Hot Dogs, Cold Fans

1.T-shirt
2. Long underwear top
3. Long sleeve shirt (blue - advised by Jason to remove at the bar as OSU fans might mistake me for a Michigan fan. My rookie mistake.)
4. Hoodie (Appropriately emblazoned OHIO STATE.)
5. Long underwear tights
6. Jeans
7. Wool socks
8. Winter boots
9. Turtle fur neck warmer
10. Mittens
11. Puffy coat
12. Stadium blanket, tucked tightly
Despite those well-planned layers, I was still a little cold at the Ohio State/Northwestern game. The second not-surprising piece of information to share from the game is that Ohio State won. 54-10. The first two touchdowns came quickly in the first quarter, right in front of our end zone seats. Unfortunately while Jason stood in line for hot dogs and sodas.
The streets of Evanston were saturated in scarlet and gray as early as 11 am this morning. Being a very short flight and fairly reasonable drive away from Ohio, the Northwestern game drew many Buckeye fans. (We hosted two out-of-towners ourselves.) The Northwestern fan sitting next to me during the game complained to his girlfriend on the other end of his cell that of the 40,000 attendees, 30,000 were Ohio State fans.
Although with some confidence that today's game would be a put-away for the team, most fans used this Saturday as a pre-party for next weekend's OSU vs. Michigan game. I learned a new song; it goes, "Oh, we don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan!..." This 1940 song, offering a very straightforward opinion of the Wolverines, is still in my head 7 hours later. (Use the link to put it in yours too, and read a little about the rivalry.)
And seven hours later, I'm still kind of exhausted. It's surprising how tiring sitting down in the cold, and then crushing back into the El to get home, can be. But certainly a worthwhile rite of passage. I'm making my short-list of museums to drag Jason to as recompense though.

p.s. We don't really know that guy in the photo, he was just pretty friendly. Most folks from Columbus are that way.