Saturday, September 4th, 2021

 Today I took Nolan with me to watch Iowa State's season opening victory over the UNI Panthers, 16-10.

I arrived at the G7 tailgate lot around 7 this morning, and we tailgated with the usual people, including Ryan Butler, Dan & Anne Becker (they also brought their two kids), Tim & Lydia Nevins, Kyle Perkins, and others.  Elizabeth brought both of our boys over to the tailgate after lunch.  I enjoyed some fancy trappist beers for today's tailgate.  I figured that since ISU is a top-10 ranked team (they came in to today ranked #7), we should have a "five-star tailgate".  So I enjoyed some Rochefort, Achel, Orval, and Chimay beers.  

The game itself left a little to be desired, but at least Iowa State played well enough to win.  Breece Hall had a 2-yard TD run in the second quarter, which was the only Cyclone touchdown today.  Today marks the fifth time that Nolan has been able to see a Cyclone football game.  The previous games that he saw include Texas Tech in 2020, Oklahoma in 2018, UNI in 2017, and UNI in 2015.  The Cyclones are 3-0 against UNI when Nolan has attended the game!

Here I am with Elizabeth at today's tailgate.  

Nolan was excited to be at the game!