Eat Too, Brutus 2011 is in the books and things could not have gone better. From the Friday night bender that was Drink Too, Brutus1 to an amazing tailgate and then, of course, the huge win over the Badgers2 to cap things off, the weekend was perfect in just about every sense.
While we're still waiting on a few checks before we publish final numbers, we expect to raise somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,000 for the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research. None of that would have been possible without the help we received from our sponsors and friends. City Barbeque, Cheryl's Cookies, Oval Brewing, Buckeye Vodka, Grandman, Buckeye Beer and Ares Sportswear stepped up huge for us and we're grateful for their contributions.
I'd love to mention all of the amazing people we met on Saturday, but I'm afraid I'll inadvertently forget someone, so I'll just say that we had an absolute blast and we look forward to seeing you all again on October 6th, 2012 for the Nebraska game.
Let's get to the photos, shall we?
Hungover, early morning prep work.
Jason and Luke arrive to the event in style.
200 cancer-fightin' cookies, courtesy of Cheryl's.
Jason and Ramzy cover security with Danny the intern while Chris and Luke talk logistics in the background.
City Barbeque dropping truth bombs.
The charity raffle table. Yes, that's a Ray Small autographed photo in the foreground. TROLLOLOLOLOLOL.
If the Marines are first to fight, Corey is first to grub.
Branding.
More branding.
Harry Dunne and Lloyd Christmas make an appearance, but photo-bombing bro might have upstaged them.
Grandman's Walt Keys and Oval Brewing's Adam Benner get their mingle-on.
An early view from on high.
@BLeez17 and @Margie324 catch up while Elika chats with her brother.
An hour in and the crowd starts to fill in a bit.
Cornhole, the sport of kings.
DJ, repping the hometown.
11th Warrior IPA and Puntkin Ale, courtesy of Oval Brewing.
Jon Thoma, getting excellent hang time with the bean bags.
Four out of four tailgaters agree: Sparty gonna Spart.
DJ, Sarah, Johnny and Buckeye Sports Bulletin's Jeff Svoboda talk zone-blocking techniques.
@BLeez17 on his one-man pub crawl.
Matt Finkes, Ramzy and @Margie324 pose for a photo.
Almost raffle time...
@onetakedizzle takes a bite out of the Titus Final Four sock.
That's one VHT autograph.
Red cups bring the happy.
The Titus sock and a Robert Smith autographed football go to a good home.
Kala Andrews from OSU Compliance with Jason. This event is on the level.
The Fan's Lori Schmidt with Buckeye Sports Bulletin's Jeff Svoboda.
Chris, Mark Titus and Ramzy ponder the effort that goes into registering a trillion.
Greg Oden? Greg Oden.
Titus signs @BLeez17's shirt. This came just minutes after Titus, upon seeing @BLeez17, pointed out how cool it was that Joe Bauserman was tailgating with us. Bonus: Here's Bauserleez with Oden.Special thanks to Dave Farris for the stellar photos.
- 1 On second thought, having Team 11W show up an hour early to pound Patron at Drink Too, Brutus probably wasn't the best of ideas. #DRUNJ
- 2 Eat Too, Brutus is now 2-0 all-time against top 15-ranked opponents. W00t!
