It all started with a text from my dad over New Years that said, have 2 extra tickets...interested?
Excuse me, um, YES!!!
And from there all the stars seemed to align for us to make it to Arizona and watch our beloved Auburn Tigers play for the National Championship.
Scottsdale is fabulous, truly a beautiful city. Great restaurants, shops and things to do.
We stayed at the Phoenician (on the pull-out couch in my parents room, but we didn't care!) It was a wonderful resort. We rubbed elbows with ESPN while waiting for cabs, walking into our hotel and getting off the elevator. ESPN had about 6 jet-black escalades lined up waiting to take them to the game on Monday morning. It was fun running into them everywhere we walked. We tried to get Corso to tell us who he would pick to win, but he wouldn't spill the beans.
Our seats were on the 45 yd line, 17 rows up. In the Oregon section. But we had friendly Auburn fans all around us. And we have to say that all the Oregon fans were pretty nice.
We stood up the entire time, except for timeouts and TV timeouts. Our feet were sore the next day. But it was so worth it all. We were nervous and excited all at once as it was another nail-biter to the finish. Toilet paper trailed from the upper deck after Wes kicked the winning field goal as the final 2 seconds ticked off the clock.
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| I received this pic in an email this week. Pretty awesome! |
We hung around the stadium for a while after the game ended. We watched as coaches' kids made confetti snow angels on the field, players ran around the stadium giving fans high-fives and waving flags, and slowly as the players made their way into the tunnel.
Not sure that anything will top this trip for a long time. Its great.... to be.... an Auburn Tiger....
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