Trip Reports contain a detailed description of our exploits at each of the wonderful venues and college towns, along with a photo gallery of those images which are suitable for publication. Enjoy!
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Photos are posted / Trip report is pending
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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
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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
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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
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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
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HBS is a nice venue with excellent sight lines to downtown Minneapolis. We did a lap around the concourse checking out the variety of food options and the
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I think we managed to hit all of the highlights of the University of Illinois campus including the student union, the quad, the tornado shelter, the math building
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The basketball game cost twice as much as the football game. That should give you a sense of where we were, the priorities, and what really brings in
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...that at no point on this trip was the trip ruined by Beth, much to her surprise and constant pondering that she was ruining a Quest trip. Beth,
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At a school that is rich with tradition, this might be the king of traditions. Texas A&M does not have cheerleaders, they have Yell Leaders. The night before
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The stripe-out was taking shape well. You could clearly identify which section was supposed to be red and which white, which is not always the case during a
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We entered Sanford Stadium and headed to our seats to see how well our seat selection had gone. The Quest had done good. Our seats were well under
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...he remembered a time from high school when the temperature changed 100 degrees in a 24 hour span. From -50 degrees to 50 degrees or vice versa.
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Folsom Field has an incredible backdrop right up against the mountains. It is quite scenic. So we did the very touristy thing and took lots of pictures from
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“Even mimosas at 9am are too early for me.” Now I do not want you to get the wrong idea and panic, this would change soon. So you
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SMU is a very nice campus. It is quite picturesque and was all set up for some serious tailgating.
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walked around the outside of Apogee Stadium to get to the Mean Joe Greene statue. I have to say, the action was quite robust for a Thursday night,
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After the bookstore, we headed out on our self guided tour. There were plenty of campus maps to guide us as we walked around aimlessly. USF was actually
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Our seats were in the upper bowl. The ramp to the upper bowl, was at a 75 degree grade. You could use this ramp as a ski jump.
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With all due respect to the Sun Belt and its member institutions, the facilities at Arkansas State befit an institution in a higher weight class. Although to be
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The 2018 Quest season gets underway with a Week 0 contest at UMass. Yes, that is correct, Week 0. Four games will be played on this weekend, and
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Al’s awesome idea for this trip was to get a boat to take us to the game and tailgate. There are only a few schools in the nation
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I am not going to say too much about the game. I did not get the new Florida offense I was hoping for with Randy Shannon replacing Coach
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The game started out well for Ball State as the first quarter went the way of the Cardinals leading to a 7-3 Ball State lead. This turned in
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I do have one question for the USU coaching staff...The final USU drive began with USU up 45-28 and 7:10 on the clock. This drive would eventually consume
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This is the second time the Quest would be seeing this match up as two years ago we were at Western Michigan when the Broncos gave the Spartans
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Do you want to see equestrian? I can honestly say that was the first time we have ever been asked that, so of course the answer was “sure.”
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Target, in a feeble attempt to make up for the B&B he booked at Western Michigan, arranged for a tailgate location. He still has a ways to go
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On the way to the bookstore, we ran right into a student protest. The students were protesting the eviction of the student run bookstore. They proceeded to block
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I will chose this spot to say how truly impressed I am with what Notre Dame does on football weekends. The hospitality and friendliness of the Notre Dame
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Game time is noon, so it was not a sleep until lunch day, but I certainly did not need to be up at 6:39am, but that is when
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Ohio Stadium set a Buckeye attendance record of 108,975. I am not sure if it was the weather, where we were sitting, the lackluster performance by the Buckeyes
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We started with a quick look at the basketball facility, which had a nice wall of fame of the athletes that have passed through Kent State. There are
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It seems like these dynamic endings are increasing and I was glad to finally be at one. It was made especially sweeter by the fact that it happened
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Al and his excellent twitter networking skills had us hooked up at the Brisket Fest tailgate. We made a pit stop at the package store...
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A special mention must be made of the drive from the Grand Rapids Airport to Mount Pleasant, Michigan. First, you know that you are in the middle of
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After the game, it was off to Gatlin’s BBQ for some local food, a place that came very highly recommended. We arrived at Gatlin’s and the line was
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Then it was time for the wet self guided tour of Rice University. It can not be overstated, just how gorgeous this campus is. In my humble unscientific
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Who could pass up spending an extra day in New Orleans on our way to Baton Rouge? Not The Quest! So, I picked up Al and we headed
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The game did not start out that bad for the Wolverines and the 1Q ended scoreless. The alumni were even standing on 3rd down, which is not something
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Upon arrival at UCF the first thing that was highly noticeable was....students! On many of these trips we walk around campus wondering where all the students are. Well,
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We have seen the Mecca of tailgating and it is located in Oxford, Mississippi.
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The first all out family trip of The Quest has arrived. This would definitely be an atypical trip.
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Oregon was THE trip I had been looking forward to since before the quest was a twinkle in my eyes.
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As game time approached, we took a look around and saw far more orange than black. It was getting to be a Clemson is already up 70-0 crowd.
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This game was chosen for its big game potential in a big time environment. But it was not in the cards ....
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We arrived in Nashville, the 7th most dangerous city in the US (per Forbes.com based on violent crime data compile in 2009 by the FBI). There has been
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The East Carolina Pirates pull out a back and forth game 38-31.
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It was a tremendous performance by WKU, and thus, the 18 game home losing streak was over. The crowd stormed the field.
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The stadium was a great atmosphere to see a game. It is a very nice stadium that can get absurdly loud. Louisville earns the 16-14 victory, as Al
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The RV idea that was first hatched in Lubbock, Texas in November 2009 and further solidified in Iowa City last November has come to fruition (despite my belief
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Each year, we try to make sure that there is a marquee game that we can really look forward to. This year, that game is Ohio State at
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You can read more about unusual coaching moves that are the right thing to do, such as why all punts should be kicked out of bounds in my
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Unbeknownst to us and probably the players in this game, this game was the deciding factor in the MAC’s East Division. Despite losing this game, Miami finished with
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This is the first doubleheader of the quest. I don’t expect that there will be too many doubleheaders because a significant part of the enjoyment of this quest
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This game looked like a good one at the beginning of the season. Really, honest it did. In what I thought would be a matchup of two ranked
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...but here we are flying to Buffalo for a MAC contest. How did Ohio not win this game by 50 and how did Buffalo not pull this out
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First, field level end zone seats do not allow you to see an awful lot. Second, if we are coming to your city, it will rain…a lot. It
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Going to Army has been a trip I have been looking forward to since the launch of this quest. I have heard nothing but great things about the
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There will probably not be too many road trips given our base in New York, but this game was the first road trip of the quest. This game
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If the game in Austin was the kickoff to the quest and the game targeted from the beginning, game #2 (really #3) at Northern Illinois was the game
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Game #1 (officially game #2 when you include Florida) of the college football quest was a headline matchup. This was a game that I targeted from the start.
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The place that started it all...the University of Florida.