Buckeyes vs. Indiana - October 6

On the way to Columbus Friday evening, Pete and I stopped at Cambridge, Ohio for a newly found brewery, Southside Brewing Company. It's located along side Georgetown Vineyards. We met Tom, Pete's son Joe's father in law there. Beautiful scenery, good beer and pizza, and good company.

When we arrived in Columbus Friday night we received a text, caught an Uber and met Jeff and Sharon at the local Italian Festival.  Wow, nice warm evening, so a great crowd. We even ran into Bill and Bill Sperlazza and shared a cannoli with them.

Saturday morning we met Jeff and Sharon at the North Market for a pastry and a beer at 10 a.m. We later drove down to campus around noon. Game time temperature was 86 degrees!! Not bad for October.

Bill and Bill Sperlazza, Gabe and Luke, and Greg Faunda and his son stopped by and had a beer with us at the Northwest Parking Deck, where we park each week.

After a good victory, Pete and I went to Champs for a sandwich and a beer.

ANOTHER Great Weekend!!!

Buckeyes vs. Penn State September 29

Pete and I did not travel to the Penn State game. Instead several of us met at "Coaches" in Austintown to watch the game.

GREAT, INCREDIBLE third quarter scoring resulted in a win for the Buckeyes.

Following the game, Pete, Larry, Bill and I stopped over at Don's house for a victory drink. 

Buckeyes vs. Tulane September 22

On the way to Columbus, Pete and I stopped in Ashland at the Uniontown Brewery. Good beer, good people and we had some good appetizers.

After we left Ashland, we called my cousin Jeff who lives in Powell, Ohio. He suggested we stop over to his house for beer and pizza. We checked into the Hilton Garden Inn in Polaris and then took a ride to Jeff's place. We had a nice visit with Jeff and Linda where we had pizza and a beer or two from a local brewery. (Jeff knows the owner of the brewery. He is the original owner of Barley's Downtown)

The Tulane game was another "blow out" game. It was 42-6 at halftime.

Halftime was pretty cool as the alumni band and the Ohio State band did four script Ohio's on the field. And the highlight was when a 100 year old member of the alumni band dotted the "I".

We had some16 friends stop by the parking deck prior to the game. 

Fun time!!

(My niece Stacie took this picture from the car as we were pulling out of the parking deck"

Runaway game

Buckeyes vs. TCU - Sept. 15

We had the Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet this evening and so did not travel to TCU, although we had considered it. We did go to Coaches Bar in Austintown following the banquet and watched the second half. A great third quarter resulted in a win for the Buckeyes.

Buckeyes vs. Rutgers - September 8 - Victory 52-3

Another good weekend... weather sure didn't cooperate... however, fun weekend... and a Win!!!

On the way to Columbus, we continued our search for Ohio Breweries. Our first stop was at the Canton Brewing Company. We had stopped here in previous years and love the place. Great beer and good people.

Our second stop was at a new brewery for us ... JAFB Brewery in Wooster. Talked to a couple of nice people (both educators) and enjoyed a couple of IPA's (a hazy NE style IPA).

In case you are wondering, we asked, and the letters stand for "Just Another F...king Brewery" ;-)

Again, for the second straight week, the weather was incredibly raining... rained ALL day. Here I am ready to head over to the stadium for the start of the game.

This weeks game had the same results... a blowout victory by the score of 52-3.

ANOTHER good weekend!!!

OSU vs. Oregon State September 1 - Victory 77-31

Pete and I headed to Columbus for our first Buckeye game for 2018.

On the drive down, we first stopped at a brewery that we found on the "Ohio on Tap" app, in Ashland... Uniontown Brewing Company. It's located right downtown and as always we enjoyed the company and the beer selection.

Later Friday night we met Jeff and Sharon at the Greek Festival. Dancing, drinking and some great greek food.

 Saturday we went to the game. The first half the weather was extremely hot (in the 90's) but then at half time the rains came!!! It rained hard enough that the halftime was extended by nearly 1 1/2 hours.

The final score was 77-31 !!!!!

NCAA Rounds 1 & 2 - Indianapolis March 16-19, 2017

Joe and I left for Indy on Thursday after school. We arrived at our hotel a little after 9 PM. We walked to the Fieldhouse and then downtown to get something to eat.

On Friday, we attended two sessions (four games total) of great basketball.

Bankers Life Fieldhouse is a very impressive venue!!

Session 1

Michigan 92

Oklahoma State 91

Wichita State 64

Dayton 58

Between the 1st session and the 2nd session, we met Brian and his friends at the "Man Cave" for some refreshments. Great group of guys!

Session 2

Louisville  78

Jacksonville State 63

Kentucky 79

Northern Kentucky 70

On Saturday we met up with Joel and Clark at Champps around noon to watch some basketball!! Later, in the afternoon we went on a limo bus tour of four breweries. A fun time. During the tour we  met some young teachers who had all graduated from Butler and were in town to watch the Butler game that afternoon on TV. We were invited to go with them to Scotty's and watch the game...we did... and we watched as Butler won their game.

A Bus Brewery Tour on Saturday

We visited four different breweries.


On Saturday night, we met up with Joel and Clark at the "Slippery Noodle", Indianapolis' Oldest Blues Bar".

Then, On Sunday it was back for two more games.

Michigan 73

Louisville 69

Kentucky 65

Wichita State 62

Joe and I stayed over Sunday night and then drove home in the rain on Monday.

Another GREAT weekend !!!