Battle of Ohio (take two)

This morning, we got up early and headed to Cleveland at around 7:30am.  Guido likes to get there early to get a good spot for tailgating and to start cooking.  He had a ton of food and everything packed the night before.  He’s very meticulous about his tailgating.  Once we were parked and set up, we were welcomed by this message printed on a cornhole board:

The guys who owned it had spied our Bengals gear (just Dan and I) and moved this so that we could see it.  We spent the next few hours eating lots of food, playing cornhole off and on and sitting around chatting.  It was great fun and a nice break from my reading sprees as of late.

Here’s my mom and I chatting with Guido:

And Guido making one of his classic faces and wearing one of his classic hats:

The game started at 1, so we headed over at around 12:30.  The weather was perfect football weather and so much better than last year… and the game got really good.  The Bengals were up 14-0 for awhile, but managed to let the Browns take the lead at 14-20 by close to the end of the game.  Then, we left and headed home, but listened the rest in the car and it turns out that the Bengals scored a touchdown after we left, but missed the extra point.  So, they went into overtime and the Bengals finally scored with only 7 seconds left.  Exciting game.  I’m tired.

Oh, there are more pictures under the piictures tab.  Enjoy.