Although there were 5,099 in paid attendance at the Stagg Bowl this past weekend, and many who traveled a long way despite not having their team there to root for, it’s highly unlikely anyone drove further in pursuit of college football in 2007 than Andrew Reed.
Reed, who writes for SI On Campus, put more than 20,000 miles on his odometer this season in pursuit of the ultimate road trip. Reed had 17 games on his itinerary, 15 of them between Division I teams (including Princeton/Harvard).
The focus? Fans and tailgating. That’s why it’s not overly surprising that the other two games involved Bridgewater, in a sense. He was at the Bridgewater/Guilford game on Oct. 13 and, of course, the Stagg Bowl. He’ll be writing a book about his odyssey.
As someone who spends a fair amount of time on the road in pursuit of football (though not Ohioo State/Michigan or Florida/Georgia), I know it can make for a long season. But I didn’t drive nearly 20,000 miles this season. Racked up some frequent flyer miles, but Mount Union was my longest drive.
I look forward to the book.
Gordon Mann interviewed Reed on our pregame show on Saturday about his journey, see the player below. It’s a good listen. And be sure to visit his blog, too.
I should mention, the quality of this particular recording is a little sketchy at the outset but it gets better. Hope to have a better quality capture of the entire interview to replace this with.
Ah, he totally beat me on the same book idea … mine would probably be 15 D3 stops with a few others worked in though 🙂
Would also like to have SI pay for it. 🙂
Props to Reed for being a trooper though, all those road miles are not easy to log, but nothing’s more fun than experiencing the greatest college football has to offer.
Look forward to his book as well.
Pat coming through with all the Stagg Bowl goodies. The season NEVER has to end for the true D3 fan!
(goes back to reviewing 2007)
reed is a great guy. we got to talk to him at the stagg and he is a really good person. his book idea is fantastic and we will be looking for it when it comes out. what a concept, spend time driving around finding parties where there just happens to be a football game breaking out at some point. we wish him good luck with his book and hope to see him at wesley sometime next year or at the stagg watching wesley win it all.
Pat, Keith, Gordon, et al,
Your collective experience is worthy of a tome on the d3 football universe. Think about it.