Sep 20, 2010

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. 
 
Momma Goldberg's Deli on Urbanspoon
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.

43 comments:

  1. HAHAHA! Love it.

    Your description of Macon reminds me of road tripping through New Brunswick this summer. I asked what the smell was when we pulled up to the hotel and my friend cleverly answered that it was 'poop and rednecks'. They must be twin cities!

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  2. Oh I'm so jealous you made it to that game! I went to the Kentucky game in Auburn last year and it was great. LOVE tailgating in the town. Looks like you ha a blast!

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  3. glad you had a good time at your first football game! I was in Athens at the UGA Arkansas game. We had a great time too. I love football!

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  4. GO SEC!! I was pulling hard for y'all. Did you have to make it so close?

    I love the southern GA journey, never know WHAT you will find.

    Fantastic weekend recap lovely!

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  5. This looks like such a fun weekend!! I love your humor - especially the new friends and hitting the passed out kid with a nerf football.

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  6. Did that guy really wear jorts and camo to the bar?!?!?! Oh wow... that's rare, even where I originate from!

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  7. hee - girl you crack me up!! :) I once lived in a kinda remote area for a year... and I used to say that the in next town over they all shared one set of teeth. they must have liked jerky & soda there also. ;)

    looks like a super fun weekend! I love me some college fb, Go MIZZOU !!

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  8. looks like you had an awesome weekend! love your outfits too! :)

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  9. hee! and I LOVE the "engagement photo" - you're a RIOT

    (sorry for the double comment, sometimes I cut myself off before I'm done!

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  10. Isn't college football so much fun? My weekends at Penn State looked a lot like this one. Such fun! Glad your first experience was a good one. And I love so much that you had to try out a Georgia Chickfila. And such sexy friends you made

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  11. I'm so so so glad you like football now! I really started getting into football AFTER college (go figure!) but now I love to watch football and hang with friends. SO MUCH FUN! Way to go for being a good cheerleader!

    And, I would like to compare the people you saw from Macon to the ones I saw at the fair two weekends ago in West Virginia. I bet there would be a tie for toothless, Big Gulp sippin', beef jerky gnawin', morbidly obese sportin' the jessing anyway--- type of people HAHA!

    Oh, and that turkey sandwich looks like MY kind of sandwich- more meat in the center and not all bread.

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  12. I love that you wore a dress to the game.

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  13. Ohhh I am so SO jealous! Some of my best friends from Clemson were at that game, and of course the broke girl in NYC couldn't afford to make it. So bummed. But it looks like you had enough fun for the both of us!

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  14. You and your Chick-fil-a, I love it! Isn't college football great?! Ooh and I am so obsessed with Werther's! Totally buying some next time I'm at the store. For some reason I like them more in the fall!

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  15. WOW that soda is HUGE. You're not joking. I love college football!!!!! I'm so happy your first experience at a game was a fun one :) Love that pink ruffled top, so pretty and girly.

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  16. WOW k so me and you are DEF the same person!! I went to that same deli when i was in auburn!! i got the SAME THING!!
    gahh that game was sooooo hard to lose.. boo.. i almost cried
    you look hot in the clemson t shirt!

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  17. What a fun game to go to---jealous! Sucks Clemson lost though but pre partying is just tops.

    I love that Chick Fil A in GA was better than in SC. I think you should go around to each state and review the Chick Fil A's to see the differences with them!!!

    LMAO @ your engagement picture, that is totally one!!

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  18. american weekends are the best kind of weekend! friends, food, football, beer and pictures is what it's all about!

    i loveeeee the chick-fil-a pics especially!

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  19. ohhh! and i want zac efron to star in the role as my boyfriend!

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  20. Looks like such a fun weekend! Your game dress is adorable btw!

    ps. I made the pumpkin bars! YUM! Blogging about them today! With the proper props of course :)

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  21. HAHA! My best friend lives in Macon! (but I must add, it's against her will... her boyfriend is from there, so now they live there).

    And holy smokes, I'm jealous you were at that game! Probably one of the most exciting games I've watched in a LONG time! I <3 college football!

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  22. i'm so jealous that you got to go to the game! i watched it on TV. Me = total SEC football junkie :) you picked a good one to pop the football cherry with! and sweet Lord, does your post ever make me miss the south.... :)

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  23. yay so very glad you enjoyed Auburn! Where did you find those people?! haha I've honestly never seen camo in AU - were you at the strutting duck or something?! LOL Glad you enjoyed the game - still muy sad that we couldn't meet up - boo! Also glad you had Mamma G's - I spent SO much time at the one near campus - still can't believe there are multiple ones now - CRAZY!! haha love that you had chick fil a in GA! (and like it more!)

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  24. Allergic to chocolate?! Where did this girl come from? LOL j/k but this post was hilarious!

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  25. Holy beef jerky!!! As always your post has me laughing and feeling like I was right there with you!! Love this blog!!!!

    Jen
    http://jenslosinit.blogspot.com/

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  26. Looks like you had a fun weekend! That honey wheat bread for your sandwich looks really good :)

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  27. This post makes me wish NYU had a football team. Actually, that would probably be even more entertaining- watching hipster boys in skinny jeans and "ironic" coke bottle glasses tackle each other. Teehee. Glad you had a good weekend girl!!

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  28. Looks like a great weekend! I definitely think tailgating is my favorite part of football - haha =)

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  29. We're big football fans in my house. My son just landed his first head coaching position at a local high school. I'm so glad you had fun!

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  30. OMG you were in Auburn?! How awesome!! I love this post..I recognize everything it it. Mellow Mushroom, Momma G's, Chik-fil-A..you guys hit up all the good spots minus Insomnia Cafe and Niffer's. :P It's cool you got to go to the game. I totally would have been there had I not missed out on getting student tickets this year. It was a killer game!

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  31. I went to a Big 10 school (Penn STate) Football games were SOOOOo much fun!! There's nothing like tailgating and sitting in the student section : )

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  32. This looks like a great weekend! I laughed at the engagement picture! :)

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  33. LOVE this post! Yay for attending your first big college game! I grew up watching football, so for me it's synonymous with fall!

    Hahaha about your classy muscle buds from Auburn! I bet they were thrilled to have their picture taken with a hot pink mama!

    And yes, definitely try the pumpkin ice cream! I mean, if you can find it in a local ice cream shop it will be 100 x's better, but for Edy's, it's pretty tasty. AND it contains real pumpkin!! (not just flavoring and color).

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  34. Oh my gosh--I know I'd love those nachos :)

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  35. how fun!!!!!

    Mike and I want to go to a college football game together, it is one of our goals! We would like to go to A PITT college football game, back in PA, hoping we get to!

    LOVE the pink dress , you look beautiful!

    Looks like a great weekend full of fun, football. friends, and some yummy eats!!!

    love u! miss u! Hope you are great love!

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  36. Glad you went to Momma G's! I always get the "Momma's Love" SO GOOD! And we make those nachos all the time b/c they're so delish... and so fattening! Seriously, but they are worth it! Glad you had a fun first AU experience!

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  37. Zac Efron was here in Sydney this last week and i totally thought of you! CAN'T BELIEVE he was shopping only 10 minutes away and i missed it :(

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  38. Yay Football!!!!! I'm so glad you had fun!!! I can't wait for the game this weekend to witness all of your new football knowledge! XOXO

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  39. Looks like so much fun!! Love football!

    xo

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  40. Sounds like a super fun weekend to me! All of your outfits are always the cutest!

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