This past weekend we traveled up to Raleigh for the NC State-Georgia Tech football game. Adriene’s father is an NC State grad so this game always puts Adriene in an unfortunate position. If NC State wins, I’m in a bad mood. If Georgia Tech wins, her dad is in a bad mood. I feel for her. This is the last year that NC State will play Tech for a while, so maybe she’ll have a reprieve for a while. Since it was the last time the teams would play each other for a while, we knew we had to go to Raleigh one more time. I always enjoy going to Raleigh and driving around the city as her parents reminiscence about their college memories and the early years of their marriage and we get to hit some of the local restaurants that they used to go to.

We also welcomed our friends Mike and Kari and Kari’s mother to the game with us. They are new to the college football experience and I thought they’d enjoy seeing what we go so crazy about. Of course, I should’ve known that they would get the joy of experiencing sitting in front of a drunken, obnoxious Georgia Tech fan. The college football experience indeed. Fortunately, they took it well with a laugh. Probably better than if he had sat in front of my father-in-law, I’m guessing. Overall, I think they had a pretty good time, and it was good to see them again.

They may have also got to witness another Tech tradition. It’s no secret that Tech students are a bunch of kleptos and enjoy stealing “T’s” from various locations. Here’s a (blurry and crummy, admittedly) picture of the stands at Carter-Finley Stadium before the game.

…and here’s a picture in the 3rd quarter….

Was there really someone so gutsy as to steal a T in the middle of a game?