Thought I would share a few cruddy cell phone pictures from my recent trip to Memphis with Russell and Jesse to watch Iowa State’s 21-20 beatdown of Memphis in the Liberty Bowl:

You know you’re in Memphis when you walk into a hotel lobby and there is a musician setting up shop.

Beale Street

Greetings from Memphis!

Beale Street

Supper!

Delicious Chicken and Waffles #wafflelife

I want this Sam Cooke table.


The King

The King’s Final Resting Place

In front of the gates at Graceland



First time in Mississippi.

Amazing Waffle House Experience. Waitress told us that she loved our “Northern Accents”. #wafflelife

We will be sending a very nice letter to Waffle House about this amazing waitress!

Back to Tennessee.

This many people gathered to watch ducks walk from an elevator to a fountain. To John Philip Sousa.


Some college football fanbases don’t have any problems filling a baseball stadium.


The Memphis Redbirds play in a beautiful stadium.

Post pep rally fireworks.

Selfie Time!

Cozy Corner is a big recommend. Their barbecue spaghetti, not so much.

Delicious, delicious ribs!

With the owner. Teenage Cyclone fan for the photobomb!

The National Civil Rights Museum located where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.


Watched the Iowa State basketball debacle here. These musicians were solid, but made the night slightly uncomfortable.

More Beale Street.

Apparently Iowa State fans like their Busch Light.



Even More Beale Street.

Admittedly, not my best work. #wafflelife

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Sea of Cardinal and Gold




Cyclones!!!

Dig those sweet chrome helmets!

This flyover by a FedEx 747 was both slow and scary.


Weirdest halftime show ever? The Isley Brothers and other stuff.


Victory Formation!


Sing the alma mater!

Victory Selfie!


Jumbotron? Try minitron.

I’ll be strolling into church some Sunday with this jacket.



21-20* Should’ve been 28-20, but refs aren’t perfect.

Leave these guys alone for a moment and they are staring at their phones.
There are plenty of real camera pictures that will be released eventually, but thought I’d get these out early. I didn’t take the real camera into the Liberty Bowl. A myriad of reasons, but in the end, you just need to know that it didn’t work out.
Memphis’ stadium is a little dumpy. It isn’t a complete dump, like where Kansas and Missouri play. But it isn’t nice like where Kansas State or Iowa or of course like Jack Trice.
I have to commend Russell. He survived almost 3 full days with me and Jesse. That isn’t an easy feat for most people. He is horrified that I photograph my food, but he is going to have to learn. That is how Bennetts roll. It is genetic. I swear it!
To surmise, it was a great trip that ended with a Cyclone victory! I’m already making plans for next year’s bowl game trip. Who wants in?