Texas Longhorns fever, just an ocean away -- Jerusalem Post

As far away as Israel, the Burnt Orange Nation enjoys Texas' 7-0 start.

If you're an overseas reader of BON, let us know where you're following the fun from.

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Following the Horns from Grand cayman in the western carribean

by CaymanHorn on Oct 23, 2008 4:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

St. Matthews?

I have a friend out there studying.

by horns129 on Oct 23, 2008 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not at St. Matthews though I have met a couple of students from St. Matthews who are fellow Texas exes. There are about 20-30 Texas grads here on the Island.

by CaymanHorn on Oct 23, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sweet

Can the guy from the J-Post tell us who wins the TX/OSU game because aren’t they like two days ahead of us timezone wise?

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Oct 23, 2008 4:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

London, England

We had 150 screaming fans out to watch the Texas OU game. Oh, and one Sooner, apparently it’s hard for them to get passports. Come join us for a game if you’re ever in London on a fall weekend.

by horn_in_france on Oct 23, 2008 5:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

that's awesome!!

I didn’t think the brits watched football … well, what WE mean when we say football anyway

"When you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before."

by txex92 on Oct 23, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry to dissapoint, old chap...

But we’re mainly Texan expats. There are a few spouses who married into Orangebloodedness and were allowed to keep the funny accents.

Enjoy the real BBQ and TexMex for us!

by horn_in_france on Oct 23, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Afghanistan...ish

by Longhorny on Oct 23, 2008 6:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Sydney, Australia

In fact I was luck enough to watch Texas vs Muzzo on ESPN Live last week, it was awesome.

by aussiehorn on Oct 23, 2008 6:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

IM HERE

in Baghdad Iraq ,

My boy sleeps with one eye open and a foot in your ass!!

by Rigger on Oct 23, 2008 7:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thank you for your sevice soldier...

by mccoy12 on Oct 24, 2008 5:09 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

…Well actually DC, but I have been in NZ since the day before we beat OU. I was in line at customs during the game, caught the last 3 mins on espn gametracker. Then was whale watching during the first half of the mizzu game, but it all seems to be going well for us!

Headed back to the north island now, after a nice week of touring the south island. I recommend NZ to anyone thinking of getting away from it all! The people are all super nice, and sparce (especially the south island), no words or pictures can do the views here justice.

by Thor84 on Oct 23, 2008 7:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I was in New Zealand this summer (winter there...)

Never made it to Napier, but went up the middle of the North Island up from Wellington to Rotorua. Also made it down to the south island for a few days. Went whale watching in Kaikoura, too. It was a lot of fun. I’d recommend it to anyone.

by billyzane on Oct 23, 2008 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hong Kong

Actually, I split my time between Chevy Chase, MD, and Hong Kong, but I’ve been here for about a month. (How ‘bout them ’Skins, Thor? Ha, just kidding. I hate ’em.) Thank goodness for ESPN360 and that little radio station in Mexia that doesn’t block out-of-U.S. IP addresses.

There are some really great bars here (some open 24 hr.) but the only U.S. football coverage is NFL so I end up watching/listening from my apartment and trying not to wake up the girlfriend and the several hundred Chinese families that live within 100 yards of me. I’d hate to explain to the Hong Kong police why I was shouting “BOOM MOTHER***!!!” at 5am.

by MarkW on Oct 23, 2008 7:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Taipei, Taiwan

We’re 13 hours ahead of Central Time in the States, so that means some late nights or early mornings to catch games live. Caught the RRR from midnight to 4:00am; worth every minute of lost sleep.

by TKO on Oct 23, 2008 9:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Buenos Aires, Argentina

I was able to watch the OU game via P2P on my computer: although it would be more enjoyable to watch with fellow Texas fans, the game was a pleasure.

Last weekend, my girlfriend obligated me to go to an architectural design show: incredibly, while there, I saw a young Argentine boy wearing a burnt orange UT shirt. I flashed him the hook ’em horns sign, and he grinned and flashed it back. I considered it a good omen.

PB, congrats on your global readership.

by Allaha on Oct 23, 2008 9:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Pune, India

I’m far far away from Austin for an year. I stayed up all night “watching” the OU game on ESPN’s gamecast. Any other BON’ers here figure out how to watch the games?

by Bluebulb1 on Oct 23, 2008 11:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Video, no; audio, yes.

I think unless you’ve got a satellite hookup, you’re out of luck on watching the games live. You should be able to pick up live audio broadcasts, though. Just Google KRQX-FM and you can find their link. They’ve always worked for me. All other online radio broadcasts that I know of are cut off to international audiences, but for some strange reason I can get live audio broadcasts of UT football games from this tiny country music radio station in Mexia.

Also, all Longhorn home game videos (I mean the complete games, not just the highlights) are posted on Mack Brown’s site, but they don’t post them until a few days after the games are played. The CSTV website is brutal to navigate, so try this:
www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com > Multimedia > TexasSports.TV > Football > Past Games

Not as good as watching the games live, of course, but it’s a helluva lot better than nothing.

by TKO on Oct 24, 2008 7:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I found this blog while

working in Balad, Iraq. Now I’m back in Texas but in the spring I’ll be keeping up with the Horns and Burnt Orange Nation in Dubai.

by BigTex1 on Oct 24, 2008 9:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks to all for responding

Just awesome to hear where everyone’s living/stationed.

Best of luck and hook ’em

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Oct 24, 2008 10:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Reus, Catalunya

Always following the Longhorns.
This is our year.

by carles1973 on Oct 24, 2008 11:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

La Paz, Bolivia -> Belgrade, Serbia

Been in La Paz since July, but health issues intervened and am heading back to DC tomorrow morning for three weeks before moving on to Belgrade for three years.

Hook ’Em.

So much for Bolivia...

by Kahuna on Oct 24, 2008 12:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs