010912

Spent the day with my Dad in NOLA. Randomly ran into two of his HS buddies that tons of his stories from back then are based around. He's not one to seek those friends out anymore so it was great to see him run into them and reminisce.

Ate lunch at Palace Café that my girlfriend-now wife-was nice enough to send a gift certificate to pick up the check for.

Walked up and down Bourbon and throughout the French Quarter. Enjoyed one of the single greatest days of my life with my Dad.

Then watched without question the most galling, gut-wrenching, most complete and total defeat of the one team in organized sport that I love more than any other. In their single greatest, most dominant season in their history.

Was so bittersweet convincing my Dad to stay until the end. I wanted to soak in every second of the experience because in a sense, the outcome was shockingly bad and yet, I sort've didn't want the day to end regardless of how incredibly sobering the outcome on the field was.

I'm not sure how many more games my Dad has in his life, but we were in the Dome for two National Championship Games where LSU was on the field and Nick Saban was the coach. If nothing else, we saw the first one in almost 50 years back in 2003. But somehow, 010912 was more poignant because I'm not sure if I'll ever enjoy a season, or a day, or my father's company like that ever again.

010912 and 21-0 definitely gets my vote.

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Posted by Funky Tide 8

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Posted on 6/30/15 at 9:59 am to GFunk

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Spent the day with my Dad in NOLA. Randomly ran into two of his HS buddies that tons of his stories from back then are based around. He's not one to seek those friends out anymore so it was great to see him run into them and reminisce.

Ate lunch at Palace Café that my girlfriend-now wife-was nice enough to send a gift certificate to pick up the check for.

Walked up and down Bourbon and throughout the French Quarter. Enjoyed one of the single greatest days of my life with my Dad.

Then watched without question the most galling, gut-wrenching, most complete and total defeat of the one team in organized sport that I love more than any other. In their single greatest, most dominant season in their history.

Was so bittersweet convincing my Dad to stay until the end. I wanted to soak in every second of the experience because in a sense, the outcome was shockingly bad and yet, I sort've didn't want the day to end regardless of how incredibly sobering the outcome on the field was.

I'm not sure how many more games my Dad has in his life, but we were in the Dome for two National Championship Games where LSU was on the field and Nick Saban was the coach. If nothing else, we saw the first one in almost 50 years back in 2003. But somehow, 010912 was more poignant because I'm not sure if I'll ever enjoy a season, or a day, or my father's company like that ever again.