Spirit's Pregame Flight

[autiger6 0]

[around4ever 4,139]

Thanks for posting. That may be one of the longest flights I have seen. Spirit even left the stadium, which actually was a preview of things to come.

[graffevj 0]

That is hilarious, Spirit was contemplating a change in scenery for sure!

[Ed_ 3]

I was there last night and was amazed by the length of the flight too... Actually thought he was going to fly away for a bit. I hadn't thought about that in a sense of foreshadowing but in hindsight that is pretty accurate.

#wareagleanyway

[icanthearyou 4,465]

Had Spirit done the pregame since crashing into the skyboxes?

[AUTigerCourt 92]

It was crazy windy in the stadium and I believe that is why the flight lasted so long. Every time spirit attempted to dive a gust of wind would catch her wings and send her sailing back up.

[AUBigCat 17]

Reminds me of the La Tech game a few years ago when Spirit flew out of the stadium.

[Tiger Vision 1]

when Spirit leaves the stadium, clearly leaves us with no spirit ... :-\

[WarEagle10 77]

It was fun to watch, but kind of reminded me of our football team. Just out there and looked lost.

[WDE_OxPx_2010 5,324]

I was there- The crowd was electric, the flyover was perfect, Spirit gave a good show... And then the game started.

[WarEagle10 77]

I was there- The crowd was electric, the flyover was perfect, Spirit gave a good show... And then the game started.

We were in that game, right up until that point of it.

[kigomakid 0]

Is that from Ric Smith's youtube page? I didn't know he had an account.

[DivisionN 102]

That was truly AWESOME! I bet the handlers about laid a brick when Spirit went out of the stadium!

[au_weagle 0]

Jacked the crowd up, that's for sure. It went a little too far, but it's still much better than Nova taking off at the flag and making a b-line for the AU.

I thought something was in the air after the pregame, like something awesome was about to occur on that field. I was very wrong.

[sspan 0]

It was the best part of the night.... Seeing Spirit "consider" leaving was undescribable... Something I will not forget for a while...

[watsontiger98 9]

Think Spirit knew what the next 3 hours were going to be like and was contemplating not hanging around?

[ToomersRevenge 284]

Jacked the crowd up, that's for sure. It went a little too far, but it's still much better than Nova taking off at the flag and making a b-line for the AU.

I thought something was in the air after the pregame, like something awesome was about to occur on that field. I was very wrong.

I felt the same way until the defense took the field for the first time. Unfortunately that was the immediate beginning of the game.

[Auburntiger2012 1]

Had Spirit done the pregame since crashing into the skyboxes?

nope that was his first time back

[Clint 1]

We were all scared she had left. The trainers always say that the flight is the scariest part of their job. And with Air Force losing their falcon not too long ago...Yea, it was scary. But yes, it was very windy. Swirling winds were most likely the cause. She scared the crap out of us!! We were all yelling "Just land already damnit!!"

[au_weagle 0]

The roar of the crowd when she seemingly launched back over the video board was pretty cool. Yeah I won't forget this flight for a while.

[cptau 169]

They say the eagles all wear transponders so the can tracked if one fly off. If it has happened, ithr video of spirit leaving would have been on every tv sports show for a week. Playing so bad their eagle even left. Maybe that would get the PTB and BOT attention. :-(