Gabe Glidden’s Wife Disappointed After Trip To Carver-Hawkeye Arena

On December 30th, the Iowa Hawkeye women's basketball team welcomed the Minnesota Golden Gophers to Carver-Hawkeye arena for a pre-New Year's Eve matchup. My wife and I were both born in Minnesota and were able to get our hands on a pair of tickets to enjoy the game.

Did we care who won? No. We just thought it would be fun to see Caitlin Clark in person and see if the Gophers could hang on with one of the best teams in the country.

Did the Gophers hang on? Nope. It wasn't much of a contest. The Hawkeyes jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. I was hoping for a closer game, mostly because blow-out basketball games aren't very fun to watch in my opinion but I didn't get my wish. I wasn't the only person in attendance who didn't get their wish at Carver-Hawkeye arena that afternoon either.

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Unhappy Wife...Unhappy Life

My wife likes going to sporting events and enjoys being at the stadium but she has never cared about the games. She just enjoys doing something fun and gets mostly excited about the food and drinks at whatever game we're at.

Before going to the game on Saturday, we had a co-worker of mine tell us about the "world-famous" Carver cones. These ice cream cones served at Carver-Hawkeye Arena are made with cream from Iowa cows and social media loves them.

My wife is a bit of an ice cream expert. I've never met someone willing to try any and every kind of ice cream. It doesn't matter the flavor, the size, the price...She'll gladly give every type of ice cream a try. When we got into the stadium, Kori didn't even want to go to our seats first. She headed straight to the Carver Cone line and we both learned a very important lesson in our first trip to Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

If you want a Carver Cone, you're going to pay the price by waiting in line...for a LONG time. She waited for close to 25 minutes before deciding the line was too long. She found her seat and told me she'd wait until the line died down. That was her first mistake. The line for these dang ice cream cones NEVER DIES DOWN.

We learned a valuable lesson when the game was over and we left the stadium. If you want a Carver Cone, you need to just commit to standing in line for a while. Once you're in line...there's no turning back.

I had a lot of fun watching Caitlin Clark in person and spending a fun afternoon with Kori. I was a bit disappointed it wasn't a better basketball game but I had a blast. The only thing Kori wanted to talk about was how she didn't get a Carver Cone...

I remembered this old saying everyone told me before I got married and that's "Happy wife, happy life." I immediately switched to "good husband mode" and brought her to Coldstone after the game.

Is Coldstone ice cream the same as a Carver Cone? My wife and I both can honestly say...we don't know! I guess we'll have to make another trip to Iowa City to watch a game.