HOGS vs. Bama

Jan came over on Saturday, 9/25, to watch the kids so that Rudy and I could go to the Arkansas vs Alabama game. 

Our friend Jamie invited us to join her tailgate group, so we got to the stadium early to take part in all of the festivities.  I have been going to Razorback games all my life but I have never seen anything like this game.  Arkansas was ranked #10 and Alabama was ranked #1 and the electricity in the air was palapable.  While we were tailgating, we got to meet the governor, have our picture taken with a human taco sauce packet, get up close and personal with Tusk and do some top-notch people watching.  And that was all before the game even started.

The game itself was amazing.  We scored on the 2nd play of the game and held onto the lead until the very end.  It all went downhill in a matter of seconds with an intercepted pass.  Alabama ended up beating us 24-20 and it felt like we had been slapped in the face.  To go from that high emotion to that low emotion in such a short time was devastating.  But - we realized that we had played the number one team in the country incredibly well and that gave a little (very little) comfort. 

Now, we're sitting at 3-1, #15 in the country and we head to Dallas next weekend to play Texas A&M.  It's a great time to be a Razorback fan!  GO HOGS!