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Game No. 1: Penn State at Wisconsin

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Saturday night I went to my first football game of the year, Penn State at Wisconsin, I was able to add another notch in my BIG TEN stadium belt by visiting Camp Randal Stadium for the first time.  The game was a blow out from the second quarter on as No. 6 Penn State rolled to another victory.  The above picture is of Penn State’s Derrick Williams as he returned a punt for a touchdown in the third quarter.
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*After hearing bad things the last two weeks about Wisconsin fans in Madison I’d have to say it was a cake walk.  The only thing (and I stress the only thing) that happed to us was a random middle finger at halftime to which I respond by asking:  “Really?  A middle finger?”.

** The rest of my photographs are on Flickr.

The Georgia Bulldogs are a Regional Power.

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After some extensive research this past week I have come up with some interesting facts regarding Georgia’s football program. This research was spawned by my total disdain for the SEC‘s complete lack of traveling outside of the South to play a football game. I don’t understand how a team from the SEC, particularly Georgia, can stake a claim to being one of the best teams in the country without every leaving their region. Historically SEC teams don’t play outside of the South but Georgia takes this even further. In their entire history Georgia has only played 34 regular season games and 1 bowl game outside of the South. Their last game played outside of the South was 43 years ago at Michigan. Let me say that again: 43 years ago.

The Last 5 times Georgia has played a regular season game outside the South:

  1. 1965 Georgia at Michigan
  2. 1960 Georgia at Southern California
  3. 1957 Georgia at Michigan
  4. 1953 Georgia at Villanova
  5. 1952 Georgia at Pennsylvania

How is this possible? From this point on I will refer to the Georgia Bulldogs as merely a ‘regional football power’.

My stats were found at NCAA Football History.

Game #3: Penn State at Indiana.

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Julie and I added to the list of Big Ten stadiums I’ve visited on Saturday by seeing the Indiana – Penn State game this weekend in Bloomington. For it being Indiana Football the game was a rather competitive. Indiana made a late rally but still came up short 36-31. Nearly all of the points in the game were scored in the opposite side of the stadium where our seats were. That side of the stadium is a construction zone (literally there’s a bulldozer and re-bar everywhere) and there is no net for behind the goal posts. So everytime a field goal or an extra point is scored the ball just sails into a dirt and then some kid goes and gets it. Classic Indiana.

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Five reasons I now know Indiana is known as the Land of Mellencamp:

  1. The IU band insisted on playing Mellencamp’s greatest hits between plays.
  2. Memorial Stadium is just a stones throw from John Mellencamp Pavilion training facility.
  3. I actually heard Jack & Diane on the radio while in Indiana.
  4. The open end of the stadium is literally a dirt pile.
  5. When I tried to call a cab in downtown Bloomington the operator asked “What town are you in?”

Sucking on a chili dog indeed.

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So far, so good. I only have Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota left on my list. Bloomington was about 4 hours from Chicago (compared to the 2 hours it takes to get to West Lafayette) so we made it into an overnight trip.