Holiday Bowl Mini-Preview + Monumental Choke Job!

by Peter Bean on Dec 26, 2007 3:49 PM CST in Texas Longhorns Football

The fine people at NBC Sports invited me to do a mini-preview of the Holiday Bowl with an Arizona State blogger this past week. It was all good and fun until we got to the trivia segment of the broadcast. (Click here for the video segment.)

NBC edited the tape down a bit, but when we recorded the segment, I stumbled for 10 seconds to remember the last two lines of the Eyes of Texas. Which is fine - I learned long ago not to be afraid to look like an idiot - but this is a particularly mystifying gaffe. I did the math and calculated I must have belted out that tune at least 250 times in my life.

Apparently, though, not under pressure. The lesson, as always: don't be afraid to laugh at yourself.

Happy Holidays,
PB

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Nice PB

What you needed to do was put your horns up and then rock it back and forth.

by Wells on Dec 26, 2007 4:06 PM CST reply actions

Yeah

I stumbled at first because I thought she was asking about the words to the fight song, and I got paralyzed. Then I realized my error, it had already been 5 seconds, and I was lost.

In retrospect, I should have belted out the whole damn song.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Dec 26, 2007 4:10 PM CST up reply actions

it's like the alphabet

you just have to roll through the whole thing to find out what comes after x and y

by the other Andrew on Dec 26, 2007 6:33 PM CST up reply actions

must say though...

tiffany simons is one smoking babe

by longhornricky on Dec 26, 2007 7:32 PM CST reply actions

Good call

I had a hard time listening to the bloggers.

by Meekrob on Dec 26, 2007 10:08 PM CST up reply actions

Were you faking it?

Even I could probably have gotten out the last 2 lines for the song, and I'm not even a UT fan/alum/parent/person-who-writes-thousands-of-words-a-week-about-Texas! For shame, Peter Bean!

I did get a chuckle though, reading on one of the ASU message boards from someone who was at the ASU-UT battle of the bands today who reported, "I don't know what was up with the Texas band...they played different versions of "I've Been Working On The Railroad" like 3 different times!"

by Beatuofa on Dec 26, 2007 11:00 PM CST reply actions

It Happens to the Best

Don't feel bad. It is like those professional singers who, facing a large live audience, "forget" the words of the "Star Spangled Banner." Besides, I imagine the hottie interviewing you was something of a distraction. Good job anyway.

"Only angry people win football games." --DKR

by OBdoc on Dec 27, 2007 7:20 AM CST reply actions