The 2013 football season could quite possibly be some of the best months of my entire life. They are perched at the top of the list right now, we'll see if they can hold their own up there.
Miracle at Jordan Hare
Kick Bama Kick
The SEC Championship
The National Championship
whew, what a year.
I think I may be writing this post just so I can look at all the pictures again for the 38274892173498 time. But, also because it was a big season for Matthew, and I want to be able to come back to this post and remember how awesome he was this year. He worked on the field for every home football game, and he kicked butt (and looked hot) doing it.
This post is unfortunately just chocked full of Instagram photos since I don't take my large camera to the games, but they're still fun to see all in one place.
These are photos from all regular season games and the SEC championship.
The National Championship game earned some tears a post of its own.
Things I want to Remember
- Matthew worked every home game on the field.
- We had four season tickets in section 43.
- For some games I sat in the student section, when family came in I sat in our season ticket seats. (Georgia game in student section with Julia, Iron Bowl in season seats with mom and dad.)
▼ MY INSTAGRAMS ▼
▼ After Georgia game - Miracle in Jordan Hare ▼
▼ the night before the Iron Bowl ▼
▼ "And Chris Davis takes it in the back of the end zone. He'll run it out to the 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 45—THERE GOES DAVIS! DAVIS IS GOING TO RUN IT ALL THE WAY BACK! AUBURN'S GOING TO WIN THE FOOTBALL GAME! AUBURN'S GOING TO WIN THE FOOTBALL GAME! HE RAN THE MISSED FIELD GOAL BACK! HE RAN IT BACK 109 YARDS! THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP THEM OFF THE FIELD TONIGHT! HOLY COW! OH MY GOD! AUBURN WINS! AUBURN HAS WON THE IRON BOWL! AUBURN HAS WON THE IRON BOWL IN THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE FASHION YOU WILL EVER SEE! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT! 34–28! AND WE THOUGHT 'A MIRACLE IN JORDAN-HARE' WAS AMAZING! OH MY LORD IN HEAVEN! CHRIS DAVIS... JUST RAN IT... ONE HUNDRED... AND NINE YARDS... AND AUBURN... IS GOING TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!" ▼
▼ We were blessed to be given a hotel room through Matthew's job at the athletic department.
This also meant we stayed in the same hotel as the team. I was smitten. ▼
▼ FRONT ROW! ▼
▼ After the SEC Championship game, we were on edge about the Ohio State vs. Michigan State game, which had the potential to basically guarantee Auburn a spot in the National Championship game if #2 Ohio State lost. We returned to the hotel to watch the game. We were exhausted and our bodies were achy from the long day at the Georgia Dome, but when Michigan State was about to knock off Ohio State, we sprinted to the hotel bar along with the cheerleaders and other fans. We got there just in time to see Michigan State win, and the place went crazy. Auburn was in and we had a hotel jammie party in the bar! I even forgot to put a bra back on in the excitement. Auburn FAMILY right? We also got to witness the football operations staff immediately snap into action in the lobby and begin planning for the team to travel to the NCG. They whipped out their notebooks and their phones and went to work. ▼
▼ MATTHEW'S INSTAGRAMS ▼
