FB: Midwest Conference

[Maverick]

The visitor's bleachers are nice, which they should be since they are brand new; but it's certainly not the biggest set of stands that you've ever seen.  I don't know for sure what amount the visitor's side will hold...hopefully there are no open seats on the home side for you Knight fans to invade though.   Only pics I know of are those in the football stadium photo gallery on the MC website.

[scottie]

http://www.monm.edu/slideshows/football-field/football-field6.htm

Here you go.  This was taken during the construction phase.  I believe Monmouth also put up a temporary set of bleachers right next to these, but Aurora didn't need them.  There is also ample room to stand on your side of the field, if anyone has trouble sitting still.  You certainly don't need to come over to the homeside and displace anyone.   

[Walston Hoover]

Definitely won't displace anyone, but if there's open seats in a corner a little higher up come game time, and no room left on the visitor's side, I may be there. Don't worry though, I'm quiet. You'll never know I'm there.
I tend to maximize my time in the lots before games so odds are if there's another good Knight following, I may not have a seat on the side with the good guys.

[scottie]

Pat:  I just listened to the podcast and heard you say that you're hoping to come to the Monmouth/Wartburg game.  Is this true?? 

[Maverick]

Pat:  I just listened to the podcast and heard you say that you're hoping to come to the Monmouth/Wartburg game.  Is this true?? 

Wow, the real PC making an appearance in the Maple City?!?!  Impressive if that is true and actually happens on Saturday.

[Walston Hoover]

Hey Scots-
What is the town like? Will we be able to travel light and pick up provisions in town or should we bring everything with us? Some sort of supermarket close to the stadium?

[Maverick]

Hey Scots-
What is the town like? Will we be able to travel light and pick up provisions in town or should we bring everything with us? Some sort of supermarket close to the stadium?

Walston - The town is good, I always have a good time when I'm in Monmouth...of course, I grew up there, so maybe I'm biased.  There is a County Market on the north end of town, corner of 6th Street and the highway (Route 34), which is just about a half-mile or so north of campus.  I think that would be your best bet and you should be able to get whatever you will need there, unless it's something out of the ordinary that you're gonna be searching for.  Never know about some of you Iowa guys...

[Walston Hoover]

Other than making sure I have Iowa Corn-fed beef and pork, I'm down with whatever else the market has. Do they have liquor there or where is the best place for that?

[Maverick]

They have liquor there and if memory serves me, you should be able to buy it in the morning when you get to Monmouth.  I don't remember them having any rules against buying liquor before a certain time of day, but I can't recall for sure...so if anyone does, help me out here.

And just out of my own curiosity, if you're gonna be drinking "pop" like you said...why do you need to know about liquor sales anyhow?

[Walston Hoover]

Its for my uhhh, Dad, yeah. I'm buying it for my dad.

[Pat Coleman]

Actually, unfortunately, no longer true. When we recorded that yesterday I was ready to give up finding a fare that would get me to the game I really wanted to see: UW-Whitewater at Willamette.

Today I got some luck in that regard.

[Scots4]

I'm pretty sure that you can buy alcohol at anytime on a Saturday. This is just me going off of memory from previous tailgates before baseball and football games. Also, there is a shopko right across the street from county market if you forget anything along those lines. After the game, there is a few nice pizza places as well as all your normal fast-food restaurants if you are looking to sit down somewhere. A couple nice bars are there as well that will have sports on and cheap alcohol as well.

Pat, nice job on the podcast.

[scottie]

Actually, unfortunately, no longer true. When we recorded that yesterday I was ready to give up finding a fare that would get me to the game I really wanted to see: UW-Whitewater at Willamette.

Today I got some luck in that regard.

Maybe you can come to visit Monmouth in round 3 when the Scots host Whitewater....if we're not playing @ Willamette, that is.    

Okay, that's not a first round of trash-talk.  So don't go there.  ha ha!

[Walston Hoover]

I don't talk trash on message boards. I yell it across the field.

[Maverick]

Its for my uhhh, Dad, yeah. I'm buying it for my dad.

Yeah, I should've known that...such a nice guy to buy it for your dear old dad.

Actually, unfortunately, no longer true. When we recorded that yesterday I was ready to give up finding a fare that would get me to the game I really wanted to see: UW-Whitewater at Willamette.

Today I got some luck in that regard.

While UWW vs. Willamette should be a good game in the pacific northwest region, the one in the midwest with Monmouth vs. Wartburg should be good as well.  Too bad you can't make it PC, you could've shared some beverages in non-clear plastic cups with the Scots and Knights tailgaters!

I'm pretty sure that you can buy alcohol at anytime on a Saturday. This is just me going off of memory from previous tailgates before baseball and football games. Also, there is a shopko right across the street from county market if you forget anything along those lines. After the game, there is a few nice pizza places as well as all your normal fast-food restaurants if you are looking to sit down somewhere. A couple nice bars are there as well that will have sports on and cheap alcohol as well.

Pat, nice job on the podcast.

Good memory there, Scots4.  The pizza places are always good, we went to The Well after the Aurora game and there were plenty of MC folks down there having some drinks, eating some good bar food, watching some more college football, etc.

Actually, unfortunately, no longer true. When we recorded that yesterday I was ready to give up finding a fare that would get me to the game I really wanted to see: UW-Whitewater at Willamette.

Today I got some luck in that regard.

Maybe you can come to visit Monmouth in round 3 when the Scots host Whitewater....if we're not playing @ Willamette, that is.    

Okay, that's not a first round of trash-talk.  So don't go there.  ha ha!

You had to go there, didn't you scottie?!   You making the trip to Monmouth this weekend?  I threw some washers with your good buddy fs13 around 9 am on Saturday...never did see you though.

I don't talk trash on message boards. I yell it across the field.

How about across parking lot tailgates as well?