Friday, August 11, 2017:
Having 44 players and eight coaches plus two official team photographers with the Europe Warriors makes for a lot of photo ops.
Here are a few more from the last few days . . .
Ed Reza took a lot of these photos
"What do you think I think about
President Trump?"
I'm now a Telemundo TV star
Our seven great offensive lineman, minus camera shy Luis Rodarte, that it has been my pleasure to work with this week.
We'll get Luis' game picture up as soon as possible.
Trip to the Zocalo district
on Wednesday
Sandro Da Silva
PASS BLOCKING DRILLS
Enrique Prado Alonso
Kristian Weeks
Enrique Prado Alonso
Enrique Prado Alonso
Saygun Ofluoglu
John Ridge
Luis Rodarte
WR Preston Bailey
OLB Herbert Gamboa
Kicker Luca Zigliani
Holder Erik Perez Marquez
Head Coach Jesús Sánchez
WR Preston Bailey again
LT Kristian Weeks in red
The Practice Pit
OG Kyle Leblanc with the green helmet
1-2-3 WARRIORS!
The Hair Bears
Interviewing Jesús Sánchez
Coaches lunch table
Warriors back at the hotel
WR Darnell Smith giving a young
Puma fan some love
Warriors go downtown
We are such tourists
Coaches Bart Iaccarino and
Mauricio Jaworski at the Cathedral
The Purification of Ja Vontae Hence
Darnell Smith eating street tacos
Two days later he is still alive.
Running in the streets
The 1968 Olympic Village
just behind our hotel
The Mexican Flag
Note the eagle with the snake in its beak sitting atop a cactus plant. On my walk this morning I found . . .
The ACTUAL cactus plant where
the eagle landed
I could be wrong.
The purpose of my short walk was to explore a nearby Aztec ruin called Cuicuilco.
The ruins date from about 450 B.C.
The ceremonial mound
I walked to the top of it.
Same mound from the back side
In the quaint museum
This area was inhabited from about 1,000 B.C. and reached its zenith in about 150 A.D. when somewhere between 20,000 and 40,000 people called it home.
In 150 A.D., an eruption of the nearby Xitle volcano destroyed most of what had been built and the survivors abandoned the area.
They are back now.
At the base of the ceremonial mound
The view atop the ceremonial mound
Looks like some of Xitle's lava flow
Street tacos were a big temptation
on the walk home
That's a LOT of meat!
We boarded the bus once again to head to the game field for a final walk through session.
Mexico City's Olympic Stadium
Home of the 1968 Summer Olympics
and
Home of the UNAM Pumas
Our first view of the pristine field
The stadium is said to hold 80,000 fans and 20,000 are expected for our game.
That would be fun!
Warrior Helmet Decal
The Olympic Flame Cauldron
atop the stands
With OC Hugo Pointillist
channeling our inner
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
A GREAT field with a
Jumbotron!
Coach Jesús Sánchez addressing
the troops before we started
With the Pumas legendary and retired
Coach Raúl Rivera Sánchez
I was honored to act as his interpreter as he spoke to the Warriors.
Offense on air
Our Spaniards in the Stadium
I LOVE the team picture in
the Olympic Stadium after practice
Kickoff is scheduled for Noon local time, 10:00 a.m. Pacific and 19:00 European time.
It will be streamed live at http://tv.unam.mx/en-vivo/
GAME DAY IS ALMOST HERE!
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