Favorite Stadium Moment
by texasfan05
on Jun 19, 2008 12:07 AM CDT
On the dawn of a our first game in our newly renovated stadium, I would like to know what your favorite moment has been, while you were in attendance at a Texas game at Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium?
I am only 21, and I have only been to about 12 games there, including the Nebraska game where Charles went off, and the Ohio State game that was just an amazing atmosphere.
With not much to go on, my favorite moment is kind of a double edged sword. It is the Kansas St. game of 2007. At half time it started to pour, and most of the fans went inside to stay out of the rain. The only people still outside in the rain were the students, the band, and the hardcore fans. Everyone was going crazy!!! We were jumping up and down on the bleachers, not caring that the likelihood of one of us slipping and breaking our leg or something was very high, but we didn't care. Our team was down at half and we knew that something had to change for us to get back into the game. As the rain came down harder, the remaining crowd only got louder. More rain. More noise. Then our brilliant band conductor did something that I've never witnessed at the game. He rallied the band and they started play "The Eyes of Texas." I have never seen a crowd sing that song with more emotion than at that moment. Even the "Picnic fans" and sorority girls, were up off their butts, singing at the top of their lungs.
I wish someone would have been taking a video of that moment. It will forever live in my heart as one of the most meaningful fan moments of my life.
Too bad the coaches failed to capitalize on our noise, and instead stuck to their first half game plan and we lost miserably. Oh well.
Hook'em!
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Too many to pick just one
Ricky’s record-breaking run against A&M and Major Applewhite tossing the ball up in the student section after his last home game as a Longhorn would have to rank as my top two. I know one seems much bigger than the other, but for some reason, the emotion was the same, at least for me. I was only 16 for Ricky’s moment, but I was a student for Applewhite’s, and I guess that made it special.
The dedication of Earl’s statue and the absolute pandemonium during the comeback against Okie State in ‘04 stand out to me as well. I remember being in the east side lower deck, just behind the band, and I turned around to look at the crowd behind me, and every single person was jumping up and down on the bleachers, absolutely losing their minds. It was great.
One thing that happens every year that I love is alumni band day.
by bassale47 on Jun 19, 2008 6:45 AM CDT 0 recs
That's one thing I loved about Sweed.
Like Major, Sweed was very aware of the student section, and whenever he scored a touchdown he would stand in a perfect statuesque way, with the ball in one hand and the Horns up on the other arm, pointing as high as he could reach into the the sky. All of this while staring straight at the student section!
Sweed was cool.
by texasfan05 on
Jun 19, 2008 3:19 PM CDT
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1990
Texas V Houston Loudest I have ever heard the Texas crowd.
by billb on Jun 19, 2008 7:21 AM CDT 0 recs
Last year versus Tech...
... Tech had a fourth down on like the 10 yard line and we stopped them like three times, but the refs called a penalty each time, which just made the crowd angrier and louder, and louder. It was deafening (at least where I was). Loudest I have heard us (maybe apart from the moment that Colt spun around the second time and scored that crazy TD. THAT was awesome.) Wish I could have heard the 1990 crowd vs. Houston, billb, but I was two freakin’ years old. Ha!
I’ll have to agree with the poster, here and say that halftime of the K-State game was ripe with drama, and if we had gotten ourselves back into that game it would have been a legend. Damn that gameplan and special teams coverage straight to hell, I say.
The crowd was really fun at the TCU game, too. For some reason, when we went down 10 in the first half, it just made the crowd angry. By the end, every touchdown was like “Oh, those silly Longhorns, still scoring at this late hour? Bahahaha!” Very fun.
by Horn Brain on Jun 19, 2008 7:33 AM CDT 0 recs
2 years old?
Gee, thanks for pointing that out. I feel sooo much better now.
by billb on
Jun 19, 2008 9:01 AM CDT
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1997 vs. Colorado
Not because it was a good game (it wasn’t), and not because of the crowd noise (or lack thereof).
Simply because a friend (we’ll call him ‘Mike’) who met us at the game was so very entertaining. He got an MIP walking to meet us on 21st, and thus was in a fantastic mood all day.
