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OT: Great road trips - BobK - 05-20-2020
Rivals has a tread going, all football, on great road trips. I thought maybe here we could do any sporting event
I go back a bit so I’ll start 1955 going to Seals stadium to see my first major league team. It was an exhibition the Seals vs the Red Sox with Teddy Ballgame
1968 to Yankee Stadium for a double header abd the Mick played both games. Same year to Connie Mack Stadium in Philly and watched a childhood friend pitch. I was at Ft Dix New Jersey at the time
Home on leave the T&F Olympic trials at Lake Tahoe. The Run through the Forest
Jan 1, 2000 my first Rose Bowl. We lost “Ron Dyane for the first down” over and over but great trip and I’ll probably never get on the stage at the hotel to sing Wolly Bully again
Your turns
RE: OT: Great road trips - IM in OC - 05-20-2020
If you like WBB you might want to consider a future trip to Sydney Australia for the FIBA World Cup in 2022
The iconic Australian city of Sydney will host the event over 10 days in September and October 2022. The tournament will be played across two venues, both of which are located in Sydney Olympic Park. The sport-loving nation of Australia will get to witness firsthand 144 of the best players in the world, from 12 international teams in 38 games.
I am sure some Stanford Alum(s) will be there,
http://www.fiba.basketball/news/australia-announced-as-host-of-the-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup-2022
RE: OT: Great road trips - BostonCard - 05-20-2020
I went on a road trip to Puerto Backyardia yesterday.
BC
RE: OT: Great road trips - Jskass - 05-20-2020
(05-20-2020, 12:00 PM)IM in OC Wrote: If you like WBB you might want to consider a future trip to Sydney Australia for the FIBA World Cup in 2022My husband and I are already planning on it (unless Qantas is right on airfare increase levels)!
The iconic Australian city of Sydney will host the event over 10 days in September and October 2022. The tournament will be played across two venues, both of which are located in Sydney Olympic Park. The sport-loving nation of Australia will get to witness firsthand 144 of the best players in the world, from 12 international teams in 38 games.
I am sure some Stanford Alum(s) will be there,
http://www.fiba.basketball/news/australia-announced-as-host-of-the-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup-2022
RE: OT: Great road trips - qwerty49 - 05-20-2020
Had a nice roadie tradition for a while, 4 of us alums and our spouses, all around a Stanford football game.
Annapolis/Navy. One of us lived in DC and showed us a great time.
Chicago/ND: Marecic scored his back to back TDs in front of us. Got out of SB ASAP and enjoyed Chi-town to the max. Sunday brunch at the House of Blues.
Orange Bowl, $18 mojitos in Miami Beach, ouch. But what a great game.
Durham/Duke. Just like in the old Stanford Stadium, our seats were on the goal line but the place was empty and we moved up to the 40. My first exposure to chicken n waffles with fried okra, Sunday morning.
NYC/Army. Saw a Broadway musical Fri nite, took the ferry up to West Point Saturday, spent Sunday at MOMA. What's not to like?
Chicago/ND the second time. Too wet and cold and ND the second time loses its cuteness. Plus the late kickoff meant our spouses had to wait until 9pm for dinner.
Fiesta Bowl. Paid way too much for "VIP Box Seats." Still waiting for the Hand of God to guide those FGs through. Maybe Maradona should have been our kicker.
Dishonorable Mention to LAColiseum/USC back in the day. We had those wonderful seats in the end zone bleachers courtesy of the Toejams, it actually rained most of the game, we got pasted 49-0, and I think all the scoring was in the far end zone.
RE: OT: Great road trips - Spiny_Norman - 05-20-2020
Michigan football was always a big deal in my house growing up. I learned Hail The Victors along with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. So for my Dad's 70th birthday, my three brothers and I organized a weekend in Ann Arbor with Dad and his two brothers to watch Michigan host Michigan State in the Big House. My Dad and uncles all graduated from Michigan (along with one of my brothers).
It was an epic weekend in every respect. My uncles had not been back on campus since they graduated 40-50 years prior. All of the alums had a great time walking around and reminiscing. And the football game itself was a classic. Biggest 4th quarter comeback in Michigan Stadium history and Michigan beat their hated rival in 3 OTs. The photo of 7 happy May boys after the game is now part of family lore. Since Dad passed away in March, I won't ever experience a road trip like that ever again.
RE: OT: Great road trips - BobK - 05-20-2020
The 1992 Blockbuster bowl with my two sons and my parents. Big fun but remains the hottest game of my life. In Florida January 1.
