Oregon vs. LSU featured on 30 game 2011 CFB Project / Journey

Ok, more about myself and this project...

Just last Friday, I had a rather significant transition in my life. I went from being an Engineer on Space Shuttle at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, to being one of thousands of technicians, seamstresses, astronaut-trainers, managers and other engineers, that were laid off due to the ending of America's Space Shuttle Program in July. But my layoff was six days before the start of the 2011 College Football Season.

So, my future is a bit uncertain, but my Fall 2011 plans are solid... I've been saving up a few bucks and I am now embarking on a Monster College Football Road Trip!! The itinerary is simple: go to every Thursday game and then on Saturdays, go to a "nearby" game. My wife is cool with this plan so I have no reason not to do it (she'll be flying-in two or three times along the way to San Francisco/Berkeley, Boston College, etc.).

I’ll be meeting-up with students and alumni at each campus and shooting representative videos (and still shots) at various tailgating parties and during each game and then post / blog the experiences online.

Myself and two friends created a website, which is nearly complete (maybe 70%), and of course its awaiting actual season-content, so please keep that in mind when critiquing:

[link=(www.ThursdaytoSaturday.com)]www.ThursdaytoSaturday.com[/link]

edit: that link won't work, for some reason, when linked off of The Rant. Try pasting this URL:

www.ThursdaytoSaturday.com

We're finishing-up the FaceBook & Twitter accounts over the next couple days also! I'll post those here and at the main link above, for those who wish to follow the project / journey.

Well, I guess that's it. I've been planning this since June (and dreaming of it for longer), so wish me luck... and please point me to a few representative tailgating parties at Cowboys Stadium for Saturday.

Thanks,
JP

P.S. my trek will take me to FOUR LSU games this season, including the last regular-season game in Baton Rouge (vs. Arkansas on the day after Thanksgiving) so you'll see more of me on here and more of the LSU atmosphere featured at the website above.

find rosco (sp?) and evil twin. They're probably the most famous tailgating personalities.

or Arkansas

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But I will see the Tigers and fans in Arlington, Starkville and Morgantown

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Sounds like you know where to focus your time and energy

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But I will see the Tigers and fans in Arlington, Starkville and Morgantown

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And New Orleans! We goin to the SHIP!

Not Arkansas

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or Arkansas

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He's going to the Arkansas game according to his website, but it's a day game and historically a low turnout because of Thanksgiving.

I'm not sure if the original poster will be glad or mad at me for jumping in on this thread but I'm gonna do it anyway. I think his full story is quite notable.

CFBtraveler happens to be the LSU student (back in 1997) who brought the student section to a frenzy prior to the Florida game by swiping the huge “Work ‘em silly Gators” sign from those two idiots from #1 ranked Florida, and then he made the mad dash into the student section. I’m not sure if that event had any impact on our monumental victory that night, but I know it sure did help keep me and the rest of the student-section pumped up through kickoff.

If I had the time and means to do a trip like this, I would be all over it like he is doing. I’ve known JP (CFBtraveler) for nearly 20 years and its hard for me to name someone who enjoys college football more than he does. He's a huge LSU fan, but has traveled all over the country to attend various non-LSU games for the past 10+ years or so, just to expand his NCAA football experience beyond the SEC. I know he has been to games at West Virginia, Army (West Point), Rice, Houston, Minnesota, Tulsa and the Army-Navy Game in the past three years or so.

CFBtraveler... good luck finding some good hangouts in DFW.

Geaux Tigers!

Best of your luck on the journey. That's awesome and I'm truly jealous. I'm sure (crosses fingers) that you will find LSU fans to be some of the most hospitable fans in the country.