Well, it was fantastic unless you were one of the extremely obese people sitting on our same row in the North EZ. It was 3 hours of non-stop verbal abuse to the folks who were, and I quote “obviously using 2 more seats (each) than they paid for”.
And I’m not sure if Johnny Mak could hear Mike from the end zone…..but I like to think he could.
by Shake on Jun 19, 2008 8:08 AM CDT 0 recs
Only gonna be a sophmore
While I have only spent one full year on the 40 acres, and had only been to 4-5 games at DKR before attending school at UT, I can break down this season:
Arkansas State: No good moments really, but it seemed that this was definitely a sign of things to come.
TCU: While not all that memorable of a game as a whole, the TCU fans heard some shit from the longhorn nation. I have never heard Texas fans so pissed off, but it was nice to see. I know UT has the whole “Texas fans make us proud” campaign going, but honestly, do you think a bunch of 20 something drunk students give a damn about making the AD look good cuz he has “nice” fans. We were all pissed, and we let people know about it, it was badass…A little proud sidenote, I think every student season ticket holder recieved an e-mail scolding us on our offensive behavior…way to add fuel to the fire.
Rice: Can’t really remember the Rice game of 07, or the one before that, or any before that…its just Rice.
K-State: With the exception of the Rose Bowl when Vince dismantled USC, I have never heard fans try so hard to will their team to victory. When we got to the game, we had no idea that the sky was gonna open up and the great flood part 2 was coming. At half time when rain just started pouring and people kept getting louder and louder, it was honestly one of the most badass moments I have ever experienced at a sporting event (I try to forget the rest of the game). People were getting wet and more pissed so they would yell up at the Kstate fans, then they d remember the score, get more pissed and yell at the Kstate fans, then people started realizing they re cell phones were getting soaked and broken, they got more pissed and talked more shit to the Kstate fans. Moral of the story, by the middle of half time, all the Kstate fans that tried to be hardasses and stick it out through half, were no where to be found…then the second half started and we all know how that went.
Nebraska: I remember that looooong layoff between home games and wins. Lets face it Iowa State and Baylor, not wins, just McCoy self esteem boosters. I had a buddy in town that goes to nebraska, and he was talking all kinds of shit the entire game…at half time I needed to go for a walk (to the bottle), so we got our re entry tickets, and I went and slammed back some whiskey assuming the worst, considering our last home game against KSU…we came back, stayed frustrated and then in the 4th quarter, like a bat out of hell JC happened. I turned to my friend and told him, we have been waiting all year for him to do this…you re fucked.
Tech: This being my first UT vs. Tech game, it was everything I could have hoped for, there were drunk idiots, there was shit talking, there were fights, Colt played good and Mike Leach gave me something to laugh at when I got a chance to watch gameday scoreboard.
Sidenote: Watching Crabtree break away on TTs last score of the game…wow
by tvr'11 on Jun 19, 2008 8:48 AM CDT 0 recs
07 TCU Game
After the game, we clapped for TCU as they left the field. It fely good even though we did talk trash that we were good winners and showed TCU some respect for hanging in there.
05 Cotton Bowl Versus Blow U
VY had just thrown his long pass to Pittman and we were all going crazy. I was high fiving everyone around me, when I looked back, Cat Osterman was sitting right behind. Texas beating OU and Cat Osterman in my prescence, I literally shit my pants at that moment of zen.
And Finally:
07 Versus Tech:
WInning, and seeing crybaby Harrel running off the field without shaking hands with us. Classless low life that mimicks the coach. Always someone elses fault.
My adopted son has the hottest wife.
by maverick76904 on Jun 19, 2008 9:10 AM CDT 0 recs
2004 Okie St
Mine isn’t a football moment, it’s a band moment. The first half blew. We were down like 35-7 (or 14). The band takes the field for the student appreciation game, so that means they face the East stands and not the West ones. They played the Video Game show. Best part was the end, when the band formed Mario and marched to make it look like he was running and jumping over goombas.
