xoxo, stephanie marie: Colorado {CSU Football}

August 31, 2017

Colorado {CSU Football}

Saturday was the main event - the very first ever game at the new on-campus Colorado State Stadium! The game was sold out and you could feel the excitement in the air as everyone got there early to tour the grounds and take pictures. The stadium is beautiful {for $220 million, I would hope so} and there's a fun energy knowing that you're right on campus with all the students and fans. Our seats were pretty high up and when there was no cloud cover it was about 100 degrees in the bright Colorado sunshine {needless to say, we were sweaty}. For the first ever game, they asked the fans to "stripe the stadium", wearing either green or white depending on the section you were sitting in, and it made for a fun look when checking out your surroundings. It was also military appreciation day at the field, and at the end of the National Anthem there was a big flyover of military planes along with a very cool military helicopter. About halfway thru the 2nd half, Dad and I needed a respite from the heat {and were starving} so we ventured over to the other side to wait in a 40 minute line for a cheeseburger and Old Aggie - the new lager from New Belgium specifically celebrating CSU. While the line was long, it was nice to get out of the sun for a bit :) We braved the heat until the very end of the game to watch CSU beat Oregon State 58-27, an impressive win over a Pac-12 team in the first game of the football season. Whether it was the adrenaline of a sold out crowd or just an awesome football team, it was so fun to watch the boys in green looking so dominant out on the field. Going to this game is something I'll remember forever, and I'm so glad I got to witness it with my dad :)