I had the opportunity to go to New Orleans, in December to attend the Sugar Bowl. I had never been to New Orleans before and when Tracy mentioned she had two extra tickets to the game, I jumped at the chance to go.
Yummy Beignet Restaurant
Cool palm tree at the city park
This is the cemetery where Anne Rice's vampire books took place and many movies have been filmed here
How I always imagined the streets would be like.
I arrived late on the 30th and spent the next three days exploring the city and the surrounding areas with Tracy and Norm. It was crazy to walk around the city and see a sea of red. With the Utes Crimson red and Bama's red, everywhere you went there was red. During the days leading up to the game, Bama fans were talking a lot of smack about how their team was going to roll over Utah. Every time a Bama fan walked by another fan they would say "Roll Tide, Roll". It got really old. We also noticed a lot of shirts that said "Got Nick?", it took us a minute to realize they were talking about the coach. On the way to our hotel before the game there were several Bama fans that were going the other way that were so obnoxious. They kept saying Utah had a good run and it was going to end tonight.
At the game it was totally crazy. Utah made up about 25-30% of the crowd while the remainder was Alabama. From the very beginning it was obvious that the Utes were underdogs, from the size of the audience to the size of the marching band it was no secret Alabama was going to win. That is until the first quarter began. By the end of the quarter Bama fans were completely deflated. The Utah section was going crazy and the rest of the dome were sitting in disbelief. Alabama completely underestimated Coach Whittingham and his team. They did an awesome job and made the expense of traveling so far well worth it.
King Louie
Need I say more?
Confetti galore!
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