Auburn Game

We went to the Auburn-Tulane game on Saturday.  Thankfully Auburn won, so it wasn't a wasted weekend :-)  We drove up Saturday morning and arrived in Auburn close to 2:00.  We decided to get some lunch at the Waffle House.

We headed over to the stadium a couple hours before kickoff.  We saw an autograph line and thought it must cost money to get signatures.  To our amazement, it was free.  Ashley and Bode were both wearing hats, so they were able to get some cool signatures.  First up was Jarred Harper, star point guard for Auburn's Final Four basketball team this past spring.

Next was Kenny Irons, a running back who we loved watching and was drafted by the Bengals when we were in Ohio (but got injured in the preseason and never made it back).  He was just the nicest guy to talk with.  Obviously he asked me about how to maintain a good athletic physique because he's let himself go after football... :-)

After a few more signatures, we headed into the stadium.  Fortunately we were in the shade because even though it was a night game, it was hot.

The Auburn band does a pretty cool march around the field before the game starts--it's quite the hoopla.

Auburn has a tradition where on of its eagles swoops down to midfield before the game starts.  I didn't get a movie of this, but I did get some shots of the bird on the handler's arm--very neat looking.

The game eventually started, and I tried to get a picture of Gus Malzahn; below is the best I could do (he's the one in the visor with his back to us).

It was a decent game--Auburn's offense needs a little work.  Still, they were up 24-6 in the 4th quarter when we decided to pack it in.

We have a busy week--school and grading for me, work for Ashley, and band, swim, and school for Bode.  We all could use a break :-)