Big Victory

The Big Game around these parts is Stanford vs Cal. This year the game was the 112th Big Game and it was played at Stanford. We were a little bit nervous because Stanford has been doing so great the last few weeks. They have been one of the hottest teams in the nation.

After a fantastic - tailgate (sorry... forgot to take pictures). We went to our seats - and Stanford scored so quickly we got even more worried. Toby Gerhart is a horse. Literally. Often during a game he will have one or two people riding on top of him as he tromps down the field. He's already set the Stanford single season rushing record this year - and his 4 touchdowns during the Big Game means he set the single season touchdown record as well. It's been a pleasure to watch him achieve this level of success.















We sit right in the Stanford season ticket holder section so we were surrounded by rabid Stanford fans. And they pretty much got what they wanted for the first half. It was 14-3 at the half.















During halftimes this year Stanford has been honoring this year's inductees into their Sports Hall of Fame. During the Big Game they honored Tiger Woods. The ceremony was right in front of us! Here's a picture of Tiger surrounded by fans on the sideline just after he received his award. As Hannah says 'I can almost reach out and touch him!'.

















The second half was Cal's half!

Here's Maggie and Hannah getting into the game as Cal started their comback!















Odd. Maggie had never had garlic fries! Well, we took care of that!















Okay - since you know that Hannah usually only takes 'expressive' pictures.. here's one you would expect :)















Cal dominated during the second half - but Stanford was coming back at the end of the game. However, a late interception sealed the game for Cal. With the seconds ticking down - Hannah prepared to storm the field!

That's Hannah in the grey sweatshirt with Maggie in the Gold sweatshirt trying to catch her!

















Here's the last we saw of her and she joined the thousands of Cal fans who celebrated with the players on the field. They were so excited!















Seeing Hannah so excited was the best part of the whole game.

So, sorry Stanford. Guess that whole Beat Cal thing didn't exactly work out. Bummer :)

GO BEARS!! (where's the bowl game???)