Las Vegas Bowl - 2012

When Ryan and I found out that BSU was going to be playing UW in the Las Vegas bowl we immediately began to plot ways in which we could make it down to see the game.  Lucky for us the stars aligned (i.e. my parents offered to watch the kids, we found good airfare) and we found ourselves on a plane down to Las Vegas the Friday before Christmas.

Signs at the Mandalay Bay welcoming the Huskies:

Ryan and I had to make a lot of compromises on this trip - we got to stay at Mandalay Bay where the Huskies were staying, but we had to sit in the BSU section at the game.  On Saturday we got to the game a couple hours early so we could tailgate.  I had to get this shot of Ryan with the UW marching band behind him, double fisting no less:

I also found out that my high school buddy, Mike Goodman, was in Vegas for the game as well so we met up with him for a couple of drinks before the game:

Ryan and I representing our teams proudly:

After the tailgate we made our way to our seats and I was definitely the lone purple in a sea of orange.  Luckily for me no one gave me a hard time.  In fact, no one really talked to me except for Ryan.  Not sure which is better? National anthem and fly over before the game:

Our seats weren't too bad:

It was a good game, but unfortunately for me, the Dawgs lost.  Ryan was very gracious with his W.  I think it's because we will be watching them play again in eight months.  After the game we headed back to the hotel for dinner and drinks before we headed home for Christmas.  I may have had a couple of these pretty things to help me cope with the loss:

YUMMY is all I can say.