A Very American Weekend of Football & Feasts

Believe it or not, until this weekend I had never been to a big college football game. I let Margaret take my football v-card and we drove up to her alma mater Auburn to watch them play Clemson. The 7 hour drive took us South to Georgia and then across to Alabama. We saw lots of trees, a few cows, and a lot of scary looking folks, especially in Macon. Our first stop to piddle was somewhere in Georgia where it's apparent that the residents do not believe in toothbrushes or laundry machines but my goodness they believe in BEEF JERKY AND GIANT SODAS!

  

Maybe they actually do believe in toothbrushes, and their teeth have just fallen out because they gnaw on jerky and sip soda all day long. But in roadie tradition, we found it completely necessary to pick up a humongous Diet Mt. Dew and a bag of Sweet & Hot Jerky. Let it be known that Margaret is in Dental School and I am a HUGE fan of brushing my teeth. 

A little while later, still in Georgia, we got hungry and since Jesus obviously loves us, we spotted a Chick-fil-A. Naturally, I screamed "We have to go to a Chick-fil-A in Georgia to see if it's better!!" 

Holy smokes it was!! I swear my chicken was juicier. Here we are in the car surrounded by grilled chicken and waffle fries:

We finally made it to Auburn around 7:30 and wasted no time in changing, doing makeup and setting out for the bars.

Margaret met up with about 29758982751 friends from college and I met up with, um, TJ, who was here for Clemson. And then we took what appears to be an engagement photo.

TJ was smart to wear his Clemson orange. Anyone know which teams use hot pink or lime green as their colors? Because I'll totally be their #1 fan.

Friday night's events include Margaret and I losing each other several times, losing my ID just to find it in my coozie and then drop it into the toilet 5 minutes later bc I put it in my underwear, dancing to DMX, and making friends everywhere. Like these boys:

Meet my new Auburn friends. They like camo and plaid. I made them show me their muscles.

 

I also made friends with this guy even though he didn't really know it. He was asleep waiting for his cab. I guess I was mad at him for not waking up/being my friend and wanted to beat him with a nerf football.

(Sometimes I'm aggressive.)

The next morning was painful, but it was GAME DAY! And who needs sleep when you have concealer? 

Tailgating was awesome, standing/walking around for 55 hours was even better, but nothing beat the moments walking into the game!

 

Orange and navy (and purple!) EVERYWHERE! To say I was excited is an understatement:

 

It was a pretty intense game and although I didn't really know what was going on, I still had a blast and am totally sucked in now.

Poor Clemson lost.

Before heading home on Sunday, we stopped at a sandwich stop that Brooke told me I needed to go to: Momma Goldberg's Deli. This little shack is very popular with the students; we waited more time in line than it took me to actually eat my sandwich. It was worth it though!

 

I got the Turkey Delite: roasted turkey breast with mozzarella cheese, lettuce, tomato, spicy  mustard, and Momma's sauce on a honey wheat bun.

 

Margaret got the same plus a side of Momma's Nachos which are actually Doritos with melted pepper jack cheese and jalapenos. 

 

Halfway through the ride home, we stopped in the lovely Macon, GA again because we were all craving some food trash...

I picked out the Teriyaki beef jerky and Margaret introduced me to the wonders of Maple Nut Goodies and Werther's caramels. She's allergic to chocolate so she is very familiar with non-chocoholic goodies. 

Sooo after our long but very fun weekend, we found it in our best interest to lay around playing on facebook and half-ass watching our lover boy in his newest flick:

Weekend conclusion: I LOVE FOOTBALL.