Draft day - repost of the MSU/Purdue blog

Today Devin Thomas was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 2nd round. Which means I now officially have a connection to the NFL. I am very happy for Devin and only want to see him play and succeed. In celebration to that I have reposted the MSU/Purdue blog from November.

MSU vs. Purdue

This picture was in the Free Press yesterday, my son is the little blonde boy on the left and my boyfriend is the tall guy in the gray sweatshirt behind my son. So, at the age of 11, Jason has made his newspaper debut.
They went the MSU game in Purdue on Saturday. Now, while Ira and I are Michigan fans, Ira's cousin Devin #5 is the starting WR at MSU and my son has been completely converted to an MSU fan. And if he wasn't before Saturday, he is now. The game in Purdue was the first time he has gone to a college football game. Plus, he is an avid football fan (gee, I wonder where he gets that from) and he knows all of the players on the MSU roster. On top of that, this kid loves autographs.
So, with all of that in mind, Ira can hardly get Jason to get up and go to the bathroom during the game because he doesn't want to take the chance of missing a thing. With the sharpie in his pocket he was able to meet the entire team after the game and his jersey is packed with signatures. Devin signed the #5 in front and Javon Ringer #23 signed the #5 on the back. The rest of the back of his jersey is filled with black squiggles - Davis, Hoyer, Saint-Dic, etc. Needless to say, he wore the jersey and took the newspaper into school today.
After the day was through he ended up throwing up and came home with a headache. I am guessing it was due to all of the excitement and lack of food (he just wouldn't eat). Unfortunately, there was only two tickets so I didn't get to see all of the excitement, but it fills my heart to know that Saturday will probably be remembered as one of my son's best days ever.
Initially Posted by Shay at 1:02 PM on 11/12/2007