There’s nothing more coveted in the state of Iowa right now than Rose Bowl tickets. Hawkeyes fans put an astounding 54,000 bids to get one of the school’s allotment of 22,000 tickets.

And with the secondary market already reaching over $600 per ticket by the time the allotment ran out, getting to Pasadena was quite the feat. That had to make it that much more special for the Hawkeye fans that did lock down tickets.

For this Iowa fan on Christmas morning, that moment provided quite the thrill:

If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, I don’t know what does.