It's every fan's dream being down on the field. Walking on the same surface that your favorite football players tread upon.

However, due to security concerns at large sporting events, that dream usually isn't attainable because you can't even get near the field.

That is, unless you tried to pull it off at the Capital One Bowl.

Your dream was then easier to accomplish than a playoff victory against Peyton Manning.

We hadn't planned on getting onto the field at the Capital One Bowl, but with the lack of authority to stop my cousins, my uncle and me, the stadium practically begged us to go in, look around for a while and take things.

We only went to check out the tailgating scene the day before the game and while doing this, we heard the sirens of the Nittany Lions' police escort as they entered into the stadium.

During those five minutes, the stadium was guarded tighter than Allen Iverson's hair is woven.

As soon as the team emptied off of the bus, the police disappeared and the gates to the stadium were opened.

That was when we made our way into the stadium and walked out of the tunnels and onto the field.

We watched the Penn State players walk by and get their team pictures taken.

We then proceeded to go out onto the field ourselves and take some pictures in the end zone.

My Uncle Jerry pointed out after the game that it was a good thing we got all of those pictures because at least someone from Penn State made it into the end zone in Orlando.

During this entire romp around the Citrus Bowl stadium, not one single security guard said a thing to us. Why?

Because there were none.

I didn't see anyone looking for credentials or stopping random people like us from doing anything we wanted.

With the terroristic threats this country has faced over the past two years, you would think that the day before a major sporting event the field and stadium would be off limits. Right?

No, the stadium was so accessible that my cousins, Nick and Jon, and I opened both locker rooms where the players and coaches would be on the first.

We saw the uniforms laid out in the lockers and only a good, firm tugging at my conscience stopped me from stealing an Auburn player's jersey.

In hindsight, I could have stolen Ronnie Brown's jersey and prevented him from undressing the Penn State defense for 184 yards, but oh well.

Apparently, my family and I weren't the only people to take advantage of the lack of security, as we saw a bunch of other people walking around the field for no reason.

The only other people filling the stands were different groups of people taping an obscene amount of Thunderstix to the seats for the next day's football game.

Maybe Florida Citrus Sports, which is the parent company that runs the Capital One Bowl and Tangerine Bowl which are both held at the Citrus Bowl, could have found some people to guard the place instead of worrying about 130,000 plus pieces of plastic bearing the corporate name.

After stealing said pieces of plastic, we slowly made our way out of the stadium and leaving was just as easy as coming in.

There is a serious problem when the security is better at a Penn State football game or a Saskatchewan Roughriders game than the day before a New Year's Day college bowl game.

I'd like to thank Capital One for the experience of a lifetime, but for future games I'd recommend not letting any Jon, Nick or Sammy into the stadium.