Alamo Bowl

Debbie's friend, Angie, lives in San Antonio and works for Valero.  Valero is the primary sponsor of the Alamo Bowl, which is the bowl game in which OSU played the University of Arizona on December 29.  Angie called Debbie the week before the game and said she could get tickets, free tickets, to the game if we wanted to go.  Valero was giving tickets to employees and their family or friends.  We said "yes" and went to the game.  Debbie and Angie have been friends since they worked together at Hardee's in Coffeyville many moons ago.  Many moons.  Like almost 30 years worth of moons.  That's alot of moons.  Kinda like a buttload.  Maybe two buttloads.  That's a bunch, ya know.  Angie got tickets for Deb, Kelsey, Megan, Megan's friend Tomas, and me.  Kelsey got the flu on Monday, so she couldn't go.  Debbie,  Megan and I left before daybreak on Wednesday and arrived in San Antonio around 3:30.  We went to Angie's and visited with her husband Chris and their twin daughters, Sarah and Allie.  Chris cooked burgers, hotdogs and brauts on the grill so we had a great dinner before the game.  Angie, Chris, Sarah, Allie, Deb, Megan, Tomas and I arrived at the stadium about 90 minutes before the game started. It was pretty cool that Angie and Chris wore OSU shirts and both of them attended Kansas State.  Chris took our photo in front of the stadium.  Just as he took the photo, both the OSU and Arizona bands almost ran over us as they marched thru the plaza going somewhere. 

Someone yelled at us, "Look out behind you, here comes the band!"  They weren't lying either!

Angie and Debbie

Megan and Tomas.

View of the stadium from our seats.  Turned out that our seats were on the Arizona fans' side of the field.  All the orange clad folks are over there!  Carl, Cindy, Loren and Renee were somewhere near the far corner of the stadium. 

Bet they were checking out a couple of cute fellas milling around taking photos of the stadium...

Sarah, Allie, Megan and Tomas had seats way up in the upper deck area.

Chris and I walked around the stadium and took this photo of the team just before they started warmups.  This is at the opposite corner from our seats.  I didn't know it at the time, but I believe Carl and Cindy were just below me somewhere.

Debbie and Angie are way over there in the opposite corner.

Back at our seats and watching the OSU Cowboy Marching Band coming onto the field.

A huge flag display during the national anthem.

Pregame coin toss at midfield.

Kickoff!

Took this photo just as OSU scored its first touchdown, but I can't find the guy with the ball!

OSU band at halftime.

Megan, Tomas, Sarah and Allie moved down to our section after halftime.  Megan met one of her friends.

Final score, 36-10.

Trophy ceremony.

Coach Gundy on the jumbo screen.

We waited around forever waiting for them to drop the balloons.  Just as we gave up and started toward the stairs, they let 'em go. 

We had a great time with Angie and Chris at the game.  Thanks to both of them for the tickets and the hospitality.