Better Late than Never

So I promised a post on the Boise State game last week. But to be honest, I've been really disappointed in Hokie football, so I put it off for a little bit longer. But I realized that the game was about football, but also about friends and memories. So I'll focus on the positive for now...

I spent the night over @ Susan's the night before to make carpooling and getting everything together easier in the morning. After we packed the coolers and got everything and everyone together, we made a quick trip to the grocery store for some ice and pasta salad.  After realizing one store didn't have it, Susan had to leave me and her brother to finish doing the ice while she went on the hunt @ another grocery store.

After securing the pasta salad, we drove to the boy's house and unloaded the cars and loaded everything onto the bus. Our friend Colin had rented a charter bus for us all, 57 of us, and Susan (with me as an assistant) were in charge of the food and other necessities. After some stalling as we waited for other people (and drink consumption @ noon), we all piled onto the bus and headed to Fed-Ex.

On the bus, with our "bus buddies"

After a quick bus ride, there was little traffic, we pulled into the RV lot @ Fed-Ex. There was some confusion as to where our parking spot would be. We were under the impression that it was really close to the stadium, so we didn't put anything out because we thought we'd be moving in an hour and a half when the other parking lots opened @ 4. So we amused ourselves by playing beer pong, cornhole and 'shoulders.'

Tailgating time

Colin soon discovered that if we were to go to the parking lot we had a pass to, it would've been farther away, so we decided to stay in our place and put everything out. It was like a feeding frenzy, I barely got my hand out of the way while opening something before someone would stab a fork in it.

After everyone was fed, it was about time to actually start packing things up to head into the game. We don't mess around with missing the first part of the game. You have to be in the stands in order to jump to "Enter Sandman." So, we packed up everything and made our way to the stadium.

Inside the game

The band came on and did the typical formations, but no one was paying attention. You could feel the anticipation, waiting for the team. When the opening cords of the song started, people started screaming and then 73,000 started jumping. It really was like Christmas morning...

We all know how the game went. We played like crap. We got the lead. We blew the game. And I was a sad, sad girl...but again, other than the actual results of the game, it was an amazing time!

Love my Hokies, win or lose.