Saturday, September 3rd, 2022

I am feeling a bit exhausted at the moment after being outside in the sun all day, but it was well worth it to enjoy Iowa State's season-opening football game against Southeast Missouri State.  The Cyclones rolled over the Redhawks, 42-10.

This year we are parking in the B1 lot, which is just north of the Scheman building.  We had to move away from the G7 lot that had always been our tailgate home, as that was converted to RV lots.  I think that the kids had a lot of fun at the tailgate.  Maxwell and Glenn were inseparable.  Nolan hung out with Bash most of the time, and we played catch with the nerf football quite a bit.  I brought a bunch of Fareway pork burgers to grill, and Dan made some smoked chicken wings that were very good.

As for the game itself, Xavier Hutchinson had three receiving touchdowns.  Hunter Dekkers looked solid for his first career start.  There was not much drama in the game, as SEMO was not very good.

Our whole family was able to attend today's game.  Nolan sat with me (with our mobile pass tickets), while Maxwell and Elizabeth used some free tickets that she got from work.  The weather was very nice for a home opener - kickoff was 74 degrees and sunny.  I believe that this was Nolan's 7th ISU football game, and it was Maxwell's 3rd game.  

Go Cyclones!!