After we left the Gene Chizik Show at Applebee's in Ames last night we drove past Jack Trice to see the new sign lit up. They were already setting up the kybos and tailgating tents, and to my surprise the parking lot around JTS was packed and the field lights were all on. So we pulled in the parking lot and walked up to the stadium, down the players entrance...and there were a couple of players on the field and it looked like they were fielding punts from a machine. We watched a little bit and over the next 10 minutes more and more players came out until it looked like the entire team was out there. Stadium completely lit, video board going, beautiful green grass, guys were in shoulder pads/helmets and right in front of us the first team offense running a bunch of slants and outs. Probably saw 20 plays. It was awesome.