I'm toying with the idea of driving up to Reno for the Purdue@Nevada opener. But that seems a little gratuitous if I'm going to the TCU game, given that it's a 500 mile each way road trip to do it.I think you are in the LA area, right? If so, and if you can make a long weekend out of it that is a beautiful drive with Red Rock, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe all along the way.
We stayed at the Residence on PeachtreeBased on my experience in Atlanta this is not helpful at all because every freaking street is peach-something street.
Yeah, LA... There would be some awesome scenery on that drive, and I'd probably try to stay up there the night after the game, drive back halfway to somewhere in the Sierra Nevada on Sunday to make it more manageable, and then drive the rest on Monday.I have the same issue with my wife but the major selling points if this were my situation would be Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon. If your wife isn't interested in those then maybe Reno or Lake Tahoe?
The big thing is that the game time isn't set. If I knew it was a night game, I could drive up first thing Saturday morning and still get there in time for the game. If it's a midday or afternoon game, that means I have to drive on Friday. taking a day off work as trying to get out of SoCal after work on Friday of a holiday weekend is brutal. That would probably be the dealbreaker.
The other question of course is if my wife actually wants to go to that one. Two of my three Boilermaker friends locally just moved away, and the third has a 1 year old at home, so I don't know if he's going to be able to get away or wants too. Given that we're going to a game at Purdue two weeks later, I'm not sure my wife would want to invest an entire weekend just to drive to Reno for the game. And since the guys who would make it a "boy's weekend" mostly moved away, and I'm not the type that's just going to drive up there alone, it could depend heavily on whether she's up for it.
I know where the motel is, but not the sports bar, there isn't much up that way really in terms of places to eat.Found it.
The big thing is that the game time isn't set. If I knew it was a night game, I could drive up first thing Saturday morning and still get there in time for the game.My dad, brother, and I did this when we went to Wisconsin. Camp Randall is almost exactly 500 miles from where we live. We drove it on Saturday for a Saturday night game and let me tell you, that was a LONG day.
I will probably attend N. Illinois in Lincoln in September, Northwestern in Early October could be the sharkwater party, and the Wisconsin game in mid November.That should be a good one. The Huskers should have a pretty strong shot at ending the 4-game skid against the Hawks.
I've promised to roadtrip to Minneapolis for the Husker - Gopher game in October.
And I might be coaxed into attending the Hawkeye game in Lincoln.
If any Buckeyes are coming to Lincoln, let me know.... I could show up.
Eh, Northwestern is never a real threat to win the West, be serious.I know right? That would be like Mizzou winning the SEC East. Never gonna happen. Serious.
If ya do, you know.
Hopefully I will attend a game in Evanston soon
YOU are the one who found it for us. Damn. I was hoping you could corroborate. Anyway, we should do it again soon. We'll have to find @MikeDeTiger (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1588) and a screaming banshee to make it complete.
As for the bar in Atlanta, I haven't a clue which place we ended up. Time and Smirnoff have rendered exact details of the site to the ages. However, that sounds like a possible place.
yup, I really enjoy games in Kinnick. I've been to my share of cold weather - bad weather games since 1981, but it's tough to get me to move off the warm couch the day after Thanksgiving to sit in the cold after a 4 1/2 hour drive.For me it would be more the cost of the tickets and the hotel room after.I can deal with the cold and the drive.The results are the same the couch with your own facilities are tough to top
guess I'm getting old
For me it would be more the cost of the tickets and the hotel room after.I can deal with the cold and the drive.The results are the same the couch with your own facilities are tough to topcost definitely weighs in.
Oh wait.. that was Nash Vegas. Whatever. We should do it, and do it really GOOD.Also, I found the place in Nashville where we went on Google Earth (1803 21st Ave S in Nashville). Looks like it's been closed up for a while.
I hear there is a guy in INDY with a mansion, that we could mess up. @MarqHusker (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=41) could weigh in.
Samford University games. Grandson is a walk-on there who played DIII at Beloit College (Wisconsin) in 2017. Transferred to Samford in 2018, but pulled a hamstring in his tryout last season. Normally wouldn't expect him to get much, if any, playing time, but Samford has very little depth at RB. I can see him playing on 3rd and short. If they need two yards, he can get them three.I do enjoy taking in a D3 game or three now that OSU plays all of their games at night.
As for Bama. We spent all of this season's funds at last season's Orange Bowl and CFPNCG.
cost definitely weighs in.Yeah, it's crazy. In a few weekends we're headed back to Paso for an event, and the hotel we wanted to stay at has a 2-night minimum at >$250/night. Apparently it's the time of year that every winery is doing zinfandel festivals or something. I'd pay it for one night (wife's mom & stepdad will be at that hotel), but we basically can't leave until after work best-case on Friday anyway, so no way. I'd much rather wake up and drive up Saturday morning than try to fight through LA traffic during rush hour just to arrive too late for even dinner. We ended up at a Hampton Inn that'll still cost almost $300/night but at least it's only a one-night minimum.
the Hawk/Husker battle is usually the 11am game, so a room the night before is best with a 4 1/2 hour drive, but of course that means driving thanksgiving night
and then after the post game party it's nice to have a room for Friday night - Lincoln has a two night minimum, not sure about Iowa City, but room for 2 nights can get expensive
but, Heck, it's only money
cost definitely weighs in.Unless I met my brother-in-law from Colo. Springs at Lincoln, I'd stay in Omaha, with no two-night minimum.
the Hawk/Husker battle is usually the 11am game, so a room the night before is best with a 4 1/2 hour drive, but of course that means driving thanksgiving night
and then after the post game party it's nice to have a room for Friday night - Lincoln has a two night minimum, not sure about Iowa City, but room for 2 nights can get expensive
but, Heck, it's only money
hopefully, West Lafayette has grown and changed quite a bit in the past 25 years. That was the last time I was there. Not much for lodging
I still don't know what we're going to do for the TCU @ Purdue game in September. I don't even know what the hotel situation is like in West Lafayette.
Unless I met my brother-in-law from Colo. Springs at Lincoln, I'd stay in Omaha, with no two-night minimum.Since I'm just a bit over an hour north of Omaha, if I'm sober enough to drive to Omaha from Lincoln, I'm simply going home.
Let's get some traction.....
As for coming here for a Sharkwater party on October 12, that would actually be a fantastic time and location for a 2019 Board Meeting. We've got a pretty nice setup for it, that weekend the fall colors are in full bloom, and tickets shouldn't be that hard to get.
I'm locked in for the Gopher - Husker game in Minneapolis.
As for coming here for a Sharkwater party on October 12, that would actually be a fantastic time and location for a 2019 Board Meeting. We've got a pretty nice setup for it, that weekend the fall colors are in full bloom, and tickets shouldn't be that hard to get.
I wish, the UCF Knights, FSU Noles, UF Gators, and Miami Canes all played each other every seasonFlorida is still the only member of the big 3 to not lose to a UCF or USF...
For me it would be more the cost of the tickets and the hotel room after.I can deal with the cold and the drive.The results are the same the couch with your own facilities are tough to top@MrNubbz (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=17)
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I don't think I'll be going to any, after all. Lots of travel plans for the fall, again.
What's with you and Fall travel? By your choice? Must be third year in a row.Pfft. He's married.
We like trans-Atlantic crossings, and those are in the Fall.
What's with you and Fall travel? By your choice? Must be third year in a row.
Clearing out weekends of October 5th for Arizona Vs Colorado in Boulder...Couldn’t clear weekend of Sept 14th for Arizona Vs Texas Tech in Tucson.