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Ryan Field: Northwestern – Penn State.

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Yesterday I headed up to Evanston for the Northwestern – Penn State game at Ryan Field.  If you’ve never seen a game at Northwestern I recommend it.  It is by far the smallest stadium in the BIG TEN which means you’re going to get much closer to the actual game than in any other stadium.  Not to mention tickets to Northwestern games are by far the cheapest and easiest to get.

It was a pretty solid game until the fourth quarter when Penn State’s offense finally clicked with Daryll Clark throwing a 53-yard touchdown pass and Evan Royster breaking a 69-yard touchdown run.

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* Side Note:
* Being that it was Halloween Dan went as a Blind Referee:

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** The other two College Football games I attended this year:  Ohio State – USC and Illinois – Penn State.
*** The rest of my photographs from the game are on Flickr.

Memorial Stadium: Illinois – Penn State.

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Yesterday I headed down to Champaign with some friends for the Illinois – Penn State game at Memorial Stadium.  Penn State managed to get back on track and win 35-17.  I must say it seems like Juice Williams has been playing since Antwaan Randle El graduated from Indiana, seriously… he has to be in grad school at this point.

The weather was wet and cold but not nearly as bad as last year when I was in Champaign.  We setup a decent tailgate considering the last minute planning.  A good time was had by all.

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* Side Notes:

The rest of my photographs are here.

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.