Saturday, September 23, 2023

 We just beat O-S-U!!

Tonight I am happy because I was able to take Maxwell to a see a fun win for the Cyclones over Oklahoma State, 34-27.  Rocco Becht played well at QB for the Cyclones, as he finished the game with 348 passing yards and three touchdowns.  Daniel Jackson had two receiving TDs, while Jaylin Noel caught the other.  

There was a concern of possible severe weather for today's game, but luckily that did not develop, and we only had momentary light sprinkles of rain.  The temperature was mild, and overall it was a great day for football.  Maxwell and I got out to the tailgate lots around 9:30 this morning, and we enjoyed a full day of tailgating before the 3:00 afternoon kickoff.

This was Maxwell's sixth ISU football game, and it was his third conference game.  The other conference games that he has been to were last year against Baylor and the 2021 game at Kansas State. 

Today was the fifth time that I have been to an ISU / Oklahoma State football game.  The previous games were a Cyclone victory in 2021, and Cowboy victories in 2019, 2015, and 2013.  

Saturday, September 2nd, 2023

 I am feeling worn out right now after taking the whole family to Iowa State's season opening football game, where the Cyclones defeated the UNI Panthers 30-9.

I got out to the tailgate lots early, around 7:15, to help set up. Elizabeth ended up bringing the kids out later so they did not have to rush out to the lots. This year we are tailgating in the B1 lot up by the Scheman building.  Today we kept the tailgate menu pretty simple, as we grilled a bunch of hot dogs.  George actually made some of them into "super dogs", which turned out really well.  Maxwell was super excited to finally try a drink called "Prime" for today's tailgate.  

I believe that today was the 9th football game that Nolan has been to, and it was Maxwell's 5th game.  The previous game for both of the kids was last year's Baylor game.  Today was the 8th time that I have seen the Cyclones play the Panthers in football, with Iowa State winning 6 of those games (2021, 2019, 2017, 2015, and 2011).  

As for the game, we actually missed the first score for the Cyclones, as Jeremiah Cooper intercepted Panther QB Theo Day and returned it for a touchdown early in the first quarter.  There was quite the delay getting into the stadium because they installed new ticket scanners, which did not seem to be working very well.  Anyways, the Cyclones scored the first 30 points of the game, and it was a nice, stress-free game.  Rocco Becht started at QB for the Cyclones, and there were quite a few new faces on the team that I will need to get used to.  Other notable things from today's game was a 56 yard field goal from ISU kicker Chase Contrreraz and a nice 36-yard TD pass from Becht to Benjamin Brahmer.  

The temperature for today's game got into the 90's, so it was HOT in the stadium.  

We couldn't get a good picture of all 4 of us in the stadium, as Maxwell was not cooperating.