SEC Tourney

A picture inside the arena at Friday's game against Florida

Our players in a huddle while Florida's cheerleaders and mascot were entertaining the crowd

Due to Matt's work, we couldn't go on a BIG trip for Spring Break, so we decided to go to the SEC Tournament in Nashville. If you really know us, you know that that could be a plan for disaster, but we got lucky!

Last time we decided to make a trip to the tourney it was in Atlanta. That was the year that a tornado hit the Georgia Dome and the tourney was closed to the public. Yes, we drove all of the hours there to sit in a bar and watch the games. Fun, fun, fun...

Luckily, this year the tourney was much closer. We decided to leave as soon as I got off work to get to the 6:30 game. We were loaded in the Yukon and on the way at 3:30. It normally takes about 3 hours to get to Nashville, but we made the trip in 2 1/2 hours. We pulled straight into a parking lot across the street from the arena. Matt bought tickets from a scalper for $20 a piece, and we were in our seats with food a few minutes before tip off. We were amazed at our luck!

The bulldogs played a great game, and we headed to our hotel. Matt got our room on Priceline for $75 a night. It was a Hilton Suite! It was da bomb! We were so happy on Friday night. It looked like our luck had finally turned around.

On Saturday, we got up and headed to the bank to get some cash. Then we needed to eat breakfast/lunch. We saw a place called Five Guys. It was fast, cheap, and delicious. It looked like our luck was still there. :)

Then we got downtown. Matt asked several scalpers and ticket prices were pretty high for the game. By the time we got there, the Kentucky/Tennessee game was underway, and our game was considered part of that session. We passed a couple of Kentucky fans on the way to the arena, and they informed us that they had spent $400 on a pair of counterfeit tickets. That made us nervous - especially Matt. Let me explain for you. Our Redbox was broken over Christmas. We couldn't return our movie and were charged an extra $3 by the time we could return it. Matt called Redbox and stayed on the phone for 30 minutes to get that $3 back. If we had paid $400 for counterfeit tickets, I think that Matt would have walked off a building in downtown Nashville!

We walked around downtown for awhile with no luck finding tickets. We even ran into someone we knew who had spent $600 on a pair of counterfeits. They said that the counterfeits had the hologram and everything like the real things. That made us really nervous, so we headed back to the hotel to watch the second half of our game. In the lounge area, we sat with a bunch of old men that were State fans. They informed us that they sold their tickets for the rest of the tourney for $700 and they were going to the Grand Ole Opry that night. Well, we won which was so exciting! We decided to not even try to get tickets to Sunday's game since we were playing Kentucky. We headed home and watched the game in the comfort of our living room. Too bad we lost in overtime on a bad call.

However, I can say that it was a very fun trip, and I loved spending the time with my sweet hubby!