but i find the idea of matt nordgren to be one of the funniest things I can think of.  He was just a guy who never really harbored any ambition of becoming a starting QB at texas.  he was content to look like a QB and cheer other people on and occasionally hand off to the backup RB in the 4th quarter.  quarterbacks would come and go at texas, and nordgren just quietly slid up the depth chart.

applewhite, simms, chance mock, vince young....hell, he may have even been behind beau trahan his first couple of years here.  [remember him?]  You never really thought about Nordgren, but then, all of a sudden, there he was: one twisted ankle away from being the starting QB in the national championship game.  And I, for one, thought to myself, "how'd that happen?"  This is the same guy for whom I emphatically argued, when everyone else was arguing for Simms or Applewhite, just because it was so ridiculous.  And then, all of a sudden, in I believe the Ohio State game, VY got up a little gingerly and the announcer said, "Matt Nordgren, warming up on the sideline."  

Uh, seriously?  The guy who was like 5th string in 2001 (behind Simms, Applewhite, Mock, and possibly Trahan) might now be coming in to save our season?  It didn't happen because, as we all know, Vince Young is indestructible.  but still, the idea of Nordgren doing anything other than standing on the sideline with a clipboard in a crisp white uniform looking tall and pretty is just hilarious.  actually, now that i think of it, him doing just that is also hilarious. good times, matt. good times.  are you sure you don't want to be a backup QB in the arena league, buddy?  just for me?

That Baylor game was so very much fun. I was there in the perfect seats to see Nordgren dribble into the endzone.

By that point in the game, most Texas fans were absolutely delirious with the scoring frenzy. Baylor could do NOTHING right.

And of course, most Baylor fans started the evacuation early. Texas started slow in the first quarter. After that, it was just freakin' ugly, as the highlight reel shows.

The Nordgren play had Baylor fans behind us saying their team was "cursed." Can't blame them for the sentiment - it just made no sense.

Also, when watching the video - notice how Texas abandoned the pass relatively early in the 3rd to try and hold the score down. Didn't work.

Ah, memories. VY, we hardly knew ye'.