Yesterday I went to the Notre Dame Purdue game in South Bend. The entire day's experience was overall one of the most enjoyable days I have had this year.
To start the day, I drove with my dad, brother Teddy, and Teddy's friend William to Lake Gage, which is where our lake cottage is located. There, we met my Uncle Tom at the Marina, which he owns. Every Notre Dame home game, we drive up to the lake where we meet Uncle Tom because he drives his RV to each game. Driving up in the RV is like a traveller's heaven. We watched satellite television all the way up to South Bend. College Gameday was on all trip so we could get pumped for the game. The fridge was stocked with drinks and other goodies, and the cabinets were filled with chips and all that kind of stuff. Because I had to wake up pretty early to get up to the lake, I was able to take a nap on the comfortable couch. That was much needed. By the time we pulled into the parking lot on Notre Dame's campus, I was ready to tailgate. Patrick and his dad and brother were there for a visit so they came and hung out at our tailgate as well. Patrick and I played some football with random kids around the lot and I was able to absolutely dominate him three times for touchdowns. I let him know it, too. Later, Zach Stine, Kyle Beutler, Mallory, Missy, and Molly Harber showed up and we all hung out for a few hours before we headed onto campus. We got to the game about a half hour until kickoff. I sat with Kyle in our season ticket seats. The Notre Dame Marching Band played a few songs and finally things got kicked off with an amazing fly-over by one of the jets from the Air Force base. The game started and the Irish started slow. We gave up the first ten points to Purdue. Purdue got some help from the officials in the first half, as they called back an obvious touchdown and missed a very blatant holding call. Nevertheless, we came back and scored on some awesome plays. At halftime, we were tied at 14 and I was pretty optimistic about our chances. Our offensive line was blocking extremely well compared to last week's Michigan State game and our defense was stopping the run a bit better. After walking around at halftime, then getting some AMAZING nachos to eat and a Coke to drink, Kyle and I returned to our seats hoping for an awesome start in this 2nd half for the Fighting Irish. Armando Allen, the Irish running back, came out on fire. On the first drive, he ran for a touchdown to put the Irish up 21-14. We never looked back after that. The next drive, the Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen threw a playaction touchdown pass to our Tight End Kyle Rudolph. Even though the Boilermakers scored to bring the game within seven, the Irish never looked back. After one more touchdown and a field goal, the final score was 38-21, Notre Dame. After the game, Kyle and I met up with Nick Arnold, who graduated from Homestead last year. Now that he attends Notre Dame, he can tell me where everything on campus is located. I wanted to to buy a new Notre Dame sweatshirt, which I'll probably wear tomorrow to school, so he told us where to go and we went on our way. After I found the sweatshirt I wanted, I paid and we began our trek back to the RV. On our way back, we saw Michael Floyd, a freshman Wide Receiver who is absolutely amazing. Back at the RV, we had some burgers and some soda. Then, we packed up and drove home. We were able to watch the blowout that was the Alabama Georgia game on the satellite television. However, because the game was so boring, I fell asleep.
Overall, it was a great game and a great day.
