This year Michael and Debi Benson invited us to go see the final season game, Stanford vs. Notre Dame. We jumped at the chance and loved every minute of the two night get-a-way.
Stanford has a new stadium, built the first year we were in Abu Dhabi so we loved seeing the incredible structure. It seats half the number of people as the previous stadium and gives all in attendance a much better view of the game.
Our seats were great. We sat on the 20 yard line behind the Notre Dame team only 4 rows up!
We could hear the clash of the helmets and the calls of the quarterback. It was awesome.
The game didn't disappoint. Notre Dame made a great showing. Giving Stanford a run for their money until the second half when the Cardinal came alive and thanks to amazing play by Gerhart, Stanford made and exciting come-back to win, 45-38.
(By the way..How is it fare that Dr. Hotpants looks better NOW than he did when he played there over 20 years ago??)
The 4 of us with Hoover Tower (faintly) in the background.
After the game everyone rushed onto the field to celebrate and congratulate Gerhart for breaking all kinds of records.
Timing worked out that we were able to see Sargon, Habib, Tammy, and Sargon's Father, Ron. What a treat. With Sargon and Habib in Afghanistan we have spent Thanksgiving/Christmas with them in Abu Dhabi. We never dreamed we might get to see them here in the US on the same weekend this year. The weekend before Thanksgiving Habib was honored by CENTCOM for his contributions to the US military in Afghanistan. After receiving this prestigious award in D.C. Habib got to see a lot of the US on his first visit to this country. He saw Florida, Las Vegas and the Bay area.
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