Everyone's ready for the Float...
... kept. In keeping with tradition, Steds held its Game Day Float at the Hesburgh Library's reflection pool. Waking up at almost the crack of dawn and with perfect weather, Stedsmen of all ages ran to the reflecting pool, assumed diving positions, and then, when the sign was given, jumped in that bluest of blue waters for King and Hall... and the ND Marching band who marched past. After frolicking about in the pool, the Stedsmen then rushed back to the Hall for the official photo, and starting this year, something new... a post Float cookout. Yes, thanks to Grill Master, Jared Walsh, and his assistants, a cookout was held for hungry Stedsmen at Plaza St. Edwards. It was a busy Game Day morning for the Stedsmen!
On participating in his first Float, Gavin Shust, freshman and resident New Yorker, shared, “Floating for the first time was an experience unlike any other. Waking up to the chaos of upperclassmen screaming “IT'S GAMEDAY” throughout the hallways immediately put me in the spirit for one of my new favorite Steds traditions. Running barefoot, in only a Dunder Mifflin Michael Scott Fun Run t-shirt and a pair of Christmas boxers, across campus with a giant group of equally barely dressed Stedsmen brought a rush of joy that I had never experienced before. Although the reflecting pool had a unique smell and the blue dye probably stained my boxers permanently, that morning is one that I will never forget, and I’m so ready for the next home game float.”
... the sign was given and everyone rushed in...
...and then back again to the Hall...
... eventually ending up at the patio.
