I don't know what's up with the finger pointing.
We found Steve Carrell in the Supestore. Since Robert's such a fan I made him take a pic.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Mississippi State Game
Here are some pics from last Saturday in Tuscaloosa for the Bama/Mississippi State game. It was FREEZING!!! I totally ruined the family shot below by blocking Kyle. Oops. This was our pre-game tailgating on the quad at Shelby's mom's tent.
I don't know what's up with the finger pointing.
We found Steve Carrell in the Supestore. Since Robert's such a fan I made him take a pic.
I don't know what's up with the finger pointing.
We found Steve Carrell in the Supestore. Since Robert's such a fan I made him take a pic.
Monday, November 10, 2008
In Baton Rouge
So, it all started the night before in New Orleans. And no, that's not my little brother's hand grenade. It's my older little brother's. David was having way too much fun with the powered sugar on the beignets from Cafe Du Monde. Robert and I really enjoyed introducing David and Kyle to some of our favorite NOLA places. Let's just say black wasn't the best of clothing color choices for the evening with all that powdered sugar.
Saturday morning we headed to Baton Rouge a little later than we should have and ended up hitting a fair bit of traffic. This is the classic big sister messing with her sleeping little brother in the car pic while we were slowing inching toward campus. What else was I going to do?
We parked about three miles out (probably not too bad of an exaggeration) - note the sign.
At this point, all the boys were extremely happy because we had landed tickets for everyone and knew for certain we were getting into the game. Now we could just worry about the game and not getting in. Of course, we all said the road trip would still be worth it if we had to watch the game in a sports bar in Baton Rouge, but everyone knew we really just had to get into the stadium. Oh, for the days when we have season tickets. (They were readily available when we graduated and Shula was our coach - but even we didn't want them then.) Now, we're stuck somewhere on a three-year deep waiting list waiting on all the family members of the dead guys who keep ordering tickets in their deceased relatives' names to die too so we can get in. I think it's going to be a while.
Can you spot my brothers? Hint: They're wearing red. Kyle and David found a great pair of tickets on about the 20. We were in the corner of the end zone just above the Alabama section and had a great view as well. Also sat around some really nice LSU fans.
I think LSU was banking on a night game. The pre-kickoff fireworks were a little unimpressive at 2:30 in the afternon.
And now the pics skip straight to the good part. We'll just skip the stomach wrenching agony of a called back touchdown for the win due to a holding penalty, a blocked field goal attempt again for the win, and going into overtime in Death Valley. Thank you Rashad Johnson.
The powers that be in Baton Rouge didn't keep the score up for very long. Luckily, I snapped a pic before it disappeared.
10-0. Doesn't really take much to make us happy.
Yes, Nick Saban is in that crowd of folks exiting the field. I promise. Just keep looking.
You can see the LSU fans behind Robert exiting en masse.
The ones around Kyle and David were a little quicker to disperse.
Post game celebrations
And yes, that's my boy Andre Smith. I love the way he just played a football game and is showered and dressed in a white collared shirt, tie, sweater, blazer, and hoodie. That's Huffman stylin for you. We actually had a blast waiting around after the game for the players to exit the locker room. We figured we were a good five and a half hours from Birmingham anyway - what's 20 more minutes. My pics of Julio didn't turn out so well. He was all business getting on the bus though, just like he is catching passes. Sadly, Cody went down the other line and we didn't get to sneak a peak at the Mount.
David was just a little bit excited on the drive back home. What a game. Next stop: Mississippi State at home with the fam. I think it will be the first time my entire family has been at an Alabama game together since ... maybe... ever? It's amazing what a little undefeated will do for you.
Saturday morning we headed to Baton Rouge a little later than we should have and ended up hitting a fair bit of traffic. This is the classic big sister messing with her sleeping little brother in the car pic while we were slowing inching toward campus. What else was I going to do?
We parked about three miles out (probably not too bad of an exaggeration) - note the sign.
At this point, all the boys were extremely happy because we had landed tickets for everyone and knew for certain we were getting into the game. Now we could just worry about the game and not getting in. Of course, we all said the road trip would still be worth it if we had to watch the game in a sports bar in Baton Rouge, but everyone knew we really just had to get into the stadium. Oh, for the days when we have season tickets. (They were readily available when we graduated and Shula was our coach - but even we didn't want them then.) Now, we're stuck somewhere on a three-year deep waiting list waiting on all the family members of the dead guys who keep ordering tickets in their deceased relatives' names to die too so we can get in. I think it's going to be a while.
Can you spot my brothers? Hint: They're wearing red. Kyle and David found a great pair of tickets on about the 20. We were in the corner of the end zone just above the Alabama section and had a great view as well. Also sat around some really nice LSU fans.
I think LSU was banking on a night game. The pre-kickoff fireworks were a little unimpressive at 2:30 in the afternon.
And now the pics skip straight to the good part. We'll just skip the stomach wrenching agony of a called back touchdown for the win due to a holding penalty, a blocked field goal attempt again for the win, and going into overtime in Death Valley. Thank you Rashad Johnson.
The powers that be in Baton Rouge didn't keep the score up for very long. Luckily, I snapped a pic before it disappeared.
10-0. Doesn't really take much to make us happy.
Yes, Nick Saban is in that crowd of folks exiting the field. I promise. Just keep looking.
You can see the LSU fans behind Robert exiting en masse.
The ones around Kyle and David were a little quicker to disperse.
