GAME #11: THAT'S ENOUGH FOR THIS YEAR

TEXAS @ IOWA STATE

11.16.19

TEXAS - 21

IOWA STATE - 23

COLD AGAIN. IT WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE COLDER IN IOWA, BUT IT WARMED UP A LITTLE, SO THAT WAS NICE. UNTIL THE SUN WENT DOWN. ROB MANAGED TO STAY THE WHOLE GAME, BUT I HAD TO BOUNCE AT HALFTIME BECAUSE I'M A BIGGER BABY THAN PHILIP RIVERS.

AMES, IOWA IS A LOVELY LITTLE TOWN. VERY SIMILAR TO AUBURN AND EUGENE - DEFINITELY A COLLEGE TOWN. CAMPUS ARCHITECTURE AND LAYOUT HAVE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES. THE SURROUNDINGS ARE A LOT MORE MODERN, THOUGH. I FOUND THAT INTERESTING. THEY ALSO HAVE ADS ON THE BUILDINGS. I FOUND THAT ODD AND DIDN'T CARE FOR IT. THE STUDENTS ARE ALL DECKED IN IOWA STATE GEAR LIKE AUBURN AND OREGON STUDENTS AND A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOLS AND THAT'S NICE TO SEE. THE PEOPLE WERE VERY CORDIAL AND WELCOMING. THAT WAS A NICE RETURN TO A NORMALITY WE'RE USED TO.

THE STADIUM IS PRETTY NEAT. THEY HAVE LARGE GRASSY AREAS ON ONE END THAT ARE OPEN TO WHOEVER. WE NEVER WENT TO OUR SEATS AND WE GOT SOME EPIC PHOTOS FROM EACH SIDE. ROB PLAYED BALL WITH A BUNCH OF KIDS AND GOT COVERED IN DIRT AND MUSTARD. NEVER GOT A CLEAR ANSWER ON THE MUSTARD. CONSPIRACY! MAYBE SENTIENT LEMONS BLEED MUSTARD. I DON'T KNOW. YOU'D HAVE TO ASK A SCIENTIST.

THE GAME CAME TO A LAST SECOND FIELD GOAL. IOWA STATE LED MOST OF THE GAME, BUT TEXAS CAME BACK TO GO UP BY ONE. IOWAS STATE SENT THEM HOME CRYING WITH A TRUE BOOT AT THE BUZZER. PRETTY EXCITING. I WAS AT A BAR AND THE IOWA - MINNESOTA GAME WAS ALSO CLOSE AND ENDING AT THE SAME TIME. MINNEAPOLIS IS NOT FAR, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF GOLDEN GOPHERS IN AMES. IT WAS INTERESTING TO WATCH TWO GAMES WITH ALL FOUR TEAMS REPRESENTED IN THE SAME TOWN, AND IN THE SAME BAR AS ME.

GAME TIP - SIT ON THE GRASS. I REALLY ENJOYED THAT. AND GO FIND THE TAILGATE WE GOT CALLED INTO. FORGOT ALL OF THEIR NAMES, BUT THEY WERE REALLY COOL. HOT DOGS ARE GOOD.

TRAVEL TIP - DES MOINES TO AMES IS EASY. NOT MUCH ELSE TO TELL. FLAT LAND, STRAIGHT STREETS.

WHAT TO EAT - THE BURGER AT DUBLIN BAY WAS GREAT. THAT IOWA MEAT, RIGHT? WE DIDN'T EAT ANYWHERE ELSE, SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. HY-VEE MARKET IN DOWNTOWN DES MOINES HAS A GREAT BLT IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE THERE DURING BRUNCH HOURS. KICKASS BLOODY MARY BAR FROM THE LOOKS OF IT, TOO.

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