utah @ usc

we were stoked to be able to go to LA for the game, mostly because ash & sam were going to be there!  

we hung out at the hotel for the night & then convinced ourselves we needed to go out and do something "LA-ish".  

and since our hotel was giving free rides to LA live, that's where we went.  

looking back it probably wasn't the best of ideas,
seeing as sam is 17 & ashley is recovering from a blood clot in her lung.  

but it sure was (kind of) fun for the 45 minutes that it lasted.

away game trips are definitely short & sweet. well. short and sweet if we win, short & miserable if we lose.

we left for LA at 3pm, the next day the game was at 1pm, and we were home by 9pm that night.  

most of us power napped on the way there,. and by most of us i mean dawson
(who falls asleep the second we take off)

and kylie & sam (who inherited the same whittingham gene that i have that makes us sleep with our mouths open).

the game itself was an absolute nightmare (turnover city AGAIN).
i kept thinking we were going to start doing better but then we wouldn't.
where did the team go that beat stanford? i don't know.

but before the misery started it was fun to hang out with the fam and tailgate.
whittinghams sure love food, even if it is average, mass-produced tailgating food.

while i still think the coliseum is one of the most obnoxious places to play ever
(their band is set up with speakers that blare right at the visitor section -
which i might add is the absolute worst seats of any visiting section in america),
it wasn't quite as bad as two years ago when the male cheerleader had a microphone
and kept saying in his extremely nasally voice "beat the yewts".

very fun trip, terrible game.
but we still think the utes can pull off a 6+ win season and go bowling!
(power of positive thinking, people, just go with it)