Monday, September 8, 2008

Our second-favorite team

Anyone who knows us knows that we are UT Vols fans first and foremost. We all (including Adie) wear our orange jerseys on game day, and surround our big screen with a UT helmet, a statue of Smokey, and various other paraphernalia. I've even been known to plant orange & white flowers around the mailbox when there's a big SEC rival game coming up.

But as long as they're not playing each other, we also cheer for the University of Georgia. So on Saturday we drove to Athens with Eric & Michaele (they're both UGA alumni) and went to the Bulldogs' game against Central Michigan. Zack's been to one other UGA game, but this was the first time for William & me.

It was lots of fun, but extremely hot. We ran into a ton of people we know, including the Taylors (they adopted Madelyn about a month before we adopted William).

William had a great time and made it through the entire game. So he has officially been introduced to the craziness of college football in the south. If you're not from the south/don't live in the south, you can't fully appreciate college football mania like it is down here!




William & Mommy at The Arch. Eric says this will be a great pic when William is a student UGA... in 2021!










William & Daddy at The Hedges







Knowshon Moreno dives in for a touchdown








Fourth Quarter









Madelyn, Zachary & William







Post-game family photo op








The little ladies' man

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a great outing for William! We are the same way about Tenn- as long as we are not playing them- go Vols- otherwise... GO DAWGS!!! Loved all your pictures!!! Hope you all have a great week!!!

Kathy and Matt said...

Sounds like a great, fun day for the family!

I love the picture of William with the cheerleaders...watch out Mom and Dad, William is going to have the girls after him as he gets older!!!

K said...

Yes, I agree. College football in the south is very big! Thankfully I have experience with game hysteria because I married into a family of Buckeyes! We love football season, looks like William does too! Glad you all are having so much fun!

Unknown said...

I love this post, because when I first started dating my husband he took me to his hometown of Knoxville to visit his grandparents. I was astounded - orange EVERYWHERE!! I'd never seen such a thing! Orange ceiling fans in the restaurants, orange garage doors on people's houses, orange EVERYWHERE!! :)

Debora Hoffmann said...

Wow--these pics shocked me to see how blond William's hair is! What a cutie.

Anonymous said...

I love your pictures! My husband and I are both UGA alumni! Go Dawgs!!! We can't wait to take our little ones to a game. :)