Go Big Red

Last night, I did something against my better judgement. I went to a Nebraska football game. And, I tailgated. Two things I have vowed never, ever to do. Mike came home from work on Friday with tickets to the game, so I thought, what the heck, and we went. It was INSANE. The tailgating is crazy. It's pretty much a huge field that people park on and grill and hang out and play games and stuff. Once you get past the mass (and I do mean mass) of drunken college students, it's pretty fun. Lucky for me, Mike was able to find the last parking spot in the field, and it was right in the middle of the college student's party. So I pretty much got to experience that first hand. I'm not sure when this happened, but I can now say without a doubt that I am too old to be hanging around with that age group (I am officially a blue hair). So, we walked right through their party and found Mike's friends who had a much calmer, quieter party of their own going on. It involved some grilling, some chit chatting, and mostly just sitting. Much more my speed.

I had to go buy that sweatshirt yesterday morning because I was afraid I wouldn't fit in if I didn't have something on with Nebraska on it. I was right.

After we tailgated, we had to walk about six blocks to the stadium for the game. We walked over a giant bridge, and you could see a TON of red bodies going into the stadium. Once we got in and found our seats, the fun really began. The pre-game show was already in full swing, and we got to see Herbie Husker!

And, we got to sit by someone with huge corn on the cob hat!

That wasn't the only corn on the cob hat we saw, either.

Did I mention how many people were wearing red? TONS!

It was pretty exciting watching the players run out onto the field and the first kickoff was pretty exciting too.

Guess who else we saw there? Bo Pelini!

(he's the one in the gray sweatshirt. Not red!)

After that, things got slightly less exciting. They played the game. I people watched my little heart out, and then it was over! And they won!

Here we are right before the end of the game.

Go Big Red!