On Saturday Janie and I made our way to NOLA with lots of red, great music, and full stomachs. We made a few new friends on the drive over and partook in many rounds of "Honk if you love the Cajuns". We even managed to get some vocal practice in for all the tailgating that was to come. ("Red Solo Cup" became the theme song for the weekend. Way to keep it classy Lafayette!) It was hands down the most action packed 24 hours I've ever had...and I wouldn't change a thing! Between the RCAF tailgate and Champions Square there was little recovery time before the big game. As everyone filed into the Superdome it was a packed, crazy, mess of a ton of people you knew. Lafayette must have been pretty quiet because with the record breaking 42,000+ people in attendance (and San Diego having all of only 2,000 people present) there was no body home in South Louisiana! Everywhere I turned I saw a familiar face and yet came home to find out that so many people I didn't see were at the game.
We may have all complained about the missed field goal opportunity and the failure to call pass interference (twice), but in the end the game wouldn't have been half as climactic if the clock would have simply run out. Leave it to Baer to kick a field goal in a last-stitch effort of put the Cajuns over the top. It was sweet victory for the Cajun Nation! I hope they don't mind that I've now become an honorary alum. Below are some highlights. It's times like these that make me so grateful to be from Louisiana! Good friends, good times...Never let go of the rope!
