The Gator Bowl was great! Dad, Jeffrey, Eric, Stephen, and I, left for Jacksonville, Florida, Sunday afternoon. The trip down was great! We stopped for the night at a hotel about an hour away from Jacksonville. The next morning we got on the road about 8:00 eastern time, and arrived at the stadium about three hours before the game. We hung around the car until the stadium opened at 11:00. We got in quickly and walked up to the top of the stadium to our seats. For the next two hours, we watched the stadium fill up, players from both teams warm up, and used our binoculars to watch our announcers in the press box. By the time the game started, the WVU side (where we were sitting) was full, but the Georgia Tech side had a lot of empty seats, especially in the upper deck where there were very few people (and most of them were WVU fans).

 

The game started out really well, with a three and out by our (WVU's) defense and a very quick touchdown by our offense. It got worse fast, as Georgia Tech threw all over the field as if our defense wasn't there, and scored the next three touchdowns. We finally put together a good drive and kicked a fieldgoal, but Georgia Tech then scored another touchdown, putting us down by 18 points: 28-10. It was important for us to score again before halftime, and we did, pulling to within 11: 28-17. Georgia Tech had to kick off to start the second half, but they did an onside kick, recovered the ball, and ended up scoring a touchdown on that drive, pushing their lead back to 18: 35-17. From there it was all West Virginia, as the WVU defense shut Georgia Tech out the rest of the way and quarterback Patrick White took over the game, leading WVU to three straight touchdowns to take a 38-35 lead in the third quarter. There was no scoring the rest of the game as West Virginia ran out the clock and won the game.

 

We drove all the way home after the game, and got there at 1:00 am, central time. The whole trip was a lot of fun! Of course, the best part was that the Mountaineers won!