Showing posts with label ISU tailgate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ISU tailgate. Show all posts

Sunday, October 25, 2009

any given saturday...

one team wins and one team loses.
each and every game that is played.
rankings change.
players in a position change.
injuries occur.
most times, goliath continues to tromp the lil david teams.
but then there are other times...that under-dog david comes out victorious!
our's is a house divided.
i was born a husker. i am a cyclone by marriage.
my husband was born a cyclone. he is a husker by marriage.
and our girls? they are cheerleaders &/or marching bands for both teams.
so october 24th was an okay day at our home.
karl was at memorial stadium and watched the 11:30am game.
the girls and i watched in on tv.
for husker fans, the game was a debacle.
for cyclone fans, it was amazing.
showed what confidence in yourself and your teammates can lead you to do!
(remember: ISU started their back-up QB...and their leading tailback was out with an injury...)
my favorite part was after the game. the cyclone's head coach, paul rhoads, knelt on the field to compose himself after ISU defeated the huskers at home (the last time that occurred, none of the current players on his roster were even born yet!). he stood, spoke to reporters and said that they won precisely has he said they would have to: AS A TEAM. (and here's my favorite part!) then, after giving the obligatory quick interviews, he gets the biggest bearhug from another man...then stops and pumps his fist in the air yelling something to the ISU fans - his pride in his football players eeking out of every pore of who he is! i am proud to be a cyclone...even if it is not by birth.
ISU Head Coach: Paul Rhoads




Friday, May 29, 2009

cyclONE NATION!

we went to the ISU tailgate gathering last night.
this is before we entered the "cycl ONE NATION"
this is the girls (and hubs...) meeting Cy, the ISU mascot!
this is wren in her sweet QB stance! still still sorta "threw like a girl", but looked good doin' it!
this is what nea (aka "the blur") enjoyed most. surprising, eh? wren loved it too!
sadly, this is as close as hubs wanted to get to jamie pollard (the dude in the white shirt - ISU AD)
wren was even on the KPTM-Fox 42 local news at 9pm! showed her meeting and "fiving" Cy...it was adorable. and yes, we recorded it! if i can figure out how to get it onto my blog, then you too will be viewing it! when i told wren about her being on tv, she asked if she would be in the newspaper also and if she was famous now.