GAME #22: TWENTY SECONDS IN IOWA

UTEP @ NEBRASKA

8.31.24

UTEP - 7

NEBRASKA - 40

HELL OF TIME IN LINCOLN! GREAT PEOPLE, GREAT FOOD, GREAT TOWN! TAILGATED BRIEFLY WITH OUR AIRBNB HOSTS. HAD AN ALL-AROUND BLAST IN LINCOLN! GOT OUR LUNCH TAB PICKED UP JUST AS A 'WELCOME TO TOWN' GESTURE...BY A GUY NAMED GERALD, NO LESS.

MEMORIAL STADIUM IS REALLY NICE! THE CURRENT CONCOURSE AND FACADES ARE BUILT AROUND THE ORIGINAL STADIUM. MAKES FOR AN INTERESTING CONCOURSE AREA. THE TUNNELS DO JAM UP, THOUGH, SO MOVE AROUND WHEN MOST EVERYONE IS IN THEIR SEATS. OUR SEATS WERE UNDER THE SECOND DECK, SO YOU CAN ONLY REALLY SEE THE FIELD AND PART WAY UP THE STANDS. CAN'T SEE THE SKY FROM UNDER THERE. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, JUST NOT COMMON IN OUR EXPERIENCE THUS FAR. IT'S IN THE SHADE, THOUGH, SO THAT'S NICE, AND WE REMEMBERED HOT DOGS! I WASN'T FEELING WELL AND LEFT EARLY, BUT ROB STAYED, MADE FRIENDS, WAS WELL FED AT THEIR TAILGATE AND GOT A FREE RIDE HOME. WELL DONE!

GAME TIP - TUNNELS ARE TIGHT, SO AVOID THE MAJOR CROWDS. THERE ARE SHADED OPTIONS, BUT THE AIR DOESN'T REALLY FLOW THROUGH THERE, SO IT WAS STILL HOT. I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO BE IN THE OPEN.

TRAVEL TIP - OMAHA, WHICH I HAD NO IDEA WAS SO AMAZING, IS THE CLOSEST MAJOR AIRPORT ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY, SO ADD SOME TIME TO ENJOY OMAHA, TOO! ALSO, OMAHA IS ON THE BORDER WITH IOWA, AND I'M AN ASSHOLE, SO I DROVE INTO IOWA AND IMMEDIATELY TURNED AROUND. BUT, WE HIT FOUR STATES ON THIS TRIP, SO THAT'S COOL.

WHERE TO EAT -

LINCOLN - LAZLO'S, TIPSY TINA'S & BUZZARD BILLY'S! GREAT ESTABLISHMENTS IN A GREAT AREA!

OMAHA - THE MATT & TWISTED FORK! LOOKS TO BE A LOT MORE AROUND TWISTED FORK, BUT THAT WAS ALL THE TIME WE HAD. WONDERFUL LITTLE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT!

UP NEXT - OKLAHOMA STATE @ BYU!