We've had a big week since I landed home Tuesday night. Our big project was resealing our driveway. Boy, that was fun! We also managed to do our fantasy football draft and play some beach volleyball with our friends. Then the big football weekend began!
We started by going to the Wisconsin Badger season opener Friday night. We went downtown with two of our friends, Jeff and Steven, about 5pm to "tailgate" (which in Madison basically means go to the bars). Then we headed into the game in time for the 8pm kickoff. They played Utah State and the first half didn't look so good, 10-10. But the Badgers came out strong in the second half and dominated, with a finishing score of 59-10! Wohoo, great start to the weekend! The weather for the game was also beautiful; it just got a tad chilly by the end of the game at 11pm.
Then early Saturday morning we hit the road with our friend Jeff and drove to South Bend, Indiana to catch Norte Dame's season opener against Temple. It was another gorgeous day with mid-70s and sunny. We had fun tailgating before the game and played a few rounds of pong. I normally wouldn't write about this but something epic happened. We were in our 3rd game with the series tied at 1-1. Jeff and our new friend Jim were destroying us and hit their last cup while Matt and I still had 6 left. So we went into our redemption phase where we shoot until we miss. I made one shot before missing, but then Matt made all of the remaining cups to send it into overtime! Five. Straight. Shots. It was amazing. Then I made all 3 overtime cups to win the series! Whoop!
We scalped some tickets for the game and made it in just in time for kickoff. Which was lucky because the Irish started strong and made a touchdown on the second play of the game! They continued to dominate and won with a final score of 49-16. Sweet! Jeff took us on a quick tour around the campus which was beautiful. It actually reminded me a bit of K-State's campus with it's big stone buildings amid green courtyards. We also took the requisite picture with Touchdown Jesus.
Then we hit the road again and traveled to Cleveland, which is where Jeff is from. We're going to spend the weekend here with him before continuing our journey east. On the road I was able to watch on a phone my K-State Wildcats tear about Central Arkansas (final score 55-19) so that put the cherry on top of the perfect football weekend! (A perfect football weekend is much easier to accomplish when I don't have to worry about NFL or fantasy yet!). K-State also looked really good so I'm psyched for this season.
Happy Labor Day weekend, everyone!
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