On Thursday night, I did something I’ve never done before. I cut a mullet. No, not on myself. It was my friend Ryan. He had decided that he wanted a mullet in honor of our road trip to Iowa City and somehow I became the one holding the clippers.
I did… okay. There was one minor slip-up on his sideburn but other than that, it turned out looking pretty good. I mean, as good as a mullet can look. It’s funny because he didn’t even stand out in Iowa. No one—except the Minnesota fans—even commented on his hair. I guess that’s just how it is in Iowa—mullets and Hawkeye football.
There was a moment during the drive down Friday night when I thought, maybe the Gophers could pull this off. Brewster hadn’t produced a big win yet and Iowa had just lost to Northwestern and Ohio State. There was a chance. Granted, it was a very slim chance but if Adam Weber could pull it together we may be able to do something offensively. Ha.
Obviously, by now you know we got shut out. In fact, the only good thing we did the entire game was block a field goal. It was still cool to get inside of Kinnick Stadium, the third Big Ten stadium I’ve been to. Somehow my best friend and I ended up with sweet seats—just five rows up from the 20-yard line—right in the midst of all of the Gopher fans. And even though the game itself was awful, we still had a great time.
It looks like next year I’ll be able to hit up Purdue, Michigan State, and Illinois—three more stadiums to cross of the my list. That just leaves Ohio State, Northwestern, Penn State, and Indiana—meaning I will have visited all of the Big Ten stadiums by the end of the 2012 season. Yikes.
I added in a few photos from the trips… Halfsies—two Gopher fans and two Iowa fans—up with the sun for some Saturday football… Lil Nigel II and his warning sign… Mr. Ryan Kelly and the infamous mullet. Some of us also made the local news... KCRG Iowa Football Video Yes, that is me talking a mean game to some Iowa fans. My mom must be so proud.
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