One Saturday, way way back in November, I went to my first Ohio State football game courtesy of G's parents. The tickets came with grandma's babysitting services too! Wow, what a wonderful, wonderful surprise!! The only college football games I had been to before then, were two games at University of Colorado (go Buffs!). That's where my sister and b-i-l went to school. Those two games were fun and exciting, even though I didn't go to that school or live in that area. But this Buckeye game we went to....oh my God...it was completely INSANE! In a very fun way!
There was over 104,000 people in the stadium, let alone all the people that came to tailgate and party that didn't have tickets.
We were told not to miss the Skull Session that took place at St. John's arena (across from the stadium) 2 hours before the game. At promptly 1:30 pm TBDBITL showed up and put on quite a performance...their entire halftime program!
Then in walks the entire football team, dressed in suits, with Coach Tressel. He gives a short, very short, speech about the team, the 19 seniors, and how they are going to play their hearts out for the next 3 hours.
Our seats were fabulous - 23AA - 7 rows from the field on Ohio State's 20 yard line and it was a GORGEOUS day.
Dotting the "I".
And because of this helmut-head guy next to Brutus...
This game was an important one: the winner went to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena (which OSU won against the Ducks on New Year's Day) and claimed a share of the Big Ten Championship. It went into overtime and the Bucks won it with a field goal 27-24.
That's when it REALLY got crazy! (The poor cheerleaders got stuck in the crowd.)
What a great first OSU game! It'll be hard to top this one for sure!!
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