Ten men. Two vehicles. 3600 miles. Oh yeah, a football game and a hoppin' New Year's Eve party in between car rides. Follow TGOM's Bowl Road Trip Diary from the first mile marker to the last.
Day 3: The Game
Game day had arrived.
On the morning of the Insight Bowl, we roused ourselves around 8 a.m. to prepare for our final IU football game as students. We started the day with double-double burgers at In-N-Out (Nothing like a 10 a.m. hamburger to jump start your day) and headed to the parking lot outside Sun Devil Stadium.
It was apparent from the start that IU fans vastly outnumbered their Oklahoma State counterparts. The parking lot might as well have been the grassy fields across from Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers were "playing 13," so our goal was to "drink 13." Some of us fared better than others.
By the time kickoff rolled around, we were thoroughly pumped. Our state of excitement dwindled quickly, however, as IU allowed Oklahoma State to score touchdowns on their first five possessions. The Hoosiers looked every bit like a team that hadn't been to a bowl game in over a decade. It felt like the Cowboys were snapping the ball near our goal line on every other play in the first half. Maybe they were.
Pictures to follow, but now it's time to bring in the New Year on Mill Ave.
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