GAME #9: FIRST [AND PROBABLY LAST] CAVEAT GAME

OREGON @ USC

11.2.19

OREGON - 56

USC - 24

THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GO TO A GAME THAT ISN'T EITHER A DART GAME OR ATTACHED TO ONE IS IF ONE OF OUR TEAMS IS PLAYING OUTSIDE OF THEIR IMMEDIATE DIVISION. OREGON @ USC FITS THAT BILL, SO WE WENT. SINCE IT'S LA, WE DROVE UP THE DAY OF THE GAME. THAT WAS A MISTAKE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN WE GO TO UCLA. I SAY IT'S PROBABLY THE LAST CAVEAT GAME BECAUSE THE SENTIENT LEMON WAS WAY TOO WOUND UP ABOUT THE GAME AND WASN'T FUN UNTIL AFTER OREGON WON, WHICH WAS AROUND 8PM.

GETTING TO TOWN AROUND 130 BEFORE A 5 O'CLOCK GAME TOOK AWAY OUR TIME TO WALK AROUND CAMPUS, GET SOUVENIRS, ETC. LIKE WE USUALLY DO. WE DROVE THROUGH IT ON SUNDAY, AND IT'S GORGEOUS, BUT YOU DON'T EXPERIENCE IT BY CAR. I'LL COME BACK AND UPDATE THIS WHENEVER WE GO TO UCLA.

I WAS FULLY EXPECTING TO HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE HERE. NEITHER OF US ARE PARTICULAR FANS OF LA. IT'S A PRETTY COMMON SAN DIEGO SENTIMENT AND THAT ADDED TO THE ANXIETY PRIOR TO THE GAME. I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT I AM PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT THE OVERALL TRIP. AS WE'RE WALKING TO THE STADIUM, SOME TAILGATERS STOPPED US AND BASICALLY FORCE FED US TRITIP AND TEQUILA, DESPITE ROB BEING THE ENEMY AND ME BEING THERE FOR NO REASON. I LOVE THAT ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL. OREGON FANS TRAVEL WELL, THOUGH, SO ROB WAS DEFINITELY NOT ALONE.

THE COLISEUM IS A MONSTER, BUT NICELY LAID OUT AND COMFORTABLE. ANOTHER FRIEND CAME AND HIS TICKETS GAVE ACCESS TO THE AREA OUTSIDE THE STADIUM WITH THE BOOZE. IF YOU'VE READ THE OTHER POSTS, YOU'LL KNOW WHY I WATCHED MOST OF THE GAME ON TV :).

GAME TIP - IF YOU CAN, GET ACCESS TO THE BAR AREA OUTSIDE. BETTER FOOD, AND, UM...ALCOHOL. I DIDN'T EAT AT ANY REGULAR CONCESSION STANDS, BUT I ASSUME THEY HAVE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME STUFF AS ANY OTHER. I ATE TACOS AND A GIANT HOT DOG IN THE BAR AREA AND THOSE WERE BOTH GREAT.

TRAVEL TIP - LA HAS TRAFFIC. A LOT OF IT. LA BREA IS A GREAT AREA. LOOKS LIKE BOSTON, NOT LA. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND STAYING THERE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PASS TO STREET PARK, THOUGH, SO WE PARKED IN AN OVERNIGHT GARAGE.

WHAT TO EAT - COMMERSON. WE WENT THERE BEFORE THE GAME, AFTER THE GAME AND FOR BREAKFAST THE NEXT DAY. IT'S TERRIBLE, APPARENTLY. I EVEN PARKED DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH I LIKED IT SO MUCH. GO SEE JESS & CO.

UP NEXT - PITT & IOWA STATE!