Members of the Rabid Wolf Club traveled to Bowling Green, Ken-Tuck-eee to watch the Red Wolves open their Sunbelt play against the Hilltoppers of WKU.
As with most trips, it was the core group who made the trip which included the Captain, the Judge, Wyoming, Possum, and Jonas. As usual Flanders refused to go, and instead guarded the Searcy city limits in fear the town would turn Baptist during the 17 hours we were away from northeast Arkansas. McLovin’ attended his wife’s high school reunion because he was fearful that she would wise up and find a replacement if he went to the game. No one invited Carlos and Hootie has still yet to figure out what the term pledge means.
It was an nice a trip to the moonshine state. We were zero for two in the food stop department. On the way there we stopped at a little hole in wall that reminded me of a scene from the show Justified and on the way back we dined at the lovely Ponderosa in Central City somewhere. As we drove into Bowling Green it reminded me of Gee Street back in Jonesboro.
The game, as most people should know, was a back and forth game with the Red Wolves pulling out a come from behind victory in the last two minutes of the game and no time outs. In previous years the Red Wolves would have found a way to lose a game like that but this year they fought through the adversity of no rushing game and found a way to win. We even saw Dwayne Frampton come alive, old cliche’ now, and run the Rabid Wolf Formation. WKU has a nice little stadium but I’ve seen more fans at a Nettleton/Trumann game. I know Western is down but for a beautiful fall day they should’ve had more fans there.
We were also honored to see the Western Kentucky Homecoming court pictured below.
The person with the T on their chest taunted Wyoming several times during the game but Wyoming got the last laugh after ASU scored the go ahead touchdown. With :46 seconds left Wyoming ran down and told the girl, “WE ARE. A-STATE!!” or something along those lines.
All in all it was good trip and as far as I can remember it was the first time I have witnessed a road victory which made for an enjoyable trip back home.