A Beautiful Day for Hawkeye Football

The Hawks played Northwestern on Saturday.  It was black and gold day, so even sections wore gold and odd sections wore black.  We're odd, so we wore black.(Yes, I know that opens up a whole can of worms...just don't go there!)  Anyway, it looked great with the black and gold stripes around the stadium.  We did the same thing once last year.  

The neatest thing was the card trick during the National Anthem and just after it.  During the National Anthem we held up cards which then made designs of red, white, and blue stars and stripes.  It was very cool!  

Just after that we flipped the cards to honor America's Farmers.  I was very disappointed in the Northwestern marching band because they refused to hold up their cards for the ANF support.  It doesn't matter if you are from Iowa or Illinois, we all depend on farmers.  

The video shows how it looked, but seeing this does not show how cool it really was to be there and see it!

We are very proud to say #5 Tanner Miller is a former MP student!  He had an excellent game!

And the best part of all----Iowa  41  Northwestern 31

Quilting and Football????

Putting binding on a quilt while I watch the Iowa Hawkeyes demolish Tennessee Tech!  Yup, we sold our tickets for today's opening game, so we have to catch it on TV.  I don't usually like to sit in the heat of the opener and Bud felt like he had too much work to do plus it was Tennessee Tech:(  It was a good choice as it has rained off and on through the game.

Quilting AND football=Good Saturday fun!!!

A Tailgating Saturday

Iowa vs. Penn State was the theme of the day for Saturday.  It was forecast to be chilly, so we decided to take the fifth wheel up for the day.  Bud and I headed up around 8:00 a.m. to get a good spot.  Travis, Kerry, and Chance, Trilby, Payton, Cael, and Nate, and Tasha and Clara all joined us.

There was a little eatin' goin' on.

There was a little drinkin' goin' on.

There was a little corn bag toss goin' on.

There was a little snugglin' goin' on.

There was a little Hawkeye wearin' gear goin' on.

A little football watchin' in the afternoon.

(Yes, someone had to bring his Dish.)

And then the big attraction.

There is such electricity and excitement in the air before the game it is hard to describe if you've never been there.  And the night games are the best!  Look at all that black and gold.  It was great and had to be intimidating to Penn State to look up into the stands and see it.
Final score:  Iowa 24 Penn State 3

What a great day of football and family time!!!