It's been a busy week for the Woodson family of West Lafayette, Ind.
First, dad Randy Woodson, Purdue University's provost, got a new job as chancellor of N.C. State University.
But that's not the most exciting family news. Woodson's son, Patrick, got engaged Thursday to his girlfriend, Aubrey Roberts.
Here's the thing: Patrick's proposal came after the couple arrived in North Carolina on the eve of dad's hiring at NCSU. The site of the proposal? The Old Well. At Carolina. You know, NCSU's chief rival? The sky's Carolina Blue, all that?
"Patrick thought the iconic well would be a good setting," Randy Woodson told a room full of well-wishers Friday after his selection as NCSU's new chancellor. "I'm a little embarrassed by this, obviously. I would have much preferred this would happen in Raleigh."
It appears the younger Woodson is already OK with a mixed marriage. He is a graduate student at Purdue studying environmental engineering, and Aubrey is a nursing student at Indiana University.
Purdue and Indiana are that state's two largest public universities and are, of course, rivals.