Golden's 2009 Football Season in Pictures

Golden's 2009 Football Season in Pictures

Week One: LSU 31 Washington 23 @ Husky Stadium with my nephew Damian
Husky Stadium 2 Husky Stadium 4
Husky Stadium: red arrow points to our seats; overhang blocked our view of top of scoreboard so that we couldn't see the time

Husky Stadium 8
View from our seats in LAST ROW (GZ) of upper deck, which slopes even steeper than Tiger Stadium.
Tiger fans in rows right in front of us and off to right of us.

Week Two: LSU 23 Vanderbilt 9 @ Tiger Stadium with Richard Dempsey
LSU-Vandy 1 LSU-Vandy 2
For the second week in a row, I sat in the last row of the upper deck (Bob Uecker section). First time I've ever sat in West Upper Deck (old or new).
Rainy night in Tiger Stadium. My poncho was a lifesaver. New scoreboard at North End visible in the second picture.

LSU-Vandy 3 Crowd thinned out in second half.

Week Three: LSU 31 ULL 3 @ Tiger Stadium September 19, 2009 with Brother Eldon

I'm always happy in Tiger Stadium before a game.
We got two East Side tickets from someone we met at tailgating.

Right before halftime

Band in Maravich Center
Tiger Band entertains Tiger Athletic Foundation members in Maravich Center before game.
LSU band is only one with three national awards.

Week Five: LSU 20 Georgia 13 @ Sanford Stadium October 3, 2009 with Pete Cannizaro Inside Sanford Stadium Neal before Georgia Game
Pregame at Sanford Stadium; View from our seats on Row 4, 50 yard line
Hot Q2 action; we stood every play to see.

Week Six: Florida 13 LSU 3 @ Tiger Stadium October 10, 2009 with Brother Eldon

We lucked out with seats in lower west side; not an empty seat in sight by game time
Right before LSU's FG

Week Eight: LSU 31 Auburn 3 @ Tiger Stadium October 24, 2009
Auburn Q1 Action
Auburn pregame (L) and first quarter action from West upper deck

Week Nine: LSU 42 Tulane 0 @ Tiger Stadium October 31, 2009 Tiger Stadium with Richard Dempsey
Golden at Tulane Game 2009 50th Anniversary of Cannon's Run
Golden in South End Zone at Tulane Game; Playing Cannon's Run on Big Screen on 50th Anniversary

Honoring Billy Cannon for His '59 Run
Billy Cannon honored at approximate spot where his famous '59 punt return started; Tiger Band and Alumni Band at halftime

Week Ten: New Orleans Saints 30 Carolina Panthers 20 @ Louisiana Superdome with Louie
Saints-Panthers
See that hat? Saints are undefeated this year when I wear it. Of course, they're also undefeated when I don't wear it.

Week Eleven: Florida State 41 Wake Forest 28 @ Winston-Salem with my cousin Andrew and his nephew James
BB&T Field Entrance Golden @ BB&T FIeld
BB&T Field – first class entrance; beautiful warm day after Ida left the area
BB&T Field End Zone View FSU-Wake Forest 2nd Half Action
View from end zone; second half action

Seminoles dominated from the start to end their three-game losing streak to Wake Forest. Bowden's club is now 5-5 and can become bowl eligible for the 28th straight year by beating Maryland at home this Saturday.

It was fun to watch Jimbo Fisher's O operate even with the backup QB at the helm. (More on this below when discussing the LSU game.)

FSU is quite young, a point Bobby has made in his quest to coach one more year. Most of the starters on both sides of the ball are frosh and sophs. Of course, that means there was a two-year hole in recruiting several years ago.