And then VY and Co beat the crap out of the cowboys in the second half.
by afaeguy on Jun 19, 2008 9:32 AM CDT 0 recs
'04 Okie State
Was f’in incredible. I believe we were down 35-7 and scored a late touchdown going into the half. The Video Game Show at the half was friggin sweet. The crowd was completely beat down after OSU went up by 28, but the second half energy was electric. And how quickly we forget, but as awesome as Vince was in that game, Cedric Benson was an absolute beast, scoring 5 touchdowns.
by jc25 on
Jun 19, 2008 10:02 AM CDT
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1999 vs. Nebraska
I was a freshman and had grown up in Florida, but this was the game where I jumped on the Texas wagon full force. Nebraska had national title dreams, but we squashed them with a huge comeback in the second half. People went crazy at that game. A few jumped into Littlefield fountain afterwards and got electrocuted. Awesome game.
by Meekrob on Jun 19, 2008 9:51 AM CDT 0 recs
Agreed
Mine would have to be the same. It was the first game I’d ever gone to with my Dad. He had always hated Texas (he’s an SMU fan from the old SWC), but that game brought him on board. The atmosphere was incredible.
I guess it was the beatings made me wise. But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize.
by TheJeezus on
Jun 19, 2008 9:55 AM CDT
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E-lectric
I was in high school and had never been to a game at DKR before. I got to attend my brother’s tailgate (UTTG), drink 5 beers that morning, and cram into the student section with about 3 people standing in every seat. I was sure from then on that I wanted to attend UT and be there every week. Huskers really came in as bigshots with no intention of losing and played that way during the 1st half when we could not figure out how to defend the option. Finally we did, although I believe the lead changed a couple of times in the second half. Anyway, this was tough to choose with many close ones such as the 35-7 comeback against Okie St and the game with “The Drive” by Chance Mock against TT.
by horns129 on
Jun 19, 2008 11:56 AM CDT
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Chance Mock
Probably the best UT quarterback to never get any recognition.
After Applewhite, and before Vince…. can’t get much worse
by texasfan05 on
Jun 19, 2008 3:22 PM CDT
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Hard to narrow it down -
- so here’s my top 10:
10. 1988 vs. North Texas – first game I remember attending
9. 1994 vs. CU – loss but a great college FB game
8. 1995 vs. TTU – complete domination of a ranked team at home on a chilly night
7. 1996 vs. A&M – complete domination of a disgraced rival
6. 1993 vs. Syracuse – first game as a student; tie game but fun to heckle the ‘Cuse kicker
5. 1996 vs. ND – heartbreaking loss but one of the best game day atmospheres
4. 2005 vs. CU – for me, THE Vince home game – best player ever at DKR-TMS
3. 1999 vs. Nebraska – winning TD scored right in front me (and my buddy Matthew M.)
2. 1995 vs. UVA – the Phil Dawson game
1. 1998 vs. A&M – the Ricky record game
by El Mariachi on Jun 19, 2008 10:29 AM CDT 0 recs
The Phil Dawson Game
They were my best student tickets ever, on the 45 yard line, about 15-20 rows up. The game was back and forth and we were all hoarse by the end. But I’ll be damned if every single person in the stands didn’t bring up every reserve they had left to will that ball, into the wind, through the uprights. Honestly, at the time I didn’t think there could ever be a better game. It’s weird that it was against UVA, not exactly a rival school, but the intensity was there nonetheless.
Close second for me was the first big comeback game against Oklahoma St. I brought my girlfriend/eventually wife and through some odd chicanery, I got my best tickets ever, on the 50 about ten rows up from the recruits (and therefore, within spitting distance of the OSU bench). I was so embarrassed when the score was 35-7 I seriously asked my gf if she wanted to leave (I know, I’m still ashamed of myself). Fortunately, she said she’d stay and I witnessed the most amazing comeback I’ve ever seen. Watching the team turn itself around like that was truly awesome.
Worst ever? 1993 vs. Tech. IIRC, it was one of those 11am games at the end of October. And it was cold. Colder than a grave diggers ass in the winter. The wind chill alone was dropping 15-20 degrees off of the total. (The box score says 40 degrees with 16-28 mph winds but I’d bet it was closer to 28 most of the game) And I got a single ticket by myself in a section where evidently no one else wanted to sit so no one was around to block any of that chill. And of course, insult jumped up on top of the injury and Tech went up by 17 in the first quarter and never really looked back. Ugh. That game really set the tone for my four years on the 40 acres. And explains why a 1 point win against UVA is my favorite game that I saw there.
