BCS National Championship

This has been a very exciting season for our 'Noles and we were thrilled to have the opportunity to go to the BCS National Championship game this year! I'm so glad that the game was in the Rose Bowl so that we got to experience attending a game in this historic stadium. Plus, it was a good excuse for a little vacation to California.

The Rose Bowl actually seems pretty small considering it is such an important stadium. It also has poor acoustics so it wasn't really that loud in there compared to other college football stadiums I've attended games in. I did enjoy the atmosphere of it though especially since it was the 100 year anniversary of the Rose Bowl. It was a stadium that I have always wanted to visit and now I get to check it off my list!

I have encountered a lot of college football fans in my day, some good and some very, very bad. I must say that I was absolutely impressed with the Auburn fans. Not once the entire time we were in Pasadena did I encounter a single rude or disrespectful Auburn fan. In fact, tons of Auburn fans came up to us after the game and congratulated us on a good game. Now, that's good sportsmanship. I'm sure there are probably some obnoxious ones out there just like there are at every other school, but I didn't run across a single one while I was there. After the game, we walked back towards downtown Pasadena in a huge crowd all mixed of Auburn and FSU fans. I thought this was going to be a recipe for disaster. However, I was shocked that no one said anything rude to any other fans. We all just walked together in a perfectly civil manner. That's the way college football should be. Just because you are drunk and your team just won or lost, doesn't give you the right to act like an arrogant a-hole to the other fans. I was really impressed by the respectful attitudes displayed by both FSU and Auburn fans at this game. It made for a great gameday experience.

We purchased tickets to an FSU alumni tailgate which ended up being a great deal because it was all you could eat and drink and the area was really nice for tailgating. Considering there were 10,000 people there, the FSU Alumni Association did a great job of coordinating the entire event. I never had to wait in a single line for food, drinks or the bathroom. They had plenty of facilities for everything.

I loved having the mountains in the backdrop of the stadium and our tailgate. Such a cool view. 

The first half of the game was pretty rough. I was getting a little nervous thinking about how if we lose this game then I just flew 3,000 miles for my husband to be in a bad mood for the rest of our trip. Luckily, things started to turn around for us late in the game, but it wasn't until the very last second of the game that I felt relieved. The excitement and joy of such a big win was so overwhelming. After so many disappointing seasons as an FSU fan, it's great to finally be on top!

I am so thrilled that the 'Noles will be #1 when baby girl makes her grand entrance into this world. Plus, how many people can say that they attended their very first National Championship game in utero? Probably very few. I kept saying all season long how baby girl was our Seminole good luck charm and that we were going to go all the way this year undefeated. Looks like I was right :) Go Noles!