Thanksgiving Weekend '09

21 years and Thanksgiving remains my favorite holiday. Don't get me wrong, I like Christmas, 4th of July, and even Halloween. But Thanksgiving has to be the best. If you think about it and know what I like to do, I get the whole day off of work, get to watch football all day, may even play a little football, and stuff my face with some good 'ol home cooking. The thing about this years Thanksgiving had nothing, well maybe a little something, to do with the actually Thursday the 26th of November. But the day after when my bro and I set off on one of our awesome road trips. We decided to go and give our sympathy to our poor friend. Well she may not like me enough to refer to me as a friend, so lets call her Mike. You see Mike is with the enemy of the greatest football program of all time, ever! She thinks that we stole her coach, when in reality he decided to ditch the murky water's of LSU and Roll with the Tide (if you know what I mean). But differences aside, she is really nice (whether or not it is just southern hospitality) and puts up with my constant always being right. (If you follow this blog then you know that 9 times out of 8, I am always right). So she allows my bro and I to partake in this festival that occurs once a year, known as the battle of the boot. It is a football game between the LSU Tigers and the Arkansas Razorbacks. The game in itself seems a little down this year, with both teams having already lost 3 games a piece, but don't tell them that. These two teams have been waiting for this game for a whole year, well 2 for LSU who have been beaten by Arkansas the past 2 seasons. So we get to the game, after having already been to the LSU vs. Tulane game, which was still pretty awesome, but no where near as awesome as the Battle of the Golden Boot. Keep in mind that this was on Thanksgiving weekend and "some" students were still with their families enjoying the game from the warm comfort of their homes while trying to digest all the great food that they had munched down. But every time you step into Tiger Stadium, A.K.A. Death Valley, you get this adrenaline rush that just runs through you and lets you know that this game is going to be awesome! That each of these teams hate each other and they are going to hit each other hard, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC9QVZ6rW9s, and that in the end everyone will be exhausted because in rivalry games even the fans hit hard (oooo-eeee-oooo YOU SUCK!). Just imagine 92,000 Tiger fans screaming for 60 minutes. It gets a little tiring after all is done, but you don't regret any part of it. I have never spent a Thanksgiving Weekend driving 4 hours to a bar, to watch the Iron Bowl in which Alabama only needed 1:24 to beat silly Auburn, then complete the trek with another 4 hour ride through the dark into the heart of Tiger Country, were there was a competitive game of Apples to Apples, in which Badonka Donk cheated in, followed by an interesting night for all of the members of the story (my back is still stiff). Congrats were in order however the next morning for more than just OU, if you know what I mean. If you don't then you should know that Bro and I were challenged to finish off a little something that we totally took to the dumps! (Literally, but really Bro knows what I am talking about, congrats). Then we proceeded into the game where as before mentioned Bro and I experienced the greatest spectacle of any sport that we had ever been to. Then of course we took off the next morning bright and early for my followers missed and desperately needed me to return to my spot and fill their stomachs. All I can say is that it was the best Thanksgiving Weekend that I had ever had, maybe even best weekend ever. But don't just take it from me, let my Bro tell you how it was,

"I have driven 1024 miles the past three days and it was worth every single one.
great game, great friends, great weekend."

Just trust me when I say that and LSU football game, especially the one against Arkansas, is something that you must partake in and have some fun with, it is one of those once in a lifetime things. At least I hope not.

P.S.
For those who attended the game with us, got us the tickets with ID's, gave us somewhere to stay, and showed us another awesome time in Louisiana; that what Happens in Baton Rouge, stays in Baton Rouge. And Thank You abunch!


Wing Man Out!