So take that.
by Kahuna on
Jun 19, 2008 5:01 PM CDT
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The Phil Dawson Game - Comment
That game was the best game I ever saw at Memorial Stadium and was a defining moment for Texas football because our attitude changed from mediocre to winners. I can’t remember what Virginia was ranked going into that game, but I know they were like in the Top 15 in the AP poll and Texas was maybe like ranked 17 or 18 ? Anyway, Texas had come off of a humiliating tie to Oklahoma the week before and we didn’t know how Texas would respond? It was the Southwest Conference’s twilight season and Texas A&M had National Title aspirations under Leland McElroy. Texas had suffered three straight mediocre seasons under John Macovick and it looked like another season at the Sun Bowl or Alamo Bowl.
The Virginia game really turned things around for us that season in ‘95. Texas had really one of the better defenses under the Macovick (yes, that was saying a lot because he isn’t known for his defense). But our offense was damn near unstoppable. Texas’ BMW of James Brown, Shawn Mitchell, and Ricky Williams complemented by an incredible offensive line and a talented receiver corps of Mike Adams and Pat Fitzgerald were incredible. The Virginia games was there defining moment in their career’s at Texas.
Texas and Virginia traded scores back and forth for four quarters and just when we thought we had ‘em, the Cavilers score late in the 4th with something like two minutes left in the game. Texas gets the ball and has to drive like 80 something yards and score to win the game. James Brown was absolutely unforgettable in that last minute drive. Texas makes two fourth down conversions to get the ball to the 33 yard line.
Phil gets out there to kick it and Virginia tries to ice him – “twice.” The wind was also blowing pretty good that day at 15 to 20 mph and he has to kick it INTO the wind on the South End Zone. Phil finally gets up there and puts a hell of a leg into it and that ball just hangs in the air for what seems like an eternity. As time expires, the pigskin BARELY crosses the bar for a 50 YARD KICK to win the game as time expires.
The stadium erupts into mass hysteria! It was incredible. I have never witnessed a better game at Memorial Stadium. Next week Virginia goes on to beat #1 Florida State which pumps up the Horns and Texas caries that momentum to claim the Final Southwest Conference Championship over the Aggies, 16 – 6 in College Station. With the exception of the ‘97 season, Texas has never really had a loosing season since and I give a lot of the credit to that ‘95 team and Phil Dawson.
Phil, thanks for the memories!
Hook ‘em
Chris Ruckman
UT Class of 1996
Hook 'em!
by Ruckdog96 on
Jun 23, 2008 4:15 AM CDT
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1984 #11 Auburn at #4 Texas
OK, so I’m taking it back a ways. First game of the season, at DKR. Bo Jackson off tackle, gets past the LBs. Who makes the play? Jerry Gray, all-everything Safety, comes swooping in to put Jackson down into the Longhorn sideline. Breaks Jackson’s collarbone, turns the momentum, good guys win. Over the next couple of weeks, Horns climb to #1 ranking – but it doesn’t last. They tie OU 15-15 in the rain with a last second FG. I’ve never seen Switzer so pissed off. But I digress.
by LonghorninID on Jun 19, 2008 10:33 AM CDT 0 recs
November 15, 2003 @ DKR. Comeback win over #6 Tech
From MB-TF:
Chance Mock made his first appearance of the game in the final drive and found senior Roy Williams on a 54-yard pass play and later senior B.J. Johnson for a nine-yard touchdown with 46 seconds to go as the Texas seniors completed their home careers with a 21-1 record.
I was at this game, the last home game of my college career, and we almost lost! Chance Mock made himself a hero that day.
A friend and classmate of mine was standing right in from me when fell off the bench (section 27) during the fierce celebration of the last TD. He banged his head on the bleacher below and yet no one around noticed. The partying continued. My celebration moment was cut short as I jabbed my other friend to take care of him, and I ran for EMS.
It's a Horns' world. Even Aggies play hoops with a burnt orange ball.
Is it football season YET?
by Speedway on Jun 19, 2008 11:28 AM CDT 0 recs
Didn't mean to leave that #6 in the title.
