Lillis and i headed down to jacksonville for the bama/fsu game. you see, bobby bowden was a lifelong bama fan and huge bear bryant fan and even went there to play football. after his freshmen year, however, he decided it was just a little too big a school for him and he transferred over to samford. he had always wanted to coach a game against them, so this one game in jax beach got scheduled. me; i had always wanted to go to a bowden vs bama game if it ever got scheduled. ok, that’s a lie. but i WAS excited when i found out it had gotten scheduled and was stoked to get to have a fun weekend down in jacksonville. my cousin ronnie lives there with his wife katrina and we headed down on thursday to their house. jeremy flew in from dc on friday and we all went out on ronnie’s boat there in the river. as you might remember lillis really loves being out on the water.
even devilishly and weirdly enjoys it (as evidenced by the look on her face here)
here, jeremy demonstrates an unusual move on the wakeboard.
ronnie demonstrates a little more traditional style of wakeboarding.
lillis throws up some spray on the slalom
that night we went out to the landing and met a “roll tide” guy. it was a pretty fly outfit.
late r that night we had waffle house. it was yummy. the next day was the game. it didn’t go well for the tide and i thought we were going to have to throw down with the obnoxious fsu fans in the section who were tomahawk chopping at people as they people were leaving. stay classy san diego. actually a chick fight did break out directly in front of us as an fsu girl walked over to confront an obviously buzzed bama fan. some full on throwing down ensued, punctuated by the bama chicken falling backwards over the chair, but still holding on to the fsu girl’s hair and attempting to kick her. while the actions were very redneck and trashy, i have to respect the stick-to-it-iveness.
after the game, i had to find something for us to do to take our minds off of the game. so, back at jeremy’s friend richie’s abundant tailgate, i came up with keg rolling. ronnie was a natural.
here’s a frog at ronnie’s house.
finally, we have ronnie’s daughter madison sporting jeremy’s houndstooth lid. i’d say she looks mahvelous, but she’s cute anyway, and everyone looks good in a houndstooth lid.