Post game celebrations
And yes, that's my boy Andre Smith. I love the way he just played a football game and is showered and dressed in a white collared shirt, tie, sweater, blazer, and hoodie. That's Huffman stylin for you. We actually had a blast waiting around after the game for the players to exit the locker room. We figured we were a good five and a half hours from Birmingham anyway - what's 20 more minutes. My pics of Julio didn't turn out so well. He was all business getting on the bus though, just like he is catching passes. Sadly, Cody went down the other line and we didn't get to sneak a peak at the Mount.
David was just a little bit excited on the drive back home. What a game. Next stop: Mississippi State at home with the fam. I think it will be the first time my entire family has been at an Alabama game together since ... maybe... ever? It's amazing what a little undefeated will do for you.
Victory in Death Valley
Yes, we finally beat LSU in Death Valley for the first time since my freshman year in 2002. More pics from our trip to Baton Rouge to come... 
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Knoxville
One sweet free parking spot minutes from Neyland Stadium...
Four free 20-yard-line tickets (with the cushie seats!)....
One undefeated Alabama team...
Watching Bama beat the Vols in Knoxville (and being back in Birmingham before 3 a.m.) ...PRICELESS!
So, if you've stayed with me through the cheesy Mastercardesque commercial you are a true friend...and probably not a Vols fan. Elizabeth Taylor's dad is now officially my favorite person. He hooked us up with some great tickets absolutely free, so we made the trip up to Knoxville with Elizabeth and my brother Kyle for our biennial third-Saturday-in-October pilgrimage to Neyland Stadium. It was a quick trip but a very good one since Bama showed up to play.
We sat a row behind a very inebriated, middle-aged Tennessee fan who provided tons of humor for four quarters (well, make that three; he and his buddy headed out a little early once things started going downhill for their team). Ironically, he looked nearly identical to my pediatrician from years ago, Dr. Bearman, which was mildly disturbing.
The man had an authentic binocular flask...
I'm telling you, he was hard core, and completely random. At one time he whipped out his cell phone to show us a picture (on the cell phone) he took of a bear at the Memphis zoo. Really? Then, after Robert yelled for our running back (Roy Upchurch) with something like, "Go Upchurch!" Mr. Volunteer turns around and asks my brother if we go to church, which resulted in a lively conversation. He was hilarious.
Kyle with his newly grown facial hair (still trying to get use to that)
Yes, we were in Tennessee season-ticket holder seats under the awning with the cushions attached.
Thank you, Mr. Taylor!
Four free 20-yard-line tickets (with the cushie seats!)....
One undefeated Alabama team...
Watching Bama beat the Vols in Knoxville (and being back in Birmingham before 3 a.m.) ...PRICELESS!
So, if you've stayed with me through the cheesy Mastercardesque commercial you are a true friend...and probably not a Vols fan. Elizabeth Taylor's dad is now officially my favorite person. He hooked us up with some great tickets absolutely free, so we made the trip up to Knoxville with Elizabeth and my brother Kyle for our biennial third-Saturday-in-October pilgrimage to Neyland Stadium. It was a quick trip but a very good one since Bama showed up to play.
We sat a row behind a very inebriated, middle-aged Tennessee fan who provided tons of humor for four quarters (well, make that three; he and his buddy headed out a little early once things started going downhill for their team). Ironically, he looked nearly identical to my pediatrician from years ago, Dr. Bearman, which was mildly disturbing.
The man had an authentic binocular flask...
I'm telling you, he was hard core, and completely random. At one time he whipped out his cell phone to show us a picture (on the cell phone) he took of a bear at the Memphis zoo. Really? Then, after Robert yelled for our running back (Roy Upchurch) with something like, "Go Upchurch!" Mr. Volunteer turns around and asks my brother if we go to church, which resulted in a lively conversation. He was hilarious.
Kyle with his newly grown facial hair (still trying to get use to that)
Yes, we were in Tennessee season-ticket holder seats under the awning with the cushions attached.
Thank you, Mr. Taylor!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Nothing Beats a Saturday in Tuscaloosa
This past weekend Robert's mom and dad came down to visit from South Carolina to go to the Bama/Ole Miss game with us. We had such a great time with them, and luckily Bama pulled out the W even though the second half was not so pretty. I haven't been that nervous of a loss in a game all year. It's driving me crazy that we're not a second half team.
His parents also came laden with gifts: apples from North Carolina, shrimp from the gulf, newly sewn pillows and a bench cushion for our living room (my mother-in-law is quite the talented and generous-with-her-time seamstress!), so we felt pampered all weekend!
Here are some pics from out time in Tuscaloosa.
We dropped by a tailgate where David and Shelby were set up with their friends. I'm loving have my brother down at Alabama.
Jake came up from Dothan for the game.
Ashley and her fam hosted a super fun tailgate where we met up with Amy and Matt and some of the gang. Apparently I missed the memo that it was jersey day!
It was so good to see our family and friends! Next stop: Knoxville.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
When you work at a University...
...this is what greats you when you walk off the elevator the Monday of Homecoming week. It's not that I forgot it was Homecoming (ok, maybe it did slip my mind) it's more that I forgot how much my office decorates. I love how sad the poor little bison looks (UAB played Marshall) at getting beat up by the most gentle Blaze I've ever seen.
The decorations our amazing Events Team did for the President's floor were even better! Since Marshall is the thundering herd (in case you didn't pick up on that with the bison comment earlier or can't remember from the movie), they embraced a "Rounding up the Herd" stagecoach theme.
I love the way Neil Calloway is drivng the stagecoach! Hilarious!
My sweet friends from the office, Cappy and Victoria
After watching the Homecoming skits in front of our building on 20th Street. Let's just way it wasn't a typical Friday.
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