In December my Aunt Debbie flew out to San Diego from Boise to see the Boise State Football team play in the Pointsettia Bowl. I met her downtown for lunch and then we headed over to the stadium for the tailgate party.
I never knew there were so many die-hard BSU fans. My aunt had her BSU shirt, sweatshirt and parka as well as orange rain slickers (just in case, luckily the weather was nice), an orange purse which garnered multiple compliments from other fans, blue and orange marti gras beads and a fake tatoo on her cheek! She even brought me a BSU hoodie because there was no way she'd let me go if I didn't represent. :)
They played TCU, or Texas Christian University. And there were no where near as many fans for TCU as there were for BSU. The energy was great, everyone on vacation in San Diego to watch their hometeam play in a bowl game, just having fun. 
There were about 35,000 fans at the game and I swear, probably 25,000 were rooting for BSU. I was amazed at how many Boisens (?) came out to SD for the game. Overall we had a really fun time but unfortunately BSU lost, 17-16. Darn! It was great fun hanging out with my aunt though and now I'm looking forward to making a trip out there to see them on home turf. Apparently they are the only ones with blue turf, humorously termed Smurf Turf. Lol.
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