"People face serious decisions at very important jobs, life-threatening illnesses, and bone-crushing stress yet, each weekend in the fall, revert to the rhythms of their preadolescent life.  As the coming crispness of autumn reveals itself in the coolness of early mornings and late evenings, we all become, once more, eternally the children we no longer are."   - Dixieland Delight, by Clay Travis

This website chronicles my quest to attend a game at every college Division 1A and NFL stadium in the United States.  Based on my research, I don't think anyone's ever had the sustained passion (or lack of judgment) to accomplish this feat.

I was born in 1966 and grew up in football-crazy Texas, and have loved football since early childhood.  The first pro game I remember attending was Oilers/Packers in the Astrodome, in 1972 with my dad.  The first college game I remember attending was the 1975 Bluebonnet Bowl, also played in the Astrodome, between Texas and Colorado, also with my dad.  My football heroes growing up were Fred Biletnikoff (Raiders), Earl Campbell (Oilers) and Mercury Morris (Dolphins).

Although I caught the football bug in the early 1970's as a kid, I didn't attend more than a couple of dozen pro and college games until the 1990's, when I moved to Washington, married my wife Betsy, who is a RABID LSU fan, and started going to Redskins games.  I've had Redskins season tickets since 1999 and have missed only 12 regular season home games since then.   I attended Tulane University and lived in New Orleans for 9 years, and adopted LSU as my favorite college team (BEFORE they won their latest two national championships!).

In 2009 we traveled with our 3 kids to Seattle to see a Washington-LSU game at Husky Stadium (if you've never been there - GO!).   In that Nirvana-like football setting, it hit me that I could satisfy my passion for football, bond with my family and friends, meet new people, and see parts of the country I'd otherwise never see by attending games at all these stadiums.

And I also figured, since I love both college and pro football, why not visit all the pro stadiums as well?  (take this fun quiz about college teams that have shared stadiums with NFL teams).

That's 120 college stadiums in 2011 (122 in 2012 with the addition of Texas State and Texas-San Antonio as Division 1A football schools) (see also a map of college football locations I created) and 31 pro stadiums (check my progress).  We're just getting started ..... this will take a while.  I buy a baseball hat at every stadium as a souvenir.  I'd like to collect jerseys, but that's over $10,000 worth of jerseys, and I have limited closet space.

Also in the mix are numerous bowl games and must-see rivalries (Super Bowl, BCS National Championship game, Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Rose Bowl, Auburn - Alabama, Texas - Oklahoma, Notre Dame - Michigan, Army - Navy, etc.), adding another 10 or so games.

If you have any thoughts or suggestions about this website or teams/stadiums I haven't visited yet, tailgating suggestions, places to see/stay/eat, corrections, etc. please leave a note in the guestbook or send me an email.  Thanks for visiting this site, and see you at the game!

- Charles Stephenson

Rest in Peace, John Thibaut - a great man and LSU sportsfan.