Fiesta Bowl

Go to a championship game in which your team is not playing, bring flasks and bring friends. It is therapeutic to attend an event of such magnitude and not have a rooting interest. There is no stress. The game of football is an art and it helps to view it objectively to be reminded of all that it is. Fans were divided by color and passions. We watched as Broncos faithful jeered Horned Frogs followers. There was back and forth and we were happily caught in the middle of it. We wanted to instigate further as if were the producers of Mtv's Jersey Shore. We refrained but thoroughly enjoyed the night's occurrences. Boise State was victorious - yet again - in the bowl.

Neutral Colors

I tried as hard as possible not to be the kind of fan that goes to a game in which his team is not playing and wear his team's colors. It was a difficult undertaking because I pretty much only packed burnt orange. I scrounged up this look but still threw up the horns from time to time to let everyone know who's boss. The Alabama fans sitting directly behind us decided to take a different route and actually be "those guys." And let me draw your attention to the awesome hat I picked up while there. That is not a football under my arm, but a potato hat. Idaho = potatoes and bowl championships.

Stadiums

Last June I visited the Colosseum in Rome and my eyes watered up in romantic comedy fashion. Stadiums will never be the same for me. Will the colossal spaceship-like behemoths in Glendale, Dallas, and Houston be visited by backpacking college students in the future? Are they built sound enough to stand the test of time?Long after the Armageddon of 2012 when the Mayan calendar runs out, will those who come after us marvel at the feats of engineering? I'm living during the time of giant stadiums and can't help but stare in awe.

Glendale, Arizona

It just ain't right. Look at this picture. This is Arizona - in the winter. Every single time I pass through this state its as if I am in the Garden of Eden. The Phoenix basketball team was aptly named the "Suns." There are legitimate reasons that the Superbowl, winter bowl games, and retiring seniors flock to this oasis. After a quick stop at the liquor store and our hotel we set our sights on our first sporting event of the trip - the Chips and Salsa Fiesta Bowl.