Saturday, October 14th, 2017

Grandma Becky very kindly agreed to watch the boys this weekend, so today Elizabeth and myself were able to enjoy an ISU tailgate and attend the game vs Kansas.  It is kind of weird not having the boys around, but I think that it's good to have a little "adult time" once in a while, plus it gives the kids some bonding time with grandma.  Anyways, Elizabeth and I enjoyed ourselves quite a bit at today's game.

Kickoff was set at 11:00, so we had to get up early to have time to tailgate.  Unfortunately, it has been raining for most of the week, so the G7 grass lot that we normally tailgate in was closed.  Our group was re-directed to a paved lot just southwest of Hilton Coliseum.  It did rain most of the morning, which made tailgating difficult.  Everyone huddled around under three tents that were set up to stay out of the rain.  It was our usual group of friends from Wide Right Natty Light... Dan Becker, Tim & Lydia Nevins, Kyle Perkins, Ryan Butler, etc.  I'm glad the kids were not with us because they would not have enjoyed being huddled under a tent just trying to stay dry.  Everyone brought food to make breakfast burritos, and we all enjoyed our adult drinks quite a bit :)

I headed into the game with Elizabeth around 11:00, but little did we know, there was a 30 minute rain delay.  We had our rain gear on, but it was still hard not to get soaked.  Luckily by the middle of the first half most of the rain had quit. Our seats were pretty nice as we were in the 16th row of section 30.  The game itself was fun for us to watch, as the Cyclones completely destroyed the Jayhawks, 45-0.  Trever Ryen had a nice 68-yard punt return for a touchdown, and David Montgomery rushed for 3 touchdowns.  

This was the fifth time that I have seen an Iowa State football game vs Kansas.  Iowa State has won all five games as well :)  The previous years were 2015, 2013, 2011, and 2002.  

A view of the game action in the first half.  Kansas's offense only managed 106 yards all game.

The Cyclones driving the ball in the second half.   Kyle Kempt would complete a pass to Allen Lazard for 19 yards on this play, and on the next play Montgomery would run 4 yards for the touchdown.