‘I Do’
photo / bruce waterfield
Saying
with
OSU
OSU alumna Hollye Goddard and Jim Daher enjoy a laugh during their wedding at a tailgate before the OSU vs. Arizona football game. The ceremony is being presided over by Judge Gerald Williams, an OSU alumnus.
Bride combines the two loves of her life at a unique ceremony. Cowboys associate tailgating with so many things — burgers, hot dogs, beverages and football. But one OSU alumna envisioned something a little different for her tailgate at the Sept. 8 OSU vs. Arizona football game in Tucson — and it involved a judge, witnesses and a wedding cake. Hollye Goddard grew up in Broken Arrow, Okla., and attended OSU after
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receiving several scholarships and encouragement from relatives who bleed orange. “Stillwater is like my home away from home,” Goddard says. “When I moved there, I lived there year-round because of how much I loved it. It has such a great atmosphere.” Goddard graduated from OSU in 1973 with an art degree but decided to stay an extra year to earn a psychology degree.
After living in San Diego and Dallas, she has called Phoenix home since 1980, but she has refused to allow the distance to break her connection to OSU. “When I got here, it was still during the time frame before the Internet,” Goddard says. “We couldn’t get the sporting events from Oklahoma or the Big 8. Occasionally, you could go to a bar and pick up a game.” After meeting other OSU alumni,