GAME #13: GIVE IT A REST, KAREN

FLORIDA ATLANTIC @ FLORIDA

9.4.21

FLORIDA ATLANTIC - 14

FLORIDA - 35

I NEVER MADE IT DOWN TO GAINESVILLE WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, BUT I LIVED IN ORLANDO FOR A BIT RIGHT AFTER AND I'VE SPENT PLENTY OF TIME IN FLORIDA IN MY FORTY YEARS. WITH THAT SAID, GAINESVILLE WAS A BIT OF A PLEASANT DETACHMENT FROM STANDARD FLORIDA, TO MY SURPRISE. NOT QUITE A COLLEGE TOWN LIKE AUBURN OR SOME OF THE OTHERS WE'LL VISIT, BUT DEFINITELY MORE QUAINT THAN I GUESS I WAS EXPEXTING.

THE STADIUM IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT I EXPECTED BASED ON SEEING IT ON TV OVER THE YEARS. IT'S NOT NEW, BUT NOT IN DISREPAIR. THE PROMENADE & GREEN SPACE IN FRONT IS REALLY NICE AND A GREAT SETUP FOR TAILGATING. SOME OF THE FRATERNITY HOUSES ARE ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH REALLY ADDS TO THE ENERGY ON GAMEDAY. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL BARS RIGHT THERE, THE INSIDES OF WHICH WILL REMAIN A MYSTERY TO US AS WE WERE NOT AMONG THE 46,000 PATRONS ALREADY INSIDE ALL OF THEM. WE DID MANAGE TO GO TO A BAR CALLED TATU AROUND THE CORNER AND GOT SEATS AT THE BAR BOTH TIME, WHICH WAS NICE.

GAME TIP - APPARENTLY WE WERE ONE ROW OFF OF WHERE OUR ACTUALLY SEATS WERE. I DON'T THINK WE WERE, BUT SUPER KAREN SURE DID, AND SHE STOOD ALONE IN THINKING IT MATTERED BECAUSE EVERYONE HAD A SEAT WITHIN ARM'S REACH AND NOBODY WAS STRANDED. HE BROTHER EVEN APOLOGIZED. THIS BITCH ACTUALLY WENT AND GOT THE EVENT STAFF TO HELP SORT OUT THE 'ISSUE'. WE SWIFTLY SAID 'FUCK THIS' AND DIPPED. EVEN THE EVENT LADY ROLLED HER EYES. KARENS ARE EVERWHERE AND RUIN EVERYTHING. SO, I GUESS THE GAME TIP IS WATCH OUT FOR KARENS. IT WAS FLORIDA ATLANTIC, SO IT WASN'T A CLOSE GAME, ANYWAY.

TRAVEL TIP - COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS WILL ONLY GET YOU SO FAR, SO GET READY TO DRIVE AND EXPERIENCE WHAT TRULY FLAT LAND REALLY LOOKS LIKE.

WHAT TO EAT - WE ONLY MANAGED PUBLIX SANDWICHES, SO I DON'T HAVE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT. TATU WAS BRAND NEW AND HADN'T STARTED SERVING FOOD YET. IT'S FLORIDA, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY MISS WITH SEAFOOD.

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