2008 Redskins Beach Blitz Announced.

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by Redskin Rich

Yea, I hear ALOT of people like this... must be alot of fun... but I also hear it is a mad house.... not my cup of tea.

It was a major disappointment to me last year. Basically 7 hours of standing in line for autographs, not really knowing who was signing where, general lack of information, concrete floors that rip up your feet, and none of the big players actually showing up to sign (i.e. Portis who reportedly - I didn't see it - walked through the convention center on Friday night and Cooley who showed up for a few minutes before bolting to hang with Dale Jr. in Charlotte). Could be fun if you pay the money to go golfing in the morning, otherwise I would seriously temper your expectations. But maybe you like putzing around in what amounts to a giant warehouse all day and standing in huge lines, what do I know.

I was really hoping to get autographs from Cooley and Portis, so I was obviously disappointed that neither signed. Even if they had, though, the lines for either of them would have been four hours long and I probably wouldn't have ever seen them anyway. The line that formed for the rumored Chris Cooley table (it is all rumors because no one working there will give you much good information in case players don't show, some people were able to get decent info but it all depended on who you were standing next to) was perhaps the longest line I've ever seen in my life.

The autographs I got were: Andre Carter, Randy Thomas, Mike Sellers, Gary Clark, Sam Hollenbach, Calvin Armstrong (huh?), Ross Tucker, and got close enough to Chris Cooley to take this picture: