Background...the hubs went to Iowa State. Iowa State and Iowa are the big state rivals. For those of you in the south, it would be like me (Clemson fan) going to a USC game. Yikes.
Brad and I have not been to one football game this season! *gasp* Yep, not one...until Saturday. A bunch of our friends were going to the Iowa game (only 2 of them are actual Iowa fans) and they asked us if we'd like to go. Since we would be going with a group AND we've been dying to go to a football game, we decided to say, "Yes!" The guys coordinated and got the tickets, the girls coordinated the food, and we all met down in Iowa city on Saturday.
The friends got up and left CF at 6 am. This prego girl got up at 6:30 am. That was as early as it was going to happen in the Bishop household. The hubs wasn't too excited about getting up that early either! I mean, it was Saturday!! We did get coffee on the way, which was my first morning coffee in 3 months! Somehow, that decaf Pumpkin Spice Latte sounded too yummy to pass up!
PS- We did not wear black and yellow. I wore pink. The hubs wore black and camo. This Iowa game was first for both of us!
We got down to the tailgate spot, ate some food, had a few beers (well, everyone else did), and tried to keep warm. It happened to be COLD that day! Not as cold as the Iowa State game we went to with Sister Beth and Gene last year, but the wind sure was whippin'! We headed into Kinnick stadium about 30 minutes before the game started.
Our seats happened to be on the field, right behind the goal - that was pretty cool. The game was fun. Iowa won. I will say, the yellow and black is pretty cool, but the whole atmosphere seemed to lack something "special." I don't know...maybe it didn't click because we're not fans? I didn't pick up on anything that was specifically "Iowa" or Iowa traditions. It just seemed like a regular football game to me. No complaints here though! I was glad we got to go! The stadium is really nice and the yellow and black did look sweet. Not gonna lie.
Good job Hawks. Good win.
