mikey, were in town. Steph and I were roommates at DePauw and have been close ever since. We had fantastic meals and big laughs together. We hung out with Peyton Manning (okay, we stared at him as he walked by us at a bar), we had Flirtinis (hello!) and we went back to our Alma mater on Saturday for one of the greatest rivalries ever: DePauw vs. Wabash. If you're a Wallie...I'm sorry (he he he). Whomever wins this game gets to keep the old Monon Bell (from the actual train). Look here for more history. DePauw beat the undefeated Little Giants at the very end of the game with a 47 yard field goal...it was awesome. I'm not a writer by any means, so you'll have to see the full article here. It does, however, start with: "There are moments, and then there are Monon Bell moments. There are heroes, and then there are Monon Bell heroes." I must say I almost got teary eyed! All the students rushed the field and the bell rang for the Tigers once again!

I played soccer my first 2 years at DPU. My Junior year I started taking sports pictures for the paper. We won the bell back that year and my picture from that game won first place in state. Click here to see the highlight video of that game. At the very end of the clip when the guys are yelling, "we've got the bell", you can see me in a bright yellow jacket standing on the table taking that picture!(I'll have to dig it out somewhere)! My Senior Year I made a video of every game and edited it down to a 2 minute highlight reel with rockin' music. I made copies for the boys. That was the best bell game ever. It was supposed to be beautiful, but instead we got a blizzard...seriously. At the very end, the QB faked everyone out, including me and the television camera crew to run it into the end zone. You can see me again (in the same yellow jacket!) as the QB dives right into me on the video! Awesome shot for me by the way! See the video here. Needless to say, it was hard not being on the field and shooting (even with film)! I just couldn't resist taking some. Although I didn't have any of my fancy equipment with me, I hope you can still get some sort of feeling from the photos. Enjoy. Go Tigers!

PS To view The Ballad of the Monon Bell video click here.

PPS I totally got WAY into this post! Must go ni-nite!