msu vs. wvu

the day got off to a wonderful start! we dressed in maroon with cowbell in hand and set out to cheer on our dawgs. the sun was shinning and it was cool and breezy outside... just the perfect weather for a football game.

the drive to morgantown was beautiful! we did not get a pic because we were conserving battery life for the rest of the day (i forgot to charge my batteries.) don't worry we will post fall pics soon! we passed lots of wvu fans on the way, and we made sure to display our maroon and white! haha

after about 90 minutes we arrived on the wvu campus. it is an odd campus i might add. we first saw soccer fields and then continued to dirve a mile or so until we reached the wvu alumni center. the stadium was about another mile from the alumni center, and we did not pass any other campus buildings in between. so we are not really sure where their heart of their campus is. anyway... i quickly spotted our tailgate!! jon questioned, "how do you know that is our tailgate?" i answered.... "well, they are all wearing maroon!" haha he immediately rolled down the window and rang the cowbell out the window (we are still sitting on the hwy stuck in game day traffic.) everyone at the tailgate responded by ringing their cowbells right back at us! haha it was a good feeling.

this was not the "tailgate" i am familair with. this was catered with glass plates and glasses. there was no plastic cutlery for at least a mile or so. although we did have the usual hamburgers/hotdogs/beans/chips/cookies meal, it was the nicest version you could have.

we got to see a couple familiar faces from home which absolutely made our day... (straton greeted us walking in, brad fuller, adam telle.) also, we chatted with other random msu grads from all over which was fun, too. we send out a speical thanks to stacey's mom and dad for taking us under their wing. haha we got to spend some quality time together at the tailgate! it was lots of fun!

after the mini pep ralley and the door prize give-aways (no i did not win anything... it must have been an off day for me), we decided not to wait on the shuttle and just hike over to the stadium. as i mentioned earlier, we passed nothing like dorms, or class buildings... or anything marked wvu for that matter. it was just like walking through town... we passed kroger, burger king and other businesses. i guess their campus is really spread out.

we could tell we were getting close to the stadium when we filed into the the cattle herd of navy and yellow. oh yeah... we stuck out. the worst part was marching through their tailgate parties. we have it good at msu as far as tailgating goes. they seriously tailgate in a HUGE parking lot from their trunks or truck beds. we did end up walking next to some dude who was a little on the sober side and nice to chat with, so that made the walk through the enemy terriotry a little less painful.

once inside the game... we notice everyone standing along side a glass wall looking down. we assume is it the little tram car they have buzzing all over campus. but to our surprise, you can look down on to the team's workout room. i wanted to take a pic because it was really neat, but then i felt odd and decided against it. feeling odd usually doesn't bother me, but this time it got the best of me for some reason. you could see the players all geared up pacing around, all the workout equipment lined up painted in school colors, and a snack bar of some sort. the snack bar was serving power bars and protein shakes for a little pregame boost.

once safely seated in our msu section we were anxiously awaiting the game to begin. it was great until we forgot how to kick off the ball. we were a little flustered after that and never found our heads again. i do not know how you could ever find your head in that stadium... they play LOUD. obnoxious rap music for every down in the game. it was seriously so bad that everyone was sticking their fingers in their ears. our least favorite was at EVERY thrid down they would play these doom day bells that would shake your brains out. i kind of felt bad for the bands... they never got to play. it was homecoming, so they had an alumni band as well. we did get to cheer during the 2nd and 3rd quarters, so that was fun!

here are the pics from the day...



a little pregame. everyone in the band wears a cape. it was pretty sweet. their band was huge and ran everywhere on the field.









so wvu has a bad history of couch demolition. i think it is a thing of the past, but the alumni are still making reference to the old days.







a shot from the 2nd quarter when we actually decided to play.







we were hoping to take a pic with the score board after the game and send it out for christmas cards... haha since the game was clearly not going our way, we opted out.




this turned out to be quite a blog... whew!

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