Our trip to Salt Lake City!!!!

Brady and I decided it might be fun to go to an away game for the Spartans. The furthest they came out West was Salt Lake City to play BYU. We decided, what the heck, lets make a weekend of it. So we flew out on Saturday morning and got to Utah around 11:30 or so, got lunch, chatted with some very friendly BYU fans and then headed off to the game. For those of you that don't know, BYU was ranked 20th, and MSU ranked 10th, so we were up for a good game. I still have no idea why a game like that was not televised, luckily we went because the game was an edge of your seat type game. Anyway, the game started off with a prayer.... yes I said it, a prayer.... both Brady and I were taken a back for a second, we thought we were going to a basketball game, not a church service. Anyway, after the prayer, the game was underway, and I am telling you, the way MSU was playing it wouldn't have surprised me if we finished the game with 35 points... In the first ten minutes we had scored 8 points.... Definately wasn't planning on making a trip for this type of game. But in the second half it was a completely different team and we won by seven!!!! Yeah!!!! Meanwhile, we happened to be sitting next to four Spartan Alumns, and after the game met a couple of them out at the bar (bar... i know what your thinking.... they have those in Utah.... well they do, it only took us about 45 minutes to find one!!!!) We spent a good 2 1/2 hours talking to these '95 grads who now live in Denver, we talked about everything from football and basketball to the craziest thing that ever happened to us at MSU. It was so much fun!!!!!! We then flew back on Sunday. It was a great trip and I can not wait to do another one just like it!

Here are the bball boys in Pre-game warm up.
MSU bball on the big screen.
Announcing the starting line up.... and now #41..... Marquise Graaaaayyyy
The opening tip off.
When MSU tied up the game in the second half we thought this was a better time than any other time to take a picture, because who knows how this might end up.

The Final Score: 61-68. MSU wins, after suffering a 14 point defecit in the first half!
YEAH!!!! GO STATE!!!! We were some proud Spartan Alumns!!!!
Go STATE!
How georgious was it there? The snow capped mountains in the background! It was awesome. Here is the capitol building.
More Mountains! Absolutely georgious.