My first Iowa football game

My first Iowa football game that I ever went to was the best Iowa game I have went to so far.  My cousin was getting recruited by Iowa for football so he got four tickets to the game and brought my dad and I along as well as my uncle. Before the game started we got to eat brunch in the indoor practice facility, and then got a tour of Kinnick Stadium.  During our tour we were able to go onto the field while the players were warming up, and then got to walk by the locker rooms and see all of the championship trophies Iowa has won.  Iowa was playing Penn State that day and the legendary Coach Joe Paterno who has the most victories of any coach in college football history.  We had great seats too, as we sat in the third row in the corner of the endzone.  Iowa dominated the whole game and won easily 24-3.  After the game we went out to where the players come out of the locker room to see if we could pictures with any of the players.  We managed to get pictures with two players, Fred Russell who was the starting running back, and Robert Gallery who was the starting left tackle and a second overall pick in the NFL draft.  It was funny because the two players were complete opposites.  Fred Russell was only 5'8", while Gallery was 6'8".  So to one I looked really short, and the other really tall.  So to this day I can say that I got to stand next to the second overall pick in the NFL draft, and get a picture with him.  By far this was the best Iowa game I have been to only because I got to tour Kinnick stadium and see an Iowa victory, but also because I got a picture taken with an NFL star.