MSU

It's great to come into a football weekend off of a Boilermaker win, on the road no less!  The Spartans will be rolling into town carrying a top ten ranking and aspirations of reaching the new four team playoff at the end of the season; I'm sure they'll be taking the Boilermakers lightly and it might give our boys the chance they need to make a game of it.


We're celebrating the food and spirit of the 70's this weekend at our tailgate.  We will have a playlist chock full of your favorite rock, disco, and pop hits from the 1970's.  Our menu will be foods that were popular in that great decade that spawned so many of us and will include fondue and quiche as the main dishes.


Since we are going to have a lot of time at the tailgate I thought it would be fun to have some team competitions.  The tentative teams are below and the events will be Best 70's Dress, Lawn Jarts, 70's Trivia, and Mattel Electronic Football.  (Each teammate will play one quarter of football, otherwise it would take too long.)  I'm not on a team as I will be acting as the emcee unless we're short a player and I need to sub in.

Jim & Sue

Brendan & Dawn

Kevin & Joel

Bacon & Bauer

Sellers & Coons

Saam & Paula

Keith & Greg

Tony & Michael

Jon & Bianca

Brian & Erica

David & Caitlin

We will have a large group this week and will be unable to transport everybody in the Ambulance and the Element.  Therefore we are going to have to consolidate cars to get over to campus.  Since we're planning to be drinking most of the day and will be heading to Harry's right after the game I would suggest that you plan to leave your cars on campus on Saturday night.  We will make arrangements via Uber to return to the houses.  The link below shows the garages that you might want to use.


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Friday October 10, 2014
The Chicago crew should be in town by 8:30 on Friday night.  Feel free to arrive anytime on Friday night.  We'll hang out at the house, grab a beer or two and catch up.


Saturday October 11, 2014

8:30  Breakfast at 1814

10:00  Depart for D Lot
10:30  Tailgate Set Up
3:00    Depart Tailgate
3:30     Kickoff
7:30     Postgame Tailgate/Meal
8:30     Depart for Harry's


Following breakfast at the house we'll consolidate in as few cars as possible on Saturday before heading over to campus.  We will be parking in the D Lot as usual and will likely be close to the Evans Scholar house for those of you meeting us at the tailgate.


Sunday October 12, 2014
Since we are doing biscuits and gravy on Saturday morning I'm not sure what we'll be doing for breakfast on Sunday.  Mom and Dad need to get on the road rather early on Sunday to drive up to see my niece perform at a band contest in Illinois.


The Chicago crew will try to get underway earlier rather than later to make sure that everyone makes it to their flights.