Last week was crazy. I had 2 tests on Thursday and 1 on Friday. I also was lucky enough to come down with a pretty bad cold that made studying even more fun.

Saturday was also really busy but a much better kind of busy.  We had weights and conditioning starting at 9:30. As I walked over to the Coliseum at 8:15 am and people were already tailgating and playing beer pong on the side of the road. After weights I got some lunch and waited for my family to get here.

My brother and one of his teammates were coming up on an unofficial visit to play some pickup with the team and some other recruits we had on campus and then go to the game.
As I looked around the gym taking note of the following things I couldn’t help but be thankful and think about how blessed my family is:

  • the fact that I’m playing at UGA now
  • my brother out on the court as a 15 year old high schooler holding his own
  • my parents being able to be there

I wish my sister could have been there but she chose to be a Yellow Jacket…

After pickup we had a great tailgate with chicken fingers, bbq pork & chicken, ribs and a bunch of sides.  We ate and then headed over to the stadium.  It was only my second game at Sanford Stadium and it was awesome.  Here are the highlights if you missed the game.

I watched the game from the student section and it was definitely different from my old school where people rarely stayed for the whole game.  I will say I would have been extremely pissed if I had been one of the people that got drenched when 5+ people threw full sodas into the air after UGA’s kick return TD.  Also when I tried to make my way down the stairs people were just chilling in the middle of the aisles chatting it up.  I was actually debating to myself which was worse: running the entire stadium like we did as a team with nobody in it or trying to navigate while it was full of drunk kids?

It turns out NBA players Richard Jefferson and Luke Walton were in town for the game. I met Jefferson after the game and will update the blog later on in the week with an interesting story I heard about their trip.

Check out the photos section of the site for some pics we took in the locker room on picture day.