Saturday morning, Chad, Shay, Rob, Brent, Heather and I loaded up and went to the last Iowa
Hawkeye home football game of the season. Erin, Rob's wife, couldn't join us because she is an assistant cross country coach for
Dordt College and got the
opportunity to travel with the team to the
NAIA National Cross Country meet in Washington. Brent was her fill in for the day. We met up with Chad and Shay in Kellogg and loaded up in their mini-van for some mega-fun! Brent enjoyed the
dvd feature with personal headphones!

Heather and I were super excited because this would be our first ever experience at a Iowa
Hawkeye football game!

We made it to Iowa City and found a great place to park and tailgate! First things first...a quick pit stop at the Port
Jonny.

After a car ride of convincing, we finally got Brent to take off his navy blue coat and put on something black and gold!

The egg bake got two thumbs up, complete with soy milk and 1/3 of it without cheese.
Brent, Chad and I enjoying the egg bake before the game.

Our tailgate crew!

After breakfast, we made our way to...

...
Kinnick Stadium!

...and then found our seats!

These seats were amazing! North
end zone, front row. I can't say enough about how good our seats were!

Heather and Shay are all smiles before the game gets underway, and yes that is the field in the background!

The marching band gives us a little
pre-game show.

Here come the
Hawkeyes!

Even though Heather and I aren't big
Hawkeye fans, we can't help but have fun!
Herky the
Hawkeye proudly waving the
Hawkeye flag as the Minnesota players come out on the field.

...and the game is underway!

From where we are standing, I feel like I am a part of the huddle!

...and I think Kirk
Ferentz might have been looking at me for play options.
Kinnick Stadium was completely filled up!

Iowa with the ball...

...they keep moving it down the field (towards us).

...getting close to the
end zone.

...and the
hand off for the touchdown!

And
Herky came by giving us all high-fives as the first half ended!

Our friend, Derek was also at the game. We saw him before the game started as he was walking to his seat. At half time he sent me a
txt msg, so I turned around to see the one guy standing up in the crowd...D.P.!

The marching band played "Thriller" complete with dancing around and walking like zombies!
Here is the whole crew...still smiling, we even got a smile out of Brent!

...and here come the
Hawkeyes for the start of the second half!

Iowa's incredible defense was put to the test with 1st and goal for the Golden Gophers...
...and Iowa held 'em for all 4 downs!

As the game ended, Iowa won 12 - 0 and the fans rushed the field, we followed suit and walked out onto the field!

Rob gave me a thumbs up as he jogs on the turf!

...and all the Iowa fans!

All in all, we had a great time! From the egg bake to the awesome seats to the great company to the
Hawkeyes winning, it was a
memorable first experience at
Kinnick Stadium! Big thanks to Rob for getting the tickets, to Chad and Shay for driving, to Heather for the egg bake and to Brent for the laughs! Go
Hawkeyes!