Let's Go Irish!!! It's Game Day!

It has been quite a day for Notre Dame fans.  We woke up this morning all pumped up ready to tailgate and have fun at the game.  We got dressed in our Notre Dame best and headed for the stadium.  My friend Katy's dad had a place to tailgate at the stadium and invited us to hang out until game time. 

We made it to the stadium around 10:00, and I hadn't seen so many drunk football fans at that time of the morning before.  We walked around for a while looking at all the tailgating set-ups around us.  People did some crazy things to their vehicles displaying their Notre Dame pride.

We had a great day of tailgating, food, drinks and fun.  Bill's cousins Steve and Kristin also game down for the game, and we were all able to tailgate and watch the game together.

Notre Dame had a first rough half and just as the players were heading to the locker room, we got evacuated from the stadium for a severe thunderstorm warning.  Sure enough, it started to down pour rain, thunder and lightening.  We were ushered to the hockey rink and then the basketball court.  After a couple of hours, the game was started again, unfortunately Notre Dame didn't get much better.

Towards the end of the fourth quarter, we were evacuated again for a short time.  The game ended with a loss for Notre Dame, a record making two stadium evacuations, and a game day lasting six hours past its normal time.  We made the best of the rain and the loss, now we are heading to Chicago to see more cousins and Bill's family.