What a day!
The boys started talking about going to Auburn for the Iron Bowl weeks ago but we did not have tickets and the way Auburn was winning, tickets would be outrageous IF you could get them at all. The boys were convinced that ESPN College Gameday would be live there that day. So when they announced that in fact Game Day would be there, we ALL decided to go. Thursday was Thanksgiving and soon after I leave for Black Friday shopping (this year from 600 pm to 900 am). I slept and then started getting ready for the trip to Auburn. We had to get up at 350 AM and take 3 cars + food and drinks. It was all 5 of us plus Jordin, Daniel and John Nathan and Kenny, Nicki and their 4 kids so 14 in all! We got there early enough to park on campus and the boys took off for the stadium. They spent Friday night making signs.
John Nathan was one of the Alabama fans with us and drew his sign by hand!
Grant’s sign said HEY TEXAS, SABAN’S COMING (those of you who do not follow college or SEC football might not get this one or I guess any of them…of well!)
Preston found this picture on line and had it made into a poster…see GUS is our coach and Saban is their coach and short in stature
They were all proud of their signs and meant that they would be on TV. Since we were so early they got pretty close and you COULD see their signs if you knew what to look for. They stood up for hours, yelling and holding their signs up. Game Day is from 8 –11 am and we were there before 7 am!
Dennis and I stood in front of staging and could see the signs behind them..here are 2
two of the hosts: Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit
When they showed Corso, you could usually see one of the boys signs.
Me and Nicki (poor bama fan) and Dennis and Kenny
The boys had a blast in that crowd of thousands
Next Stop TIGER WALK. We all waited in the baseball stadium stands while the boys put their signs away and found a spot closer to the crowd…and what a crowd!
Aubie leads the way! Followed by cheerleaders..
Head Coach Gus Malzahn and the players
I could not tell who was who but I took pictures of all of them!
Since we did not have tickets we decided to watch the game in the Auburn basketball arena! It was great. Football atmosphere, radio announcers and stadium game feed! The game was so close and exciting and came down to ONE SECOND! and if you have not heard this ending, you must have been hibernating…Saban asked for a review and had them add one second to the clock so he could try for a 57 yard field goal to win the game. We were tied so we all thought if he missed, we would go into overtime. His first string kicker had already missed THREE so they brought in a young guy. Poor guy kicked it short but our great coach called a time out when he saw the young kicker go in and put a fast runner in the end zone and better blockers on the field. IT WORKED. The kick was short, our guy caught in it in the end zone and ran 109 yards back for the game winning TD to beat number one ALABAMA!! The arena erupted and the fans rushed the stadium field. I have a video of the crowd cheering the win but Preston found a great one on line of you want to search for it. It was crazy!
Picture of the final score and the video of what was happening in the stadium!
found this on pinterest! it is what the radio announcer was saying as we were all screaming and jumping up and down…still get goose bumps!
Next Stop TOOMER’S CORNER!! and if you don’t know THAT story, Google it!
Poor John Nathan did not even come to the corner with us. Nicki, Lauren and Caleb came but did not get into the big crowd. The other boys ran off and were never seen again (except at our meeting spot much much later)
Look at all those people and the dust from all the TP!
Autumn had great fun throwing toilet paper and waiting for some to land near her.
Great shot of Samford through the paper!
On the way home we got calls and texts saying that they saw the boys on TV. We drove 2 hrs+ (traffic) and then stayed up past one AM looking for them on TV…FINALLY they saw themselves and we could go to sleep.
L-R Corbin (on top of “Corner”, Grant with arms out over Corbin, Jordin orange, Preston in blue with hat backward, Ryan next to Preston and Daniel’s head right over Ryan’s.
ONE OF THE BEST DAYS EVER!!
It’s GREAT to be an AUBURN TIGER!!!
Next stop: PASADENA!!
