Tina Moore
Appearances
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
The Rams are in a position to score. Goff, he looks. He goes wide. He goes right down the middle, throws it to Kup. Kup doesn't make it. Incomplete. Everybody's going crazy. I am jumping up and down. I am high-fiving people that I don't even know. The guy behind me is spilling his beer. And then all of a sudden, my son, he reaches over, and he gives me a hug. And he says, I love you, Mom.
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
This was the best trip ever. For my 16th birthday, I want to go to Seattle and see a home game. And I'm like, okay. And I said, do you want to go with your dad this time or maybe a friend? And he's like, no, I want to go with you. And just like that, he knocked the wind right out of me. Thank you.
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
In one sentence, he knocked the wind right out of me. Mom, I think I want to hang out with my friends on Friday. What? We have been bonding over buttered popcorn and Pixar animation films since he was two. That's it, it's official. It is not cool anymore to go to the movies with your mom. That was it. I'm like, he's starting high school in two weeks. I gotta get control here.
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
I gotta find a common thing where we're gonna bond. So I did what anybody else in my shoes would do. I joined his fantasy football league. Even though I'm from Wisconsin, I know absolutely nothing about football. But what I got going for me is I'm competitive and it is me against those nine little shits. And this mom is gonna do it.
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
Get home from work, it's the night of the draft, I got my strategy ready. I am picking my team based on last names, okay? So I need a quarterback, Tom Brady, Brady Bunch, favorite show growing up, boom. I need a kicker, Gostkowski, Polish name, I'm half Italian, boom, boom. So my team is doing pretty well. They're performing for me.
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
Me and my kid are actually talking more than, hey, how was school? Fine. We're on the way to school, and I'm going, Christ, did you see Miami? Their defense killed me. And he's going, I know, Mom, I feel your pain. So I'm going to take it one step further, OK? It's his 14th birthday. We're going to a Seattle Seahawks game, his favorite team in Los Angeles. October 8, we land.
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
I got exactly 46 hours to put as much fun as I can before kickoff. filled our faces at In-N-Out Burger, cruised down the Hollywood Boulevard, saw the stars, went to the wax museum, that was it, went back to the hotel exhausted. The plan was, we go to sleep, we wake up in the morning, we watch a little bit of football, I drive us to the stadium at 11 a.m. Yeah, that plan didn't go over.
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
All because of a cup of coffee. I was taking the elevator down to the hotel lobby to get a cup of coffee, and there she was, the ultimate Seahawks fan. I mean, I'm talking Hawk tattoos, jersey, leggings. She's actually wearing blue and green Converse that are completely bedazzled with Go Hawks.
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
get into a conversation, the next thing you know, I've got my coffee in my hand, I'm taking the elevator up, I whip open the door, turn on the light, my son's like, oh mom, come on. I'm like, dude, we got 30 minutes to get dressed, get downstairs, we are going to a tailgate party with Richard Sherman's parents. And he's like, what? And I'm thinking, I have no fucking idea who Richard Sherman is.
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
But this lady just invited us and we're sharing a lift and you're going. We get to the game. We get pictures with Mama Sherman. We're hanging out. My friend, my new friend, gives him a poster. We get into the stadium. And she's like, this is where you stay in Jackson to get autographs. Oh, my God. My shy, socially awkward kid is screaming at the top of his lungs, Russell! Russell Wilson!
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
And all of a sudden, not only did Russell Wilson sign his jersey, nine players signed that poster, and Pete Carroll, the coach, gave the kid a piece of gum. I was actually crying, okay? So we sit down and all of a sudden I'm like, oh my God, they got a win. This trip cannot end with, yeah, it was really fun and that would have been better if the Seahawks won. So we're in the stands, okay?
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
It's the fourth quarter. I got a bunch of millennials sitting behind me that are completely calling the game the entire time. You know, there's a play and they're like, yeah, okay, I'll take that. Okay. Okay. So the guy says to his friend, dude, you gotta get me a beer. He's like, hey, get your own beer. He's like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's 1310 up Seahawks.
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
The last time I got up and got a beer, the Rams intercepted. He's like, oh my God, you're right. He's like, okay, you got, give me eight bucks. I'll get your beer. I don't have any money. What do you mean to get you a beer? And he's like, dude, you are not understanding me. I got up, I got a beer, I paid for the beer and there was an interception.
The Moth
The Moth Podcast: Football!
And the guy's like, oh, my God, you're right, you're right. And I'm thinking to myself, oh, my God, stop going back and forth. I'm about ready to pull out eight bucks, throw it at the guy and say, listen, get the beer. He can't leave. They have to win. And if he doesn't win, it's on you. Okay. Five seconds left in the game, right? And here comes Goff. The Seahawks are up 16-10.