National Championship Pregame

Here are the pics from the actual pregame. It was completely electrifying to walk into that stadium and see all the OSU fans there. The OSU side was probably 95% OSU fans. The Florida side was about 35% OSU fans. So there were many more Buckeyes there. All the fans showed up...only the team didn't.

National Championship Pregame 2

More Pictures...




OSU takes the field...


In the picture below, you can see the yellow podium at the bottom. This is were the bald eagle took flight and landed. It was right in front of us....really cool to see in person. That was one of only two times that I have seen a bald eagle that close up in free flight. Probably didn't look like much on TV.


This picture was taken immediately before kickoff. As you already know, the opening kickoff was run back for a touchdown and the entire stadium erupted. It was amazing to see that play out live. Unfortunately those were the last smiles we had the whole game with the exception of Pittman's touchdown in the 2nd quarter. Oh well, we had a great season, and hopefully Tressel comes out an even better coach after this game. Go Buckeyes!!! Hopefully they can make it back to a BCS game next year. It will be tough, but I would love for them to get to the Fiesta Bowl here in sunny Phoenix.

Party Before the Game

This was a huge "pay to get in" party that was going on before the game. There were a lot of these all over Phoenix throughout the weekend. We went to a huge OSU block party on Sunday afternoon in Scottsdale and there was a pep rally downtown at Chase Field (where the Diamondbacks play). There were way more OSU fans here than Florida fans too, which made it great for all the pregame parties. Anyway, these pictures are from the entrance to the outdoor mall called Westgate. This mall is still being built so the stores are not even in it yet. But the main structures are all there and some restaurants. This whole area is being built up and the hockey arena and football stadium are both right next to it. So everything is all walking distance. These pictures show where all the fans were partying, the live bands were, etc. They even had a Varsity Club West for those that know of the Ohio State Varsity Club in Columbus.

National Championship Tailgating

Tailgating!!! It was pretty cool to be tailgating for an OSU game and have it be 75 degrees outside. The weather was perfect.

OSU Pregame

OK, We have tons of pics from the Ohio State game so I'm not gonna post all of them. We had a great time. The pictures below are of us at the house prior to going over to the game. All of the people in the pics are friends that came in from Ohio. Most from Cleveland and also two from Columbus. Our new house is only about 5 minutes from the new stadium so we were able to go there first and only have a short drive to the game. This will also be fun because the Super Bowl is here for Super Bowl 42, in the same stadium.

More House Pics

Here are some more pictures from our house. Our move out date is Saturday, January 20th. I will get out a separate email with our address and new phone number. We are very excited to move in. We have been going over about twice a week to check on things and take car loads of stuff over. I have been cleaning the pool once a week too. We are ready to start using it, but the water is about 45 degrees. The entire kitchen and hallway was the only thing repainted so far. Everything else was left the same. Here are some more pics: