Like most of the maroon-blooded folks in Mississippi, she was in Omaha to see her beloved Bulldogs capture the College World Series championship on Wednesday night with a 9-0 win against Vanderbilt.
Lanie joked that her grandsons probably thought she was talking out of her head at first, but they quickly realized she was serious.
They found a hotel in Clarksdale, Arkansas, around 3:30 in the morning Tuesday and slept for four hours.
Lanie was able to sit in a balcony area up behind where her grandsons sat, and they went back and forth to check on her.
Lanie, wearing her effervescent smile, became a bit of a celebrity at the ballpark.
Once it was obvious Mississippi State was going to win Tuesday night’s game, Ben jumped online at the stadium and purchased tickets for Wednesday’s game.
The lines at the apparel tents were never-ending, and Ben was pushing his Grams in her wheelchair to get as close to the front of the line as possible.
As the game and the evening came to a close, Lanie said she had all sorts of thoughts running through her head.
She also thought lovingly about her grandsons and their willingness to take her to the College World Series, and how deeply woven into the entire Boone family, Mississippi State had been over the years.
We all did, and I was raising children and really didn’t have the money to do something like this, though,” Lanie said.