Oh, the agony.
This past Saturday, I waited outside of Kinnick Stadium for 6 hours with my buddies just to get a front row spot. I sure enough got a front row spot, and had one foot ready on the cement wall to rush the field with everyone once we pulled off the massive upset victory, until Penn State scored as time expired. Here, I will walk through my day at Kinnick, as told by South Park.
When my buddy came into my dorm at 10:30 AM telling me to get ready to go over to Kinnick 8 hours before kickoff:
When we get first in line at Kinnick gates and the security officer sees us just chilling outside of the gate 6 hours before we are allowed into the stadium:
When we still had over 3 hours to go before we could get into Kinnick Stadium and just wanted someone to let us in:
When people from US Cellular came over to me, my buddies, and everyone else waiting outside of the gate trying to get us to switch our cell phone plan with about over an hour to go until the gates open:
When it was 4:45, and the gates FINALLY opened:
The feeling when me and buddies got a front row seat between the five yard line and the end zone:
Me trying to watch all of the pre-game warmups up close, especially the offensive linemen (I played on the OL in high school, those warmups always intrigue me):
When the Opening Kickoff finally came:
Waving to the kids across the street in the children's hospital after the first quarter:
Throughout most of the first half, when neither the Hawkeyes or Nittany Lions can get anything done on offense:
When The Hawkeyes got the first touchdown late in the first half against the Nittany Lions:
The guy next to me who kept going on and on with the Penn State jokes about the previous sex accusations:
When Akrum Wadley scored what appeared to be the game-winning touchdown with under two minutes to go in the fourth quarter:
The Student Section atmosphere when Penn State got the ball back after we got the go-ahead touchdown and needed one more defensive stop:
When Penn State scores the game-winning touchdown with 0:00 left on the clock:
The sad walk back from Kinnick to my dorm room on the other side of campus: