Today's activity revolved around the IU vs. Ohio State football game at Memorial Stadium. Doug spent the morning cooking minestrone and antipasto squares for the event, while Cameron kept up on the noon game scores. Once the food was ready and the cooler was full, Doug and Cameron headed over to the grass lots by the football field. They were glad that they left early as the lot filled shortly after they arrived close to 2:30 p.m. Meg had to study this afternoon, so I stayed at Brett's and waited for her to finish before we met up with them. We parked near Brett's old IU apartment and walked to their spot. Everything was set up and ready for us to join them.
Doug's minestrone was very good as were the antipasto squares. He had brought muffins for dessert which I really appreciated. Meg's friends, Carson and Andrew, joined our group shortly after we arrived. They live close to the stadium and had been watching the crowds all day. Wifi was spotty during the afternoon, so it was hard for Cameron to watch football as the day wore on, but he did get to see the nine overtime Illinois victory against Penn State. That game and Purdue's loss to Wisconsin made everyone happy.
The three of us decided to go into the game once Meg left to go back to her apartment. Just as we arrived in the stadium, it started to rain. At first it wasn't much, but it picked up the closer it got to game time. It was a sold out game and by kickoff every seat around us was taken. We decided to spread out a little bit and sat in the general section in the corner across the stadium where we had plenty of room to watch IU tie the game in the first quarter, 7-7. Unfortunately, after that first touchdown run, the Hoosiers were completely overmatched. Early in the second quarter, IU was down 21-7 and did not have any answers to the Buckeyes' offense. To add insult to injury the skies opened up when the second quarter started and we got absolutely soaked. With three minutes to go in the half, Doug and Cameron decided to call it a night and we left with a lot of other Hoosier fans. By the time we reached our car, Ohio State was up by four touchdowns and we were thankful to have missed the last few scores.
We all changed once we got back to Brett and Meg's apartments. I was extremely thankful for a hot shower. Doug ran to Pizza X to pick up pizza and breadsticks for everyone. Meg took a break from study and joined us for awhile. Brett had worked the concession stands for the Knights of Columbus after he finished his shift at Storage Express. He was at the game a lot longer than we were, and enjoyed it much more. It was crowded and busy, but he had fun helping and was reminded of how happy he was to have switched careers from food service to inside sales. Although the game wasn't what we had planned for, we did enjoy the tailgate and hoped for a better outcome at our next home game in November.
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