man i’d kill to go to stillwater..

dallas only so far.. but i’m sure i’ll end up at a&m and hopefully baylor

Currently, I am getting my PhD at OSU and already ordered my student season tickets so I will be one of the few wearing burnt orange as opposed to “don’t shoot me orange” in the OSU student section. They are very excited about their team up here and everyone has our game circled on the calendar. Personally, I think they underachieved last year and are overrated this year because Robinson lost his security blanket in Pettigrew and if a team shuts down Dez Bryant, Robinson acts like he has never even met his other wide outs. They should beat Georgia without Stafford, Moreno, and Massaquoi and be undefeated when we roll into town, but if we play like I expect, I will not have very many friends up here for a few weeks. Oh well. Any plans for a current Horns/Exes meeting/party/dinner/drinks/whatever at Eskimo Joe’s or Hideaway?

Baylor may actually have a winning record when Texas plays them this year!

I only wish it were an every year affair. Folsom Field is something else.

Laramie – As much as I would like to drive 24 hours, making that a weekend trip is probably academic suicide. Also, I’d rather not submit myself to local TV lineup while holed up in a roadside motel. No offense, Laramie. Just not my style.

Dallas, of course, tops the list, and I cannot be any more excited about it. I have made the trek every year for the past 3, and bought my tickets already…I’m 2-0 while ATTENDING the game, so lets hope the college football gods are as enamored with the 2009 ’Horns as I am.

Missouri…what’s in Columbia? 54b says there will be a parade…which means I’m down. Whether down is defined as rolling on the ground a drunken stupor is left to chance. I guess it works for the Aggies. Then again, take a look at how their most recent season turned out…

I’m hoping Stillwater makes an appearance in my fall travel plans, namely to see Boone Pickens’ fine work set in the vast expanse of nothing that is Oklahoma (though I hear the mountains in the west are friendly to the recreational hiker). Still thinking of costume ideas for gameday, though I’m under the impression the split orange-white longhorn paint job will be perfectly appropriate given the circumstances.

Waco will be a nice, short trip to visit the home of my favorite caffeinated soft-drink. Also, watching getting to watch my new favorite coming-of-age story, the Baylor Bear football team. It’s a damn pity that I’ll have to watch Robert Griffin get chased around the backfield for 3 hours…but then again, what else is there to do in Waco? (besides the Cameron Park Zoo, which happens to be excellent)

And of course, that leaves our regular season closer in College Station. Really, I’m excited to see what new ways Coach Fran has developed for destroying the pro careers of great Texas athletes Martellus Bennett has discovered to destroy his reputation…damn it…Coach Sherman has devised to turn the A&M program around and turn our series back into the serious football rivalry it once was, and can once again become. I miss that.

-MA

Does anybody know if there is anything to do in Columbia? Does anybody know if the locals at UM have good tailgating? Are their fans a-holes? I’m expecting to get heckled somewhat, but I just didn’t know if Mizzu fans were worse than others.

Mainly as an excuse to go to George’s!

For my 30th birthday last week, wifey gave me a couple of stadium seats…with tickets to see UT host KU! I haven’t seen a game at DKR in a couple of years, as I’m stranded out here in the DC area, but she took care of plane tickets, hotel, rental car, etc. for the trip. Real BBQ, good live music, jamba juice, and hippies…can’t get ANY of that out here, so we’ll be indulging pretty much around the clock when we’re not at the game itself.

I agree with the previous post. I too watched that holiday bowl performance on ESPNU, and without Dez Bryant Okie Light was completely lost. Robinson didn’t even seem to know that he had other receivers running routs, and he darn sure didn’t know what the routes were. Even after OSU came up with a huge stop on fourth and goal to keep it a three point game in the 4th quarter, the offense without Bryant was dead. I am a little concerned about how our guys will cover the option plays, but overall I think Colt will help us win this game by at least 10.

Just to keep that previous post topical, I am going to a night game at LSU this year. The Vandy game. Pretty excited about that. Never even been to Louisiana.

the old lady is less than pleased that football is taking precedence over all the holidays this fall… Thanksgiving breakfast anyone?

but coming to Texas for college. So I’m going t come up for the Mizzou game.

in the fact that I have only ever been to one game. Even though the game was a loss, ‘07 Texas/OU (I’m looking at you J. Charles), it is still ingrained in my memory as one of the best days of my life. This year things have worked out and I am going to be able to make 2 games. The first game will be the Baylor game in Waco. Since Waco is only about 4.5 hours from here, a couple of my friends and I are making a day trip out of it. The very next week, my wife and I will be in Austin for the Kansas game. I am super excited about this game because it will be my first game at DKR and the last time Colt, Jordan, Kindle, and the rest of the seniors take the field at home. The season can’t start soon enough.

A friend of ours (Mizzou-ex) is supposed to be getting tickets through the athletic department. Not sure it’s gonna fly; they told him the best way/only way to get Texas and NU tickets is to buy season tickets. So we may go the Longhorn Foundation route. Someone on Orangebloods recently said to not worry; apparently the Mizzou crowd produces a high number of gameday tickets for sale. I don’t know about that.

I’ve been to a few Mizzou games (wife is Mizzou, but is fully rehabilitated now, Longhorn mom, season tix, etc.) Anyway, the fans are polite, not real rabid. Tailgating is decent.

Im going to OU and OSU for sure. I’m doing the normal cheap hotel for OU and I’m crashing with a buddy for OSU. My fiance has a sister going to Baylor and another going to #aggieland…..so I am trying to get some cheap student tickets for those games.

Headed to Laramie. Biggest game in Cowboy history.

Those of you heading to Laramie for the game should check out this travel option:

The Rocky Mountain Texas Exes have arranged for a Party Bus that leaves and returns to downtown Denver on the day of the game. Here’s a link to the details. Shiner Bock Beer will be complimentary, cash bar available (waitstaff on board). Cost is $100, but that’s cheaper than flying directly into Denver (fares run between $160-$200 more for the connection through DIA). And it will be a hell of a lot of fun. Check out the pics of the bus and bus specs on the bus company’s website link here.

Hope y’all can join us and anything we net above our cost goes to our scholarship fund to send Colorado kids to UT. (Chapter blog here). Seating is limited and first come, first serve.

Honestly, there’s not much to do in Laramie pre or post game, this will be the funnest option out there.