It's a beautiful day for football!

OH MAN, HAD I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR SO LONG! :D

It was finally the opening day of college football season, and specifically MSU's first game! :D Jack and I had been reading Bleacher Reports for the past month (or more like he informed me of all of the important articles to read :p) and we were both so psyched for that first game!!

Not only was this my first ACTUAL football game (Note: 'actual' as in the first time I got to see pre game and NOT work parking for Special Events), it was also the first time I stood in the FRONT ROW OF THE STUDENT SECTION! My friend texted me earlier in the week and we made the spontaneous decision to wait out for front row seats instead of tailgating or whatnot. I ended up getting there at 11 am and this is what it looked like by 3pm:

Crazy, huh? We decided to take shifts because waiting 9 hours for a 3 hour football game is rough, but definitely well worth it. I made some pretty cool friends too! One of the other guys who was waiting in for the front row had been there since 8:00 am and he's been doing this for EVERY football and basketball game since his freshman year! That's what I love seeing: MSU sport fan dedication. :) And because we were there so early, we got interviewed by Boise State sports telecasters, and then by WXYZ Detroit! My mom said she saw our group on TV a ton that night, too! This is the group I was with the whole time, and definitely an AMAZING group to spend the day/night with:

The student gates filled up pretty fast after that though. Good thing we got there super early! 

The gates opened two hours before kick off, so we had to make a mad dash to get to the front row before every other line. But, thankfully, we all made it! I didn't even look at the new scoreboards until I secured a seat, but oh my goodness. These babies are BEAUTIFUL. Seriously, who couldn't love being at a football game when you can see every replay crystal clear?!

Jack and I in the front row. I'm super sunburned because I had been waiting outside all day since 11am. And it was soooo hot!

I didn't get any pictures DURING the game because I was far to engrossed in watching our Spartans BEAT BOISE STATE! It was a pretty close game for a while, but that last quarter was ours :) Can't wait until the next game at Central!

GO GREEN!