GAME #1: GENESIS

ALABAMA @ TEXAS A&M

10.7.17 | COLLEGE STATION | TEXAS

ALABAMA - 27

TEXAS A&M - 19

THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. WE HAVE A PROJECT IN COLLEGE STATION - WE ARE DESIGNERS IN CASE YOU NEED US. WE WANT PROJECTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. DESIGNBUILD-CA.COM - SO WE VISITED DURING FOOTBALL SEASON. I AM FROM TENNESSEE AND I WENT TO AUBURN, SO I KNOW SEC FOOTBALL. MY PARTNER, THOUGH A LIFELONG OREGON FAN, GREW UP IN TORONTO AND WENT TO SDSU, SO HE HAD NEVER WITNESSED BIG TIME COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN PERSON. NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE WAS IMMEDIATELY HOOKED, AND SO THE TOUR WAS BORN.

THE GAME ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING VERY CLOSE, THOUGH BAMA WAS A HEAVY FAVORITE EVEN AT A&M. THE FINAL SCORE WAS 27-19, AND A&M EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO TIE IT LATE IN THE GAME. A PRETTY THRILLING FIRST GAME, AND THAT GAVE WAY TO THIS RIDICULOUS LIFE GOAL FOR US. SO THE PLANNING & STRATEGIZING BEGAN...

GAME TIP: THEY DO THIS SWAYING THING SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE GAME WHERE EVERYONE IN THE STADIUM PUTS THEIR ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER AND SWAYS BACK AND FORTH. TOOK ME A SECOND TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS RANDOM TWEEN NEXT TO ME WAS TOUCHING MY BACK. PRETTY COOL EXPERIENCE, THOUGH. GIANT STADIUM. I'D RECOMMEND WALKING AROUND THE WHOLE THING DURING HALFTIME. GET SOME GOOD PICTURES AND FOOD.

TRAVEL TIP: YOU CAN AVOID POST GAME TRAFFIC BY WALKING OVER TO THE BONFIRE MEMORIAL. REALLY NICE TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE LOST IN THAT ACCIDENT. REALLY NICE DAY OR NIGHT.

WHAT TO EAT: WELL, IF YOU'RE ROB, IT'S FOUR HOT DOGS DURING THE GAME AND COMPLAINING ABOUT EATING FOUR HOT DOGS AFTER THE GAME. COLLEGE STATION HAS A FULLY WRAPPED HOT DOG CALLED A KOLACHE THAT THEY ALL LOVE. THE BLUE BAKER IS REALLY GOOD, TOO, AND THE REPUBLIC IS A FANTASTIC STEAKHOUSE!

MILES TRAVELED - 1663

MILES TRAVELED TO DATE - 1663

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