This post will obviously date me a tad bit, but here goes anyway!
That's right, game day always begins the night before (after high school FB games) at Barry's until closing...then in the hotel room with crazy old people who know how to handle the hard stuff (alcohol that is) and then an early morning Bloody Mary to quell an unsteady head. Head over to the University Bookstore for some shopping and gawking...Usually hit Val's buffet before the game if I wasn't tailgating and showing off the mad culinary skills I've developed over the years...I think they stole the "Brat Tub" from me, without credit even....
Strolling the campus with the Big Red Faithful, being there when the band does there thing...the Tunnel Walk (a late addition in my gameday experience-but definitely the most thrilling...)March Grandioso (?) is a fave...then the game food and assorted section kept beverages (back in the day you passed whatever anti-freeze you brought around to protect us all from the elements.)
After the game, Misty's is the best, up in Havelock or downtown...Don't forget the Haymarket and what was the name of the bar headed down 10th or 14th Street in the 80s? (Age is definitely getting to me now!)
I miss the atmosphere...UNLV Rebel fans don't have the class of the Husker faithful...that's for sure.
Man, I can't wait for the season to begin...You all are great therapy.
Out,
HR