Iowa Hawkeyes vs UNI Panthers

Saturday was the home opener for Hawkeye football! And for Kyle it couldn’t have come any sooner! We went to Iowa City on Friday night. Kyle’s sister Melanie and her husband Steve came over from Chicago to go to the game with us. We stayed with some of her friend’s parents. It was so nice to not have to get up SO early Saturday morning! We made a stop at Scheels to stock up on some new Hawkeye gear…so fun!! (and so expensive!!)

Saturday morning we got to our last year’s tailgating spot by 6:30am, perfect timing! Just before the lot started to fill up. Steve hadn’t been to a home Hawkeye football game before so we wanted him to have all the whole experience!! We had breakfast, played bag-o, ladder golf, and mingled w/some nearby friends! It was a fun morning. We headed up to the game early to check out all the “vendors” around the stadium and watch the pre-game activities.

It was “BE BOLD, WEAR GOLD” day!!

 

This is Melanie’s friend’s family that were so nice to let us stay with them!! Thanks Laura and fam!! :) Believe it or not, Laura had NEVER been to Kinnick before!! And she grew up just a little outside of Iowa City!!

     

          The band made the tiger hawk!!

It was perfect weather for a football game! I wish all games were in weather that nice! Sunny & 70+ degrees!  

Herky!!

        

Here’s our Hawkeyes!!! 

Coin toss with Hayden Fry! 

We saw Shawn Johnson when we were hanging around at half time! I wasn’t feeling the best, otherwise I would have got a picture with her!

 

It wasn’t the season opener everyone was hoping for. We won 17-16 by blocking 2 field goals in a row at the end of the game!! Way too close!! But as Kyle said, a win is a win! Now we’re looking forward to the big inter-state rivalry Saturday with Iowa State…hoping for a big win!!