Raising 'em right

Lottie attended her first Aggie football game yesterday, and our Ags beat the Gamecocks 52 to 28.

As all the Aggies leaving the stadium told us, she must be a good luck charm. We sure think so.

 

We definitely understand now why people don't bring their kids to games. Chris and I both barely saw any of the first half between getting situated, getting food for ourselves, feeding Lottie, and taking her under the stands when the sun became a little too much. The second half went better, but I really saw maybe a half hour total of the whole game. That being said, I could care less--Aggie football has always been more about the camaraderie for me than the ol' pigskin. We loved having her with us and loved sharing Aggie football with our precious child, an experience Chris and I have anticipated for years.

 

Grandma Atteberry purchased everything needed to make Aggie spirit overalls, so our sweet future Ag could represent.

 

 

They need a couple of finishing touches, but they were mostly done. The front says "Howdy" across the waist and "Gig'em" down the legs. The back says "I poop burnt orange," "2036" across the pockets, and "Whoop!" down the legs. Lottie wore them well.

Exhibiting such diehard Aggie spirit does take its toll though--2 naps were definitely necessary.

 

As for the game experience, the Gamecocks have a beautiful stadium (green arrow), and an incredible park for tailgating. It is only 3 years old. They made this gated park that is almost all gorgeous green grass and has really nice brick building restrooms (blue arrow) throughout. You pay for an assigned space that includes a parking space and a tailgating spot, so you tailgate at your car. It is really nice.

 

 

We also experienced a very confounding phenomenon for us Aggies. As soon as the 4th quarter began, Gamecock fans started leaving the stadium in steady streams until the stadium looked like this in the middle of the 4th quarter:

 

 

The stands had been 100% full. To an Aggie, this is unspeakable. We would rather stand in the sweltering heat watching our team get slaughtered than be hailed as a 2% fan when leaving early (and early to an Aggie would be leaving with 5 minutes left in a game where we are losing by 50+ points). In fact, at the end of the game, the stands looked like this:

 

 

 Note the almost completely full Aggie section (almost because we did have some Gamecocks sitting in our section) and the completely empty Gamecock section. Us Aggies didn't know how to respond other than to take pictures to share with our fellow Aggies not at the game because we knew they would not fathom this without visual evidence.

 

All in all, I really enjoy away games. It is fun to see how others do college football. And I think Lottie would consider her first Aggie football game a success--even if she was pretty pooped by the end.

 

 



We all had an incredible time and will be looking forward to bringing her again in 2 years.