{"id":1915,"date":"2022-01-09T09:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sykotyk.com\/football\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2022-01-09T09:58:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:58:02","slug":"2021-week-17-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sykotyk.com\/football\/2022\/01\/09\/2021-week-17-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Week 17 (Texas)"},"content":{"rendered":"

2021 Week 17 (Texas)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve been to games in Texas every season since 2009. I have been to the Texas state finals each year since 2011. This marks the tenth championship weekend I had attended at AT&T Stadium (formerly Cowboys Stadium). The lone exception has been the 2015 games that were hosted at Houston’s NRG Stadium.<\/p>\n

Also, the 5A doubleheader at San Antonio in 2009, and the single 1AD2 game hosted in San Angelo this past January. In total, I had been to 107 state championship games in four different venues. Of those, 94 were at AT&T Stadium. Though, I had been to 98 games at the stadium (adding a quadrupleheader in 2010). And 107 games in Arlington (9 games were down the street at Globe Life Park).<\/p>\n

I had planned to leave Sunday night. I really did. Though that would have added another hotel to the expenses. However, getting home from the Browns game is never quick. Especially with my daughter. She likes to ride the train to the stadium, though the train doesn’t run to the stadium. So, we took the train to Terminal Tower, and then walked the 0.8 miles to the stadium. Which is fine. But adds time. So, after a postgame meal, we got home much later than I was hoping and instead tried to leave early Monday.<\/p>\n

That did not happen. I felt like crap in the morning, and slept in until much later than I wanted. But, I was in no condition to drive. So, a little late, I headed out and stopped in Dover for lunch at Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken. And continued to Buckeye Lake and meet my friend Dave.<\/p>\n

From there, we took his new car, west across I-70 into Indiana. Routing through Indiana to avoid a road closure on I-70 through the east side of downtown, and saw some sites.<\/p>\n

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Indiana State Capitol. #roadtrippin<\/a> #detour<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/oTHP4jdvlO<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sykotyk (@Sykotyk) December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n