1965 at USC. After 8 years of mostly nothing we are back. 0-0 after three quarters then Mike Garrett breaks lose and we lose. However the earlier Frosh game with Gene Washington and all showed the future was bright. Next day we watch the 49ers slaughter the Rams
RE: OT: Great road trips - Phogge - 05-20-2020
Two months in 1979 in Europe shooting long form "Road to Moscow" athlete profiles for the cheapskate IMG agency. Then Carter farted away the Olympics and the show never aired.
30 trips to the Super Bowl, 14 Final Fours, 27 World Series and getting paid.
Three months in Bermuda and Costa Rica in 1994 shooting the SI Swimsuit video.
RE: OT: Great road trips - BobK - 05-20-2020
Three months? Really :). What a road trip
RE: OT: Great road trips - OutsiderFan - 05-20-2020
Knoxville for Cal at Tennessee in 2006. Bears got crushed but had a blast for all but about 3 hrs of time in Neyland Stadium. Tailgated with Tennessee fans before the game. Best sports trip I’ve ever had.
Even remember being in an airport tram at ATL with then Cincy hoops coach Bob Huggins!
RE: OT: Great road trips - terry - 05-20-2020
(05-20-2020, 01:41 PM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: Michigan football was always a big deal in my house growing up. I learned Hail The Victors along with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. So for my Dad's 70th birthday, my three brothers and I organized a weekend in Ann Arbor with Dad and his two brothers to watch Michigan host Michigan State in the Big House. My Dad and uncles all graduated from Michigan (along with one of my brothers).
It was an epic weekend in every respect. My uncles had not been back on campus since they graduated 40-50 years prior. All of the alums had a great time walking around and reminiscing. And the football game itself was a classic. Biggest 4th quarter comeback in Michigan Stadium history and Michigan beat their hated rival in 3 OTs. The photo of 7 happy May boys after the game is now part of family lore. Since Dad passed away in March, I won't ever experience a road trip like that ever again.
Awesome story!
RE: OT: Great road trips - Papa John - 05-20-2020
I took a road trip with my Stanford roommate to a Stanford-Colorado football game at Folsom Field in the 1990s (can't remember the exact year). It was a beautiful setting and Boulder is an awesome town. Took a side trip to Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park.
I remember that Stanford lost the game on a controversial--well, controversial to Stanford fans--last-minute touchdown. But I would still recommend without reservation Boulder, CO for a September road trip.
RE: OT: Great road trips - BostonCard - 05-20-2020
(05-20-2020, 05:51 PM)Papa John Wrote: I took a road trip with my Stanford roommate to a Stanford-Colorado football game at Folsom Field in the 1990s (can't remember the exact year). It was a beautiful setting and Boulder is an awesome town. Took a side trip to Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park.
I remember that Stanford lost the game on a controversial--well, controversial to Stanford fans--last-minute touchdown. But I would still recommend without reservation Boulder, CO for a September road trip.
Would have been 1990. On the return trip in 1993, we beat #7 Colorado 41-37 with a Bill Walsh coached team before I got to campus as a freshman. Unfortunately, that win was the high point of the season, as we lost six out of the next eight games and finished the season 4-7.
Fun fact, we won three games by four points each and one game by three.
BC
lex24 - lex24 - 05-20-2020
1992. My brother, brother-in-law and I took my Dad to the ND game for his 70th birthday. Dad is the reason I’m a Stanford fan. We met up with two of his cousins from Iowa, who also were among his closest friends. Stayed at the Knickebocker in Chicago. (It was a Cardozo trip). Hit Wrigley Friday afternoon. Went to one of Chicago’s famous steak houses for dinner and a couple martinis.
Hopped on the Stanford train to SB in the morn. Watched as Stanford fell behind 16-0. Turned to Dad and said “ We came 2,000 miles for this ” You know the rest.
I don’t remember the train back. Delirium set in about 1/3 of the way home. I just remember it was a happy train! Dad always talked about how special that trip was. And it certainly was.
Years later I got the opportunity to meet John Lynch on the sidelines of a Stanford game. He was with his young son. I don’t often do this as I think athletes don’t like to be bugged– but I walked up to him and I said something along the lines of: “Mr. Lynch in 1992 I took my father to the Stanford- Notre Dame game for his 70th birthday. It was one of the special times that we had together. And you were incredible that day. i still remember you flattening Jerome Bettis causing that key fumble. And I just want to let you know that we appreciated it.” I was glad to be able to say that to him with his son there.
I’ll never forget that trip.
