The one downside to going away to college is that it’s
difficult to support their sports teams.
I try to go back to Auburn once a year for a football game and have been
fairly successful in doing so. I’ve hit
a handful of women’s basketball games in Lexington over the years, which have
been fun road trips with my niece. Even
though she didn’t participate in sports (well, nothing after T-ball), she was a
high school manager for soccer and baseball, and is a huge Purdue basketball/football
fan and appreciates sport in general.
This past Wednesday I took a quick after-work road
trip to Dayton to watch the Auburn men’s basketball team play the University of
Dayton at the Dayton Arena. My bike buddy
Duane lives just outside Dayton, so I picked him up and headed to the game. He was duly impressed with my behind-the-bench
tickets. That doesn’t always happen, so
it was a nice surprise.
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| Nice view! |
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| Blurry selfie of Duane and me |
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| Yeah, but ya'll lost to Auburn, so ... |
The Auburn men have had some pre-season trials and it
was nice to see them come together for a great victory over a solid Dayton
team.
Next up was Saturday’s SEC Championship football game,
pitting Auburn against Georgia. What a
difference a week and some injuries make.
It was a long, frustrating game.
It didn’t help I was fighting a sinus infection. My pep slowly drained as the game wound
down. Despite the loss, they had a great
season and some crucial wins the past few weeks.
I rounded out the weekend with a shorter road trip to
Bloomington to watch the Auburn Lady Tigers play Indiana University. Megan was happy to join me again, despite her
being a Purdue graduate. She bravely
wore her Purdue sweatshirt over her Auburn T-shirt (we only heard one comment
as we walked through Assembly Hall). Again,
we had great seats and enjoyed a victory – Megan and my first road win! I can’t remember how many times we’ve traveled
to Lexington to watch a lopsided loss.
Not fun.
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| Pre-game excitement |
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| I'm ready coach! |
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| Victory selfie outside Assembly Hall! #wareagle #boilerup |
That rounds out my Auburn trifecta. Two in person games and one on TV in five
days. Not too shabby. It’s great to be an Auburn Tiger! War Eagle!
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