Something in this order if we are just talking fun and not winning and 2021 CWS is out
1. One of the georgia trips
2. Umass in Boston b/c boston was awesome
3. Tenn.
4. Auburn
What's your best road trip experience involving a State game?
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1. One of the georgia trips
2. Umass in Boston b/c boston was awesome
3. Tenn.
4. Auburn
This wasn't the best game that I have ever attended, but it was probably the best experience. The 2019 game against the Ragin' Cajuns in the Superdome. It was an 11 AM kickoff on August 31st in the A/C. Our seats weren't bad as well. We were seated on the first row in the first five seats next to the Mississippi State Tunnel. Got a receiver's glove and a towel from Tucker Day. If we hadn't been seated there none of that would have happened. Ended up making a shadow box with our tickets and memorabilia from that game.
2009 basketball tournament in Tampa. Wife and I were making our first trip to Disney, we wanted to go once before we had kids. State kept winning and ended up in the championship versus Tennessee so we drove over that Sunday morning and got two tickets.
That evening we had dinner reservations in Orlando. There was a space shuttle launch during dinner. The whole restaurant went out in the parking lot to watch. Pretty awesome day all around. I came down with the flu 3-4 days later but still one of our favorite trips together
The first gator bowl was a lot of fun, as others have said. Orange bowl trip was great other than the game. I miss bowl games being special
That evening we had dinner reservations in Orlando. There was a space shuttle launch during dinner. The whole restaurant went out in the parking lot to watch. Pretty awesome day all around. I came down with the flu 3-4 days later but still one of our favorite trips together
The first gator bowl was a lot of fun, as others have said. Orange bowl trip was great other than the game. I miss bowl games being special
2014 LSU and 2021 Auburn are my two favorite in-person games ever. More than any game I’ve ever seen at Davis Wade.
I had a feeling going into BR in ‘14 that we really had a chance to win. I did not have us going in and crushing them for 3.5 quarters. The end of that game will forever be bizarre and if they had completed the Hail Mary on the last play I might have given up on sports forever. But dang that was a blast to experience.
‘21 Auburn my wife was falling asleep on my shoulder in the first half and I started to google lunch spots nearby because at 28-3 I was just about ready to leave at halftime. We score to make it 28-10 and I knew we got the ball first after half, so I talked myself into us staying. We then watched Will Rogers magically turn into Peyton Manning for a half. It was surreal. We went on a 40-0 run in that game in like 26 minutes of game time, before Auburn scored to make it a little closer at the end. That game and 2020 LSU game are the two high points of the Leach era, and I’m glad I was there for one of them. Got dinner at Venditori’s afterward, very good Italian food or at least it was that night.
I had a feeling going into BR in ‘14 that we really had a chance to win. I did not have us going in and crushing them for 3.5 quarters. The end of that game will forever be bizarre and if they had completed the Hail Mary on the last play I might have given up on sports forever. But dang that was a blast to experience.
‘21 Auburn my wife was falling asleep on my shoulder in the first half and I started to google lunch spots nearby because at 28-3 I was just about ready to leave at halftime. We score to make it 28-10 and I knew we got the ball first after half, so I talked myself into us staying. We then watched Will Rogers magically turn into Peyton Manning for a half. It was surreal. We went on a 40-0 run in that game in like 26 minutes of game time, before Auburn scored to make it a little closer at the end. That game and 2020 LSU game are the two high points of the Leach era, and I’m glad I was there for one of them. Got dinner at Venditori’s afterward, very good Italian food or at least it was that night.
The Reliaquest Bowl in Tampa, right after Coach Leach died. My baby brother and I drove down. After the game, we went to The Colombian Restaurant in the old cigar district. The food was wonderful and expensive. Toward the end of our meal, Tater Tot and a large party sat at the table next to us. My bro and I agreed that maybe Arnett can keep us rolling. Little did we know….
Knoxville, Tennessee 2019… the game was awful. We sucked with the Morehead offense. Painful game to watch. The atmosphere was awesome. Their downtown square right off campus was amazing. Easy walking distance to the stadium. The tailgating by the river was very fun. Super easy to just walk back up the hill to downtown and eat or drink as much as we wanted after the game then easily uber back to our hotel after we were done.
2019 at Arkansas. Ironically the offense was incredible that game but Arkansas was maybe the worst team the SEC has had in 20 years that season. I was able to get field passes so I was chillin on the sideline next to players. The stadium was half empty and we just dragged them. Absolute beat down. Easy to get in and out of there. Very fun game to watch up close and personal. Fayetteville is a fun place to visit too
2019 at Arkansas. Ironically the offense was incredible that game but Arkansas was maybe the worst team the SEC has had in 20 years that season. I was able to get field passes so I was chillin on the sideline next to players. The stadium was half empty and we just dragged them. Absolute beat down. Easy to get in and out of there. Very fun game to watch up close and personal. Fayetteville is a fun place to visit too
Also went to that game and surprised you didn't mention Southern Decadence was going on as well for one of your highlights.
It certainly added to our experience and tales of the weekend.
Southern Decadence - Wikipedia
Knoxville! Realllllly solid strip joints and plenty of quality breakfast places when you're done with them. Plus the scenery is nice
I don’t spend extra time in New Orleans. We made our 50 minute drive from Nicholson and came straight back home. I have no desire to spend more time in New Orleans than I absolutely have to.Also went to that game and surprised you didn't mention Southern Decadence was going on as well for one of your highlights.
It certainly added to our experience and tales of the weekend.