RE: OT: Great road trips - winflop - 05-22-2020
2011 @ U$C. We unknowingly booked the same hotel as the team - we just wanted to stay near Pasadena where a long-time friend from Stanford lives. As we come out of the elevator door on Friday night, the first person we see is Andrew Luck. High fives, wished him good luck, and my 13 year-old son proceeds to text all of his friends. Some hobnobbing in the lobby with players and their families before hitting the sack. Saturday breakfast at Roscoe's, followed by a walk on the Santa Monica Pier & beach, tailgate, and then the greatest college football game I've ever been to. The capper was listening to LA talk radio as we drove back home Sunday morning, listening to Lane Kiffin whine and complain about the officiating.
RE: OT: Great road trips - terry - 05-22-2020
Our trip to the Army game in 2013 --
Several days in NYC before the game. Two Broadway shows, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 9-11 Memorial, Central Park, etc.
Then a drive up the Hudson Valley. Stayed at a B&B near West Point. Toured the West Point campus. Visited some local history sites.
Game day -- Cadet parade on the Plain. Skydivers. A routine win for Stanford, 34-20.
Drove across upstate NY in the days following the game. Visited the FDR historic site at Hyde Park. Toured the baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. Stayed in the Finger Lakes area for a few days including wine tasting, a visit to Cornell, and a hike in Watkins Glen State Park. Visited the Museum of Glass in Corning. Ended up at Niagara Falls.
A really fun trip, mostly for reasons other than football.
RE: OT: Great road trips - Phogge - 05-22-2020
Echo the Army game. Loved West Point.
RE: OT: Great road trips - WBB fan - 05-23-2020
All our great road trips for Stanford sports have been WBB related, including every time they have played in Oregon since 1990 -- except for the year the dog was too sick for us to leave her. We have always driven. But the most memorable trip via car was in 1997, when the NCAA regionals were in Missoula. We missed our plane flight from SF on Thursday afternoon and couldn't find any sort of backup flight. So we made an on the spot decision to drive, to get there for the game on Friday night. Drove all night, made it after 1100 miles on the road in time for the Friday game. For other sports, lots of trips, all track and field and/or Olympics related.
RE: OT: Great road trips - UltimateCard - 05-23-2020
Mine is a WBB story, too. After using frequent flyer miles to get my freshman dorm mate and myself to the Final Four in Knoxville in 1990, she returned the favor as we made our way to the 1991 regionals in Las Vegas in her Honda CRX. We left after work, cruising down I-5 and then east on I-15 before hitting total gridlock in the middle of the night as we approached Tehachapi Pass. Thankfully, there were blankets in the car as we were stuck in sub-freezing temps for 3 or 4 hours. When traffic started moving again, we passed hundreds of jugs of Gallo wine which had been deposited by a jackknifed big rig. We made it to our hotel in Vegas and got in a nap before rooting on the Cardinal to another Final Four (in New Orleans where they lost in the semis to eventual champ Tennessee). The trip to the Final Four in Los Angeles the following year was less eventful (and more satisfying!).
RE: OT: Great road trips - WBB fan - 05-23-2020
(05-23-2020, 05:42 PM)UltimateCard Wrote: Mine is a WBB story, too. After using frequent flyer miles to get my freshman dorm mate and myself to the Final Four in Knoxville in 1990, she returned the favor as we made our way to the 1991 regionals in Las Vegas in her Honda CRX. We left after work, cruising down I-5 and then east on I-15 before hitting total gridlock in the middle of the night as we approached Tehachapi Pass. Thankfully, there were blankets in the car as we were stuck in sub-freezing temps for 3 or 4 hours. When traffic started moving again, we passed hundreds of jugs of Gallo wine which had been deposited by a jackknifed big rig. We made it to our hotel in Vegas and got in a nap before rooting on the Cardinal to another Final Four (in New Orleans where they lost in the semis to eventual champ Tennessee). The trip to the Final Four in Los Angeles the following year was less eventful (and more satisfying!).
Love this trip to Vegas story. We were there too. I had broken my leg a week earlier skiing, so driving was a bit difficult ( and I do most of the family driving on our road trips). We had a bunch of frequent flyer miles that were going to expire. Couldn't think of anything we wanted to do in Vegas other than go to the regional. So we flew to Vegas for the semis, took a cab to UNLV. After the game was over, took a cab back to the airport and flew home. Two nights later, flew back to Vegas for the final. Again, a cab to UNLV for the game. After the game, a cab back to the airport and again flew home. Next weekend, we flew to New Orleans for the final four, stayed there the whole weekend.