It's a Horns' world. Even Aggies play hoops with a burnt orange ball.
Is it football season YET?
by Speedway on
Jun 19, 2008 11:30 AM CDT
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That's one of my highlights too
Also the last home game of my college career. For those of us who graduated in ‘04, there was a lot of winning at home (21-1, as Speedway notes), but there weren’t a ton of great home games in our 4 years. the ‘99 win over Nebraska was when we were seniors in high school and the 2004 OSU game was after we graduated. My 3 favorites from my time there were this Tech game, the Nebraska game from that same year in which Texas absolutely DESTROYED the Huskers back when they were ranked in the top 10, and the K-State game also from earlier that year when Chance Mock was still starting. GameDay was there and it was a close game before VY (who had twisted his ankle earlier in the game in a way that made you think it was broken) came in and drove Texas down for a touchdown on 4th and goal to win the game.
by billyzane on
Jun 19, 2008 12:37 PM CDT
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1970 pig sooie game and 1996 Irish game
Well, I kept it to Austin. Games in Fayettville when I was in school were mind boggling – The piggie fans hate Texas.
1. The piggies came into austin with a lot of emotion after the 1969 shootout and Texas was #1 again and “lots of look alike cousins” Arkansas had only one loss at start of season to Jim Plunkett and Stanford. Great excitement from the fans but the game became a runnaway in second and third qtr with texas winning 42-7.
2. Notre Dame coming to Austin was also a classic game even though we lost. We were up 24-17 until last three minutes when the Irish scored and then ND won the game with a fg on last play of game.
by texascfo on Jun 19, 2008 12:52 PM CDT 0 recs
Favorite moment
Ricky Williams breaking the all time rushing record vs. poor aggies. I remember he was within like 2-3 yards and i turned to my brother and said “I really hope he doesn’t break this record with some shitty little 3 yard dive”. 20 seconds later he’s running down the sideline for a long touchdown and the record, and we pull out the win over the tards from bryan.
Ohio State was a fun build up (not too many people can say they’ve been to a #1 vs. #2) but the thing i remember the most was a general feeling of apathy coming off the rose bowl. We knew things were going to be way different without VY and for the time being it was enough just to sit back and make fun of the extremely high percentage of ohio state fans wearing jorts.
Worst moment: 100 degree heat while watching UCLA pound Mackovic and his fine wine sipping ass out of austin (in retrospect that may have been a great day)
by rchorns on Jun 19, 2008 2:32 PM CDT 0 recs
Agree on that UCLA game.
Hot as hell, we played horribly, I did stay til the end though.
by billb on
Jun 19, 2008 3:00 PM CDT
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The Ohio State game
had the loudest “Texas ——- Fight!” that I have ever heard in our stadium.
The sad thing is that in Dallas the “Texas Fight” is even louder and there are about only half of the amount of fans there than at a game at DKR.
by texasfan05 on
Jun 19, 2008 3:28 PM CDT
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Worst game experience - 2006 North Texas
That had to be the hottest game I have ever attended. It was like 103 at game time and people were literally passing out in the stands. The seats were so hot you could not touch them.
Why play september games at 11 or 12:00 in Austin?
by texascfo on Jun 19, 2008 2:46 PM CDT 0 recs
TOTALLY AGREE!!!
That was my first game I ever attended, as I live in Midland. And that game, I was so hung over, and so dehydrated, I thought I was gonna die in the stands in my first ever Texas football game.
Although…... what a way to go.
by texasfan05 on
Jun 19, 2008 3:17 PM CDT
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Was that the game where they ran out of water?
I think I heard that something like 400 people were treated for heat exhaustion and the concession stands all ran out of water by the end of halftime. I remember it being hot, but not hotter than it usually is at that time of year.
I agree that they shouldn’t schedule games during the day that early in the season, but I also think people should be smart enough not to get drunk when they know they’re going to be standing in the blazing sun on metal bleachers for 4 hours.
by bassale47 on
Jun 19, 2008 3:59 PM CDT
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eh
Im a student, i don’t think about that kind of stuff
by texasfan05 on
Jun 19, 2008 4:36 PM CDT
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Cole Pittman
Another one I didn’t even think about until just now was when Texas took a knee instead of kicking a PAT against UNC to make the final score 44-14, in honor of #44 Cole Pittman, who was killed in a car accident that spring. That was my second game as a student.
