Shifting Gears

Yesterday was a long day, but a great one. It started out around 6:30 am. I got up and drove with my fellow Tiger friend Terri and her fiance Matt to be one of the crazies in the background of ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast from Arrowhead. It was cold, it was snowing but it was awesome. After two and a half hours, we got to watch Lee Corso don Truman’s headgear and pick the Tigers to win versus kU. Smart man, that Lee Corso. There were lots of clever signs, some of them moderately inappropriate, but clever nonetheless.

After CollegeGameDay, I headed back home to warm up and gear up for some serious tailgating. My family brought the grill, some brats, brisket and beers. Man, was it cold though! We hit the parking lot as soon as it was open around 3:00 and stayed until about 6:30 when we headed into the stadium for what was the greatest football game I’ve ever seen. Seriously. Total domination by the Tigers for a good 3 quarters. Then it got a little interesting in the 4th and we let them get a bit too close for comfort, but Mizzou showed poise and steadiness as we hung on to beat #2 kU. And today, we’re Big XII North champs and ranked #1 in the country. Next up is the Big XII Championship against #9 Oklahoma in San Antonio. One game at a time… I’ll post pictures to my Flickr page as soon as I can get them uploaded to my laptop.

GO TIGERS!

For a recap of the game, click here.