Photo Time

Just don't put me in the front row!

It’s that time of the fall sports season when we pause long enough from practices and games to take each team’s group photo. Usually the process goes pretty quickly. Unless we’re talking about Linfield’s 130+ player football team.

Tuesday, a professional agency showed up on campus to take the Wildcats’ team photo, and it took at least 25 minutes just to get all the players dressed, lined up and arranged for the photo. Eight rows high, the football team photo is one of the largest I have ever seen in any sport. With so many guys to sqeeeze into a single frame, it makes for some pretty small faces. Thank goodness for the caption.

In making his final adjustments for the pose, the pro photographer tried to put Travis Masters in the front row, where most of the smaller guys usually go. That is, until someone hollered from higher up, “Hey, he can’t go in the front row! He’s a senior!” As everyone chuckled, Masters was moved to the fifth row while another Wildcat took his place.

Here’s a glimpse at the finished product.