Southern Decadence - Wikipedia
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Most of my roadtrips are losses. Was at the basketball game when we beat Vandy in 2019. Michigan Gator bowl win was fun. Have a couple other bowls but everything else is losses. Had a fun trip to LSU for football in 2012 even though it was a loss.
2006 Bama, sort of by default. Was a fun game, though not a great season. But I haven’t been to very many road games that we’ve won. I think that’s the only road game in any sport that I’ve seen us beat an SEC team (not counting Governors Cups, which I don’t feel like apply).
And the only bowl game I’ve seen us win was the 2007 Liberty Bowl
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And the only bowl game I’ve seen us win was the 2007 Liberty Bowl
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With the fam watching Stansbury's comeback win in TTown to be season champs. 2nd went to see Panic NYE in Atlanta, glued to the Snow bowl on the video wall outside the concert.
This will probably always be my answer. Just got laid off work a couple days before flying out to the game. Those couple days there I decided 17 it. I’ll worry about everything when I get home. Had a blast in Jacksonville. Beating the **** out of MI was the icing on the cake.
CWS, Omaha 2021
Bama @ Jackson, MS 1980...football (beating the #1 team with the nation's longest winning streak was very special)
@ LSU in the early 70's (beating them with Bruce Threadgill & Walter Packer on my only trip ever to Death Valley)
@ BYU in the 1990's....I think. (anytime you lead a program like them 31-0 at halftime, you know things are going well)
@ UMASS...yeah, I know it's UMASS...(but the trip to NE states was super and UMASS was on the verge of beating us till our QB finally woke up, plus I enjoyed the heck out of being in Gillette Stadium.
Bama @ Jackson, MS 1980...football (beating the #1 team with the nation's longest winning streak was very special)
@ LSU in the early 70's (beating them with Bruce Threadgill & Walter Packer on my only trip ever to Death Valley)
@ BYU in the 1990's....I think. (anytime you lead a program like them 31-0 at halftime, you know things are going well)
@ UMASS...yeah, I know it's UMASS...(but the trip to NE states was super and UMASS was on the verge of beating us till our QB finally woke up, plus I enjoyed the heck out of being in Gillette Stadium.
I don't think younger fans realize the level of hate that USM fans had for us and how nasty those games were.
Auburn 1999. Hands down. Great trip down. Game was miserable till the last 4 minutes the a great post game.
2010 Egg Bowl in Oxford and I got to bark at there fans Thant faced us in the old bleachers in the end zone. I swear I still see Perkins running. Such a fun game.
My brother got called “Poppa Strip” by some frat bros he bumped should with in their no grill having tail gate area. He was wearing a white polo with maroon stripes…they are a create bunch
My brother got called “Poppa Strip” by some frat bros he bumped should with in their no grill having tail gate area. He was wearing a white polo with maroon stripes…they are a create bunch
96 Egg Bowl on Oxford. Rained about 8 inches. Players sloughing through the thick mud. Sluder scoring on a FR late to seal the shutout in an otherwise miserable season.
Your Aub game experience is almost exactly as mine - left at the same time and was in the car listening to the Aub radio broadcast ( for some dumb reason I turned it on) and when we won, I got out of the car and was dancing around, yelling and the look on my brother in laws face (Aub fan) as he walked up asking what the hell happened was priceless!
1986 W at Tennessee football, that whole weekend was amazing.
Winning the SEC basketball tournament championship in Atlanta vs Alabama in 2002 was a fun one. Beating om in basketball in Oxford in 2010 was a good one as well.
At Auburn football in 1991, JWS first year stands out.
Beating TX and VA in the CWS in 2021 is the Best ever though. Wish I could have stayed for the Finals.
Winning the SEC basketball tournament championship in Atlanta vs Alabama in 2002 was a fun one. Beating om in basketball in Oxford in 2010 was a good one as well.
At Auburn football in 1991, JWS first year stands out.
Beating TX and VA in the CWS in 2021 is the Best ever though. Wish I could have stayed for the Finals.
I rode with brutius. Game was nearly done, their hopes smashed, and I got called a redneck. I dont fit that description though, so wild that it came from a guy who was dipping and looked the part.
YuckAlso went to that game and surprised you didn't mention Southern Decadence was going on as well for one of your highlights.
It certainly added to our experience and tales of the weekend.
Southern Decadence - Wikipedia
I remember2010 at Florida was pretty awesome.
I heard live what most people saw in the press conference that got urban all bent out of shape.
I heard live what most people saw in the press conference that got urban all bent out of shape.
2018 and 2019 CWS if you can’t say 2021. There is something different about Omaha that sets it apart from anything else in my opinion.
2006. My one and only road trip to Tuscaloosa. My niece was going to school at bama and we had sort of a family reunion that day and what a glorious day it was. Croom’s MSU team defeated AL 24-16. Not a big game as both teams sucked but it sure was fun listening to the bama folks ***** and moan.
My late son and I went to the Snow Bowl, year 2000, and made so many awesome memories. When people began leaving around halftime due to the heavy snow affecting travel conditions my son looked at me and asked if we were going to leave. My answer was we were going to leave when the game is over. Never will I forget the look on his happy face when I said that. The game was as exciting as I ever attended. Afterwards we hiked to the car and a couple hours later (maybe 5 miles) we literally slid our car into a curb at Waffle House for a post game celebration filled with Bulldogs. What a night! I now regret that I do not have any pictures from that trip. Hands down it is my most memorable trip for so many reasons.
