2013 Rose Bowl

So I wasn't expecting to go to the Rose Bowl.  Bucky was 8 - 5 and I had already seen Standford.  Then Bret quit and Barry stepped up to coach.  So I had to go.

Pictures and comments below:

Early morning Rose Bowl shot.

One of the better floats.  Like 2 years ago, many more float pictures on my hard drive.

Easily the weirdest mascot in the NCAA is the Stanford Tree.

 

The Badger float.

Kevin and I at our "Tailgate."

 

Trash from said "Tailgate."

 Kevin with his new friend.

Pre-Game photo outside the stadium.

Thank you Stub Hub.  Much better than the end zone seats (and slightly cheaper).

 

 Midfield Logo.

Updated Press Box / Luxury Boxes.

Another Rose Bowl, another Stealth Bomber photo.

 "You need more than Cheese Puns for an acceptable Field Performance." 

Bucky and the cheerleaders waiting for the team. 

Flags running on the field.

 

 Opening Kick-off.

 

Team Huddle (and Coach Barry).

 

Mountains in the background.

After a hard fought game, Bucky was finally marching in the 4th quarter for the winning score.  Then Phillips (and not Stave) threw a pick.  And then we took our self photo.

 

 Darn it.

Badgers - Gophers Women's Hockey

Since we weren't in Indy for the B1G Football Championship (70 - 31 !!!) , the family went to the Women's Hockey game.

Unfortunately, the Gopher team is really good and easily beat Wisconsin.

Picture time:

Elizabeth making a sign.  They pulled the red markers so she was stuck with a orange and purple sign.

Family Photo.

Whoa.  A bear.

 Scoreboard.

 Post Game handshake line.

Badgers vs. Ohio State

What a Game!  Other than losing in Overtime, it was a great time.  Montee Ball tied the all time TD record (and fumbled away the chance at the record).  The defense held Braxton Miller in check, and a TD with 8 seconds left sent the game to OT.

Picture time:

Dotties for Pre-Game Lunch

 The pre-game get hyped circle

Your 2012 B1G Fantasy Football MVP Braxton Miller.  Fortunately great games by the Penn State WR and RB kept me from  needing Miller to do anything.

 Baton guy

Montee Ball coming out for Senior Day

This moron tried to start the wave from Section A

 Self Photo after Ball Fumbled with 2 minutes left.

The people to the left of Knee-Man left.  They missed the thrilling comeback and overtime.

Final score.

2012 Battle for the Axe

Another year that Paul Bunyan's Axe is kept in Madison.  Badgers offense again took to long to get going, but both White and Ball had over 150 yards and a total of 5 touchdowns.

Picture time.

Valerie and I at the bottom of Bascom on the way towards the game.

#Hashtag

The TV Timout ref is one of my many nemesi.

Bucky adding another flag to the Ball thing.  (5 to go after this game)

Easy Win.

Self Photo.

AXE!

Chopping down the Goal Post.

AXE!

Terrace Ice Cream

Matt and his buddy on the Terrace.

UW vs. Illinois

This may become the worst post ever.  It was too cold for early October, and this year's team is still under performing.  Fortunately, Illinois is even more of a train wreck.  After a 7 - 7 tie at half time, and a 10 - 7 lead during Jump Around, the offense got going and pulled away.

Pictures:

The cold weather likely affected the student section.  Most Students either didn't show up, or came way after kickoff. 

Right before the self photo, some lady behind us offered to take the picture.  I declined stating that the horrible self-photo was sort of my thing.

Scoreboard.

 

Badgers vs. UTEP

So Valerie picked this game because her first ever college football game was in El Paso.  Before the season started, we assumed it would be an easy win for the Badgers.  It wound up closer than it should have, but Stave looked good most of the time and Gordon looked like the running back I have been hyping for the past 13 months.

Picture Time

9am Spotted Cow at Brats.

The Bag Pipes making a 9:15am appearance at Brats.

I am pretty sure the Badger statue hasn't made it into the Blog yet.

 Your 2012 Badgers captains.

UTEP flag.

Stave pitch to Ball.

Self Photo

Another close win.