Time to RISE UP

Marc and I could have not asked for a better Labor Day weekend. It was filled with driving, food (ribs and fried cookin), driving, Cougar football, driving, true southern hospitality, and did I mention DRIVING?

When we decided to move out to Ohio one of the things that we knew we would miss (besides our families) would be BYU football games! Lucky for us, the Cougars had their season opener in Mississippi which is within driving distance.

We debated back and forth whether or not to go and then Marc's cousin invited us to go with her family so after that it was a done deal.

We left Friday night after Marc got home from school and drove to Nashville, Tennessee. Then we woke up bright and early Saturday morning to finish the drive to the quaint city of Oxford, Mississippi.

I was nervous when we entered the stadium that we would get booed because of our BYU attire, loud cheering for our Cougars, and this saying chanted by the Ole Miss fans: "Ole Miss, Ole Miss, were going to beat the he$$ out of you"...but...instead we were greeted with true southern hospitality. Everyone was so kind and were truly there to enjoy a great football game.

Entering into the stadium. Ole Miss is full of tradition. The men wear collared shirts and loafers to the game while the women wear dresses and high heels (Marc and I were sporting the five dollar BYU t-shirt from last year and the year before to the game. I am sure we looked like true fans.)

Ole Miss is known for their awesome tailgate parties.

I can see why! Look to your right. Those are all Ole Miss tents each accompanied by fans who have traveled into the small college town!

The stadium


Did I mention that we had wonderful seats: 24 rows up on the forty yard line!!

After thinking that everyone was going to call us crazy for driving quite the distance to see our Cougars lose, we FINALLY pulled through (thanks to the defense). We won!!

On our way home we decided to break up the drive by stopping at a few temples. We are trying to see all of them so we got a few checked off our list.

The Nashville Tennessee Temple


The Louisville Kentucky Temple (the temples we decided to stop at happen to be twins).

As you can see (from the bags under our eyes and the uncombed hair) we had quite the weekend. I am so glad we got to experience one Cougar football game this season and that the Cougars decided to RISE UP at the end of the game and give us a win and make the long drive totally worth it!