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Literally the coldest I ever felt in my life by knutesteen

as we sat amidst PSU fans on the aluminum bleachers in their oversized high school stadium. Lost one of our party (very drunk) at halftime, searched post game all restrooms and medical spots, only to have him wander up to the pre-game tailgating site 2 hours later. His brother was ready to kill him.
Then we drove home to NJ that evening in the snow, right-side tires in the shoulder just to get some level of traction on Route 80. What an awful weekend in a God-foresaken place in the middle of nowhere.