Auburn/Vandy Weekend 2012

Last weekend we headed up to Nashville to meet my parents and some of our friends to watch our Tigers play. We lucked out and got a hotel at the last minute literally right next to the stadium. Before dinner on Friday night we decided to take a walk around the stadium.  We were surprised to find out that a gate was left open for anyone to walk out onto the field.

Lilah had the BEST time running around and around on the open field.

 

 

 

 

After playing on the field we went and watch the Vanderbilt band practice. It was so neat that everything was so open to the public.  We were loving it. At one point Jep said he expected to next walk into a Vandy team meeting while they were discussing their gameday strategies. :)

 

Later that evening we met up with some friends for dinner. Lilah got to meet sweet Jace! How precious are these two little blondies?!

 

 And then came Saturday--GAME DAY!  Lilah got to experience her first tailgate and Tiger Walk.

 

Thanks to my wonderful parents for watching our sweet girl while we were at the game.

 

 

Unfortunately, Auburn lost the game 17-13. But, we still had a great time!!

 

After the game we all headed back to the tailgate. It had turned out that our tailgate spot was next to a tailgate that all the Vandy players stopped by after the game. 

 

As each Vanderbilt player walked by, Jep would call out their number and throw them a ball to test out their skills. After about 10 different players had come by, a young player and his family walked past and Jep threw him the ball. The player nonchalantly threw the ball back and in Jep's words " the ball spiraled like a winning touchdown pass in a movie." When Jep caught the ball, he said, "Hey man, you should be a quarterback!" We found out later that this guy was Jordan Rodgers (little brother of Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers & Vanderbilt's starting quarterback).  Awhile later, Jordan and his family were leaving their tailgate spot and Jep yelled "Rodgers" and threw the ball across the parking lot to him. Rodgers returned the ball and as it sailed through the air, it hit Clint's hands, a chair committed pass interference and the ball fell incomplete. Fail!

 

Tony Franklin (Vanderbilt's head coach) was also a lucky recipient of one of Jep's passes. Ha!

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What a big shot!

 

WAR EAGLE! We still LOVE our TIGERS no matter what happens!