Footballapalooza!

Well this past weekend, Mike and I decided to attend two college football games in two separate states- whoo, I'm tired! Alabama and Florida State were playing on separate nights for opening football weekend and Mike and I decided- what the hey- we'll go to both. So Friday night we flew to Atlanta for Bama's game against Virginia Tech. Fortunately after a sort of rough start Bama blew them out 35-10. Wehung out with some friends in the area before the game, ventured through the World of Coke (my first sip of Coke in 10 weeks- aah, refreshing), and took in the sights of the good ole South, along with the awesome game! Roll Tide! So glad Mike decided to take advantage of having to fly through ATL on our way to the FSU game and take me. 

Bright and early Sunday morning, we got on another airplane and headed to Pittsburgh, Pa to watch FSU take on Pitt in their inaugural ACC game. We stayed right in downtown near the Pirates ball park and a couple of parking lots away from Heinz Field where Pitt (and the Steelers) play. Fantastic hotel location! We didn't see too much of the city what with hanging out with all of Mike's fraternity brothers and the few wives/girlfriends who also came along. We did get to go to an old Catholic church that has been converted into a brewery/restaurant. It was very pretty and a neat atmosphere. The game wasn't until Monday night, so we spent a  lot of time just hanging out and catching up with Mike's FSU family. FSU had a rough start as well, but ended up having a phenomenal game and won 41-13. The stadium was cool- had a great view of the river and mountain from our upper deck endzone seats, and my favorite part was whenever the home team got into the red zone (which wasn't very often) two giant Heinz ketchup bottles "poured" onto the jumbotron. Our flight home was at 6:30 am and a 4am wake up call was not fun- but it was still a fantastic weekend with my favorite Nole, who will say "Roll Tide!" for me anytime.