re: What's your favorite road trip you've taken?

Florida. When Lattimore ran for about 1000 yards and was dragging Gators all over the field. Won the East, and the Swamp was quiet pretty much the entire game after the opening kickoff.

Florida, 2006. Spurrier's return to Gainesville. The game where Jarvis Moss blocked two field goals and essentially put UF in the title game.

The weather was beautiful, the fans were friendly, and the game was one of the best games in the SEC in the last decade. Even though Carolina lost, it was a lot of fun, and all the Gators I met were genuinely gracious, good people.

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how would you describe the atmosphere of the day prior to the game?

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Best I've ever seen (including 9-6 LSU in Tuscaloosa

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wow, that's pretty high praise.

Sure why not

Probably 2003 SECCG in Atlanta. We showed those Dawgs how to tailgate and party! LSU 34 UGA 13

HM:
1982 Freshman year - Birmingham LSU 20 bama 10
bama had ZERO first downs and 5 yards total offense at halftime. Didn't do much better after that...

2012 Auburn LSU 12 Auburn 10. Very nice tailgating
and hospitality.

2013 Miss State LSU 59 MSU 26 Minus the stupid GD MF cowbells, it was cool...

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Athens, black-out game in 2008. Not even close

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This... it's really not close.

Caveat, "road trip," includes more than the game. Best game would probably belong to 2012 SECCG or the battle against Clemson 2 weeks ago.

But that road trip, and, that game... it was the actual "Bama's Back" game we have all longed for. The Friday night and Saturday bender cannot be described, and the atmosphere pre-game was just insane. The elation following that game was simply something I'll never forget.

State College PA was fun. Seeing Amish country (Lancaster) was a damn good experience. Had dinner with an Amish family and it was really cool. Learned a lot about there culture. Tried to bang the daughter but it didn't work out.

Their farms are being sold at a high rate and technology/urbanism is slowly engulfing their communities. It's also becoming tougher for the families to pass down their farms when the kids don't want to continue that lifestyle. I highly suggest visiting Lancaster but get off the main roads and out of the tourist spots. Check out some of the smaller towns in the county.

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Tried to bang the daughter but it didn't work out.

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Bet she had tons o' bush

I've enjoyed almost every road trip I have taken (except Morgantown, West Virginia).

Best game and overall experience for me was the BCS Title game that Auburn won in Arizona. Auburn won the natty and the trip was a lot of fun as well. Neat to see a different part of the country and we did some good hiking in the surrounding areas. Maybe that doesn't count b/c it wasn't a "road" trip (I flew) and it was a bowl game, not another campus.

For me the best tailgating was in Baton Rouge and the friendliest opposing fans were in Clemson.

Back to a bowl game, I think the most fun destination is the Sugar Bowl b/c the Superdome is so close to the FQ. The Rose Bowl was the prettiest setting, but I didn't like the way it was kind of by itself away from everything.

USC '14 was a good trip. Friendly fans, great food, good entertainment, and of course the debut of the Kenny-for-Heisman campaign didn't hurt. Little did we know...

The only downer was USC bringing out USC student and MOH recipient Kyle Carpenter for a pregame motivational speech. I thought that was dirty pool, and honestly thought A&M might be doomed.

I also enjoyed Ole Miss '12 and '13 and was grateful that we weren't murdered after stealing both games. The Grove was a muddy mess both years, but the wimmens made up for it. But Oxford is close enough that we just drove up game day - doesn't really qualify as a road trip.