Game 68: Eastern Michigan Eagles @ Ohio Bobcats
And downtown Athens is a nice walkable area with nice shops and restaurants. But there are a lot of hills.
Game 67: Auburn Tigers @ Kentucky Wildcats
After a drink we headed over to Burl Arcade and the 1980’s. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, pinball, etc., it is all here. It was a blast from the past and a flood of memories from mid-island mall arcade and high school. And some of the games at Burl still cost $0.25.
Game 66: Kennesaw State Owls @ Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders
We headed into the beer garden which is located in one of the end zones. This is a nice touch. It provides excellent views of the field and you can get close up. It was a good spot to watch warm ups.
Game 65: Maryland Terrapins @ Indiana Hoosiers
New head coach Curt Cignetti and QB Kurtis Rourke lead the Indiana Hoosiers to a 42-28 over the Maryland Terrapins, and a 5-0 start to the 2024 season. Indiana was able to overcome a minus 4 turnover margin by coming up big on defense at the right time with Kurtis Rourke throwing for 359 yards in the rain and wind.
Game 64: Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles @ Louisiana Rajin’ Cajuns
It was this access that led us to a sign that said “Welcome to Da’ Swamp”. Now, according to Sam, Louisiana started using the Swamp moniker 2 years before Florida. A very quick, and I mean very quick, internet search of this reveals that there may be some truth to this.
Game 63: Florida Atlantic Owls @ Charlotte 49ers
The UNCC campus is a very pretty campus. It was bigger than I remember as I have been here before when looking at colleges with Jake. But it was just as beautiful as I remember.
Game 62: Tulane Green Wave @ Memphis Tigers
The emcee for today’s performance was none other than Jerry Hart. The star performer was Jerry “The King” Lawler, who is a WWE Hall of Famer and brought to Memphis for wrestling night versus Tulane. So apparently this is a thing.
Game 61: UTEP Miners @ Florida International Panthers
The theme of this game is Vice Nights. I guess for copyright reasons it could not be called Miami Vice Nights, although there were a lot of references to that, Crockett and Tubbs imagery, and other things that let you know it was Miami Vice.
Game 60: UTEP Miners @ Jacksonville State Gamecocks
JSU should celebrate their first FBS game and a win. It is a huge milestone for a program making the jump up in class and a win over a team that is not a pushover. Both teams have significant work to do to compete at the top level of CUSA, but this was Week 0 and it is a long season.
Game 59: Boise State Broncos @ Air Force Falcons
We continued our self guided tour on the Chapel Trail. A ⅓ mile walk (uphill both ways) to the Cadet Chapel which is normally the highlight of a trip to USAFA. But as the sign at the visitors center said, the cadet chapel is closed for a multi year restoration and the expected opening is 2027.