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Hoover High vs. Prattville High

a hoover player running the ball

at halftime

the home team Hoover

Prattville won

The Final Score

Trent Richardson Showed up

I attended the Alabama High School Championship at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Some of my friends went to Prattville High, who was playing Hoover. Prattville won the game with Hoover trying for  2-points and not getting it in, losing by one point. During the last quarter of the game Trent Richardson showed up and walked around taking pictures and meeting people.

Friday Night Lights

The Pratville High School run through

Getting ready for the game

The Pratville Lions

They’re heading to the Championship to play Hoover

Auburns Toomer’s corner

Heading to the Auburn Phi Sig house

The Phi Sigma Kappa House at Auburn University

Yeah didn’t happen, but nice try

I guess they let kids sit at the bar in Auburn

The Toomer’s Tree

Taylor and Jacob walking with me to the stadium

Harvey Updyke Poster on the wall

a building on the Auburn campus

Another sign about the tree killing

This was pretty funny

Another building on the campus

The stadium straight ahead

a side of the stadium

The Toomer Corner Trees and they look to be dieing

Last Weekend I went down south to Pratville to my Fraternity brothers Kyle’s house. We went to the Prattville playoff game that they won and will send them to tuscaloosa for the championship against Hoover High School. Then from there we drove down to Auburn. Saturday morning we got up and I met up with my other brother Jacob and his girlfriend Taylor. We went to the Auburn Phi Sig house then to Moe’s bar. They went to the game and I stayed at Moe’s to watch the game. We beat Auburn as expected and if everything goes well we are headed to the BCS National Championship.

This is the Retreat Shuttle bus, driven by Miss Barbara

walking to the stadium I followed a grandpa and his grandson

making my way up to my seat in my Fraternity’s block seating

Coach Saban

Some of my Good Friends

The Team coming out of the tunnel

Touchdown Alabama!!

Richardson running to the ball

Handing the ball off

the band performing at halftime

My last 4th quarter

Big Al

We won

The Final Score

My Section

Leaving the Stadium

As an undergraduate, Saturday was my last home football game. These past three years have been some of the best of my life so far. Transferring in 2009 and winning the national championship was surreal but this year when we beat Auburn next week  we will go for another Championship in three years.

Tomorrow is my official last home game at the University of Alabama or least as an undergraduate. These past 3 years have been some of the best of my life so far. My first season here at Alabama was my favorite not only because it was my first, but because we went all the way to Pasadena, our 13th National Championship. I am just not ready to leave Alabama so I am going to apply for graduate school in political science. It would be two more years here at Bama and two more football seasons. But if I do not get into to graduate school, I will be ever grateful to my parents for allowing me to attend such a great University dripping in deep traditions.

the sign above the door

the door

From the back of the line

hot out of the kitchen

the second dining room

The front of the menu

the menu

My parents came down for the weekend and the LSU game. We went out to eat a lot and one of the places was City Cafe. Its good southern down home food with very reasonable prices. The fried chicken was my favorite.

The ticket

outside of the Alabama Theatre

The Marquee

Tonight I attended the premier of ESPN films “Roll Tide / War Eagle about the rivalry of Alabama and Auburn. The premier was at the Alabama Theatre in downtown Birmingham, a short drive from Tuscaloosa. The night started with organ music with the organist rising from the orchestra pit. The organist had us first sing Happy Birthday to some guy named Kuper. Then they  sang the war eagle song and then we sang “Yea Alabama”. The executive producer and director spoke and introduce the film. The director spoke about how auburn fans kept asking him why he put roll tide in front of war eagle and then someone in the audience yells, “It’s because we have 13″ as in Alabama’s 13 National Championships. The Film is premiering on ESPN next Tuesday at 8pm. If you want to learn more about Football in the State of Alabama you need to watch Roll Tide / War Eagle!

From the docks,  the Bama Belle

Brothers and their dates boarding the paddleboat

the boat is ready to go

the dock

boarding

a look at across the river

late arrivals

The back where the paddles are

The Exit

My Fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa had its Semi-Formal on the Black Warrior River with the Bama Bell, a paddlewheel riverboat. Cannot wait for next Saturday LSU is coming to town as well as my parents.

Tracy, MO

The Welcome to Tracy sign

city hall and police department

It’s just like Tracy to be closed

I think this is their one and only cop car

The Park

The town

I was born and raised in Tracy, California so when I saw Tracy, Missouri I had to go. Tracy, Missouri is a one horse town, but it was nice to say I have been.

the town of weston

O’Malley is an irish pub we ate at

Inside the pub

Its also a brewery

The original Chucky doll

Looking from our seats at the Royal Stadium

There are fountains in the outfield

This day we decided to go to Weston and then to a Royal’s baseball game. Weston, Missouri was an old west down until the river moved and the town became a ghost town. The Royal’s baseball game was a lot of fun they played the New York Yankees and beat them.

waiting for Dierks Bentley to start

Dierks Bentley

Closer Up

I attended the annual GreekFest on the University of Alabama Campus. Country Music Star Dierks Bentley played to a crowd of a couple thousand students. We managed to get close to the front. It was a great time!