GAME #14: REUNION

NOTRE DAME @ FLORIDA STATE

9.5.21

NOTRE DAME - 41

FLORIDA STATE - 38 [OT]

I DID GO TO AND SPEND THE NIGHT IN TALLAHASSEE ONCE WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL. I GUESS I GOT IN LATER ONE AFTERNOON AND LEFT EARLY THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER IT. THE CAMPUS HAS A SOMEWHAT UNIQUE, GOTHIC [?] ARCHITECTURE. THE BUILDINGS ALL LOOK KIND OF LIKE CASTLES INSTEAD OF JUST BRICK LIKE MOST OTHER CAMPUSES.

THE STADIUM IS NICE. IT'S REALLY BIG, AKIN TO A&M, WHICH HAS BY FAR THE LARGEST EXTERIOR STRUCTURE WE'VE SEEN YET. INSIDE WAS RELATIVELY NORMAL. IT'S A SINGLE BOWL FOR THE MOST PART, WHICH WAS SURPIRSING. TONS OF SEATS, JUST WASN'T EXPECTING THAT. KIND OF LIKE THE COLLESIUM OR ROSE BOWL. LOTS OF STEPS.

THE FANS WERE HOSTILE FOR NO REAL REASON. NEITHER OF US HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS GAME. AND, THEY WERE MORE HOSTILE TO ME THAN ROB. THE LAST TIME FSU PLAYED AUBURN, THEY WON A NATIONAL TITLE. THE LAST TIME FSU PLAYED OREGON, OREGON BEAT THE DOG SHIT OUT OF THEM. MADE NO SENSE. I GOT A LOT OF WAR EAGLES OUTSIDE THE STADIUM, THOUGH. DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS THE ENEMY INSIDE THE STADIUM. ANYWAY, WE LEFT PRETTY EARLY AND WENT TO A BAR CLOSE TO THE STADIUM AND HAD A GOOD TIME THERE.

REUNION - WE MET A GUY NAMED MARK AT THE OHIO STATE @ MINNESOTA GAME THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THIS ONE. HE ASKED ABOUT OUR SHIRTS, WE TOLD HIM, AND GUESS WHO HAPPENED TO BE TREKKING TO THIS GAME, AS WELL? THE MARK HIMSELF. SO, WE MET UP WITH HIM, DRANK STRAIGHT SAKI FROM A BUD LIGHT PITCHER [NOT ALL THAT SURPRISING BASED ON THAT PARTICULAR BAR] AND PROBABLY GAINED ANOTHER TOUR OF 64 [+] MEMBER. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON, SIR.

GAME TIP - DON'T BE A FAN OF A TEAM THAT ISN'T PLAYING THAT DAY? I KNOW, MAKES NO SENSE.

TRAVEL TIP - SAME AS GAINESVILLE, GET READY TO DRIVE.

WHAT TO EAT - WE WENT TO BONEFISH GRILL TWICE. CHAIN, I KNOW, BUT STILL GOOD. WHEN WE PACK THESE GAMES IN ON BACK TO BACK DAYS, WE DO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK OUT A LOCAL GEM, SO ALL I GOT FOR YA IS BONEFISH GRILL. BIG WHOOP, WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT?

UP NEXT - BYU @ WASHINGTON STATE [BUT MOST LIKELY A LOT MORE ABOUT OUR STAY IN MOSCOW, IDAHO].