Country Roads, Take Me Home...

Finally, road trip season is back.  All week the anticipation for today's road trip to Morgantown has been building.  Today it's overflowing the pot.  I am at work and literally cannot wait for 2:05 to come so I can run to my car and begin the trek to West Virginia.

Any fan who has ever gone on a legitimate road trip knows just how fun they can be.  Today is a short trip; maybe four hours.  Driving in the car with friends listening to music and getting pumped up for the next day's game as we drive through the western interstate lined with trees overflowing with color changing leaves.  Getting into enemy territory, grabbing a bite and then invading their favorite bars.  This is all part of the fun of the road trip.

Tomorrow we will wake up early from a presumably rough night, and hit the parking lots at 6:30 a.m. to let the real fun begin.  There is not much more fun to be had than tailgating with fellow Terps' fans in the opponent's area and talking trash to each other about the impending doom.  We will get to walk to the stadium, have insults hurled at us and maybe even a few full beers thrown our way.  But we'll be in a sea of red walking up together, chanting the Maryland Victory Song and waving our flags proudly.

Every road trip along the way gets filled with certain memories to carry forever; even if it's not dealing with the game itself.  There was the time we drove 12 hours each way to Georgia Tech in a span of about two days in a two-door Saturn with four guys piled in.  The time we heard "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon at least ten times during a Wake Forest road trip.  There's the first Clemson trip where we slept in a house with no heat and no furniture, and a second Clemson trip where we invaded the bars on Friday….at 2 p.m.  (It helped we've ripped their hearts out both times)

Anytime someone questions whether or not to go on a road trip, I always try to push them in the 'yes' direction.  Even if the game doesn't go the way of your team, there are sure to be memorable moments that will stay with you forever.

I'm literally pacing in my classroom, waiting for the final class to come and go.  I'm excited to hit the road, and excited to watch the Terps take down our hated rivals en route to a 3-0 record.  Thank goodness road trip season is back.