College Football 2008 is Here!

Hard to believe that it is time for college football already. Who would have thought that BYU would invite none other but the University of Northern Iowa to play for their season opener of 2008? Of course since UNI is my home town team, and my parents were still here on vacation (they are season ticket holders of UNI football back home) we had to go to the game to cheer on the Panthers---plus who wouldn't take an opportunity to cheer against the Cougars??

Yay snow cones!!...the hot weather made it worth every second of the 20 minutes we spent in line for the icy treat!

Mom and Dad were very impressed with the stadium...much more scenic than the UNI dome back home! However, later into football season when it's raining, snowing, etc outside, in the UNI dome it is always 75 degrees and dry!

Travis's family came to help us cheer on the Panthers...however, I caught Heidi and Keith (Trav's sister and her husband in the back row on the left) participating in the BYU fight song "ra ra ra" on more than one occasion...I know where their hearts truely are and I love them anyway ;)

Three more of our wonderful friends who added to the Panther cheering section... also caught singing along with the BYU fight song!...Next time we will have to choose our cheering section more carefully I suppose... ;)

I guess from the angle of this picture my Dad was trying to see the game through Cougar fan's eyes...I still don't get it!

Needless to say BYU came out on top at the end of the game, as they should have considering the size of their school compared to the size of UNI...Even though our team didn't win we still had a good time. Being in on the action makes us look forward to all the college football excitement still to come this season...especially after we found out that University of Utah beat Michigan on the road! GO UTES!! :)