Here is some video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a2lIiXNg10
by bassale47 on Jun 19, 2008 3:03 PM CDT 1 recs
That was a great moment
I was right near the corner of the endzone. There was a little bit of everything in that game…Mack against his old school, Julius Peppers’ last year (if I remember correctly)... but that tribute to Cole Pittman was one of the most emotional moments I’ve witnessed at DKR. The whole team was playing for him and amazingly we were able to honor his memory with the final score. What a way to make a meaningful statement for CP and his family, putting some nice perspective on the importance of real life over football.
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Jun 19, 2008 4:26 PM CDT
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Okie State, 2004
The entire second half had the noise and energy level of the K-State 07 post-halftime minutes. As already mentioned, the Scaife “just-got-the-pylon” TD just before half sparked realistic hopes of a comeback, then the band’s performance re-energized the students, and then vince, ced, and RT took over. It was seriously unreal. I’ve never heard DKR so loud for so long.
A roommate’s aggie girlfriend came to that one and had to admit DKR that game was much better than any Kyle Field game. That was sweet.
by BigTexBD on Jun 19, 2008 4:13 PM CDT 0 recs
Pony Express
I remember vividly the PAID pony backfield of James and Dickerson coming into Austin in 1982 and beating Texas. Remember the running game was so important but it was passing that made the game.
10-10 game in 4th qtr and a tipped pass ended up a long 80 yd td pass for the Ponies. Game was still close at end when SMU threw a long TD pass to James to seal the game 30-17.
The year before was great in Texas Stadium when Texas beat SMU 9-7 in a defensive struggle with FG’s by Texas to win.
by texascfo on Jun 20, 2008 2:05 PM CDT 0 recs
Phil Dawson field goal
lousy game until the last play as everyone in the stands “willed” that ball thru 17-16.
my mom and dad and nephew went and he was 6 or 7 and had his face painted
half orange and half white and longhorn ears. it meant so much to our family as my
brother had been killed by a drunk driver and to see my nephew get to go i just
knew we would find a way to win. i remember actually feeling so sad
for the va fans who had come all the way to see them lose that way.
too bad virginia handed it to us the next year in the rain in va. in one of our worst
games ever.
ut1ou2 means ut is #1 and ou is #2 for texas-ou weekend
by ut1ou2 on Jun 20, 2008 4:18 PM CDT 0 recs
08' games on the list soon
I think the Missouri and A&M games will soon be on peoples “best games attended list”. The Missouri game might possibly be a gameday game, if both teams are playing well going into it. The A&M game will be on primetime TV on Thanksgiving. The Arkansas game won’t be a bad one to attend either!
by Longhorns84 on Jun 20, 2008 4:30 PM CDT 0 recs
The '05 Kansas game
was the first one I took my dad to and was so great b/c we dominated from the start and the game was completely over by halftime…..I remember telling my dad as we walked in that I’d be embarassed to have on ku stuff or uk, whatever they are….just a dominating performance by the best college football team I’ve ever seen…..ou game that year was amazing as I got snuck into the fair and to the game and enjoyed every minute of Big Rod Wright’s rumble downfield…
by SneezyBeltran on Jun 21, 2008 1:01 PM CDT 0 recs
VY's first game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nun5FZTZqis&feature=related
"Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may."
~Sam Houston
by vik on Jun 22, 2008 7:14 PM CDT 0 recs
No doubt about it...
The first time I entered the stadium.
As a lukewarm UT football fan, I didn’t go to a single game my freshman year. Most of my friends could care less about football so it was just something I didn’t get around to. Then sophomore year I went to the first game of the season and a whole new world opened up. It was love at first sight. It gave me goosebumps being surrounded by that many fans in burnt orange all wanting one thing: to win. After that I never missed a single home game throughout college and still find some way to go back for at least one a year.
There are some magical games that are definitely up there on the list but nothing beat looking out for the first time and knowing I was part of something so big and awesome.
by LadyLonghorn on Jun 25, 2008 6:13 PM CDT 0 recs
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