Cal: How do we spell Texas?

Dec. 28, 2011

Haribo Gold-Bears for the Golden Bears

Texas 21, Cal 10

Bridgepoint Holiday Bowl

(Just had to get one more shot of our UT tree!)

Since I couldn't make it out to SoCal, we watched the game from the comforts of home.

What a treat to chow down on pizza and share Longhorn football with my guys!

It was all a bit too exhausting for ChaCha.

Baylor: How do we spell Texas?

Dec. 3, 2011

Teddy Grahams for the Bears

Baylor 48, Texas 24

a&m: How do we spell Texas?

Nov. 24, 2011

Time to KISS those aggies goodbye! S-E-C ya!

Texas 27, a&m 25

Texas game 10: K State.

Nov. 19, 2011

Although it seemed like the season had just begun, on this Saturday we found ourselves at the last home game of 2011. And wouldn't you know it, we had such awesome fall weather:

OK, so it WAS nice. It just would've been nicer to have FOOTBALL weather in November!

For this tailgate, we had the whole gang in town, including Ron. After co-sponsoring our gathering for five years, Ron took a break from the tailgating grind so he could attend his son's football games.

It was great to see him at the stove yet again. He makes a mean sauteed mushroom!

Of course, we always enjoy getting to kick back and visit with everyone.

Mmmm... Steaks on the grill. Nothing like it!

Before heading to the stadium for our game, we watched plenty of other games under the glow of our burnt orange lights.

Because this would be our last time in these seats for a while, I took a picture of the weird "52" that marks our row in section 1. (The 5 is upside down, and yes, it bothers me!)

Some of Dede's friends found us by chance at the tailgate. Sure enough, we found them sitting across the field from us.

(There they are again!)

Longhorn Hall of Honor inductees were recognized before the game. I tweeted this photo of Cat Osterman and Sanya Richards-Ross, and both of these superstars retweeted it! (That's a thrill for an amateur tweeter like me!)

Other scenes from the stadium:

Fozzy's injury had a huge impact on this team. From all accounts, Fozzy is an outstanding young man. It's a shame his career had to end with an injury.

Understandably, Fozzy got a huge ovation when he was introduced for Senior Night. As an added tribute, a Longhorn player wore his #2 jersey for the rest of the season.

So this one didn't end the way we wanted,

but we'll still love our Horns 'til Gabriel blows his horn!

After the game, we huddled around the TV to watch the end of the ou-Baylor game. (Thanks to Bruce for the pic.) We were all guilty of schadenfreude, loving every minute of the sooners' loss. And yes, we would end up losing to Baylor, too, but hey, we were all Bears fans that night!
The next morning, Dede and I made the most of our last football weekend,

starting with breakfast at Trudy's. Dede always gets the Mexican eggs benedict, and I usually opt for the migas rellenos. Yum.

After breakfast we drove over to the Co-op and checked out the view from the garage rooftop.

After shopping to our hearts' content, we started the long, slow drive home. We ran into several accidents and traffic jams, so it took us forever. I had a raging headache, so we went ahead and stopped for supper...

at our friend's restaurant! We both had been wanting to eat there for the longest time, and it worked out nicely for us to squeeze this stop into our weekend.

And so another season of tailgating and Longhorn games has come to an end. While it wasn't nearly as dreadful as last year, this season was a far cry from the glory days of '05, '08 and '09. But honestly? My team could lose every game from here on out and I'd still want to be there, Horns held high. (But please, please, please, Mack, don't let that happen!)

K State: How do we spell Texas?

Nov. 19, 2011

Kitkats for the Wildcats
(As the old commercials said, "Gimme a break!")

Kansas State 17, Texas 13

Missouri: How do we spell Texas?

Nov. 12, 2011

Frosted Flakes for the Tigers

(This game was anything but GRRRRRRREAT!)

Mizzou 17, Texas 5

Texas game 8: Tech.

Nov. 5, 2011

Katie and I woke up at early-30 so we could get to Austin in time for a good pregame breakfast.

As we looked out our balcony, we could see these SA buildings lit up in the darkness.

 In ATX, we made it to our favorite breakfast destination: Kerbey Lane Cafe. I feasted on the California omelette while Katie enjoyed vegan pancakes.

From there we were off to the tailgate, where we spelled Texas with—what else?—tortillas in honor of Texas Tech.

 It was a gorgeous, sunny day, so Katie was rockin' the hat.

 So maybe the sun had some effect on us...

 As part of the Veterans Day tribute, Texans who had been killed in action were recognized. How sad that once again, we recognized one of those honored. Michael Roberts graduated from RHS. In fact, he played tuba in the band.

 A fly-over was part of the tribute, too. So impressive—and LOUD!

And here are a ridiculous number of photos of Fozzy and company running roughshod over the hapless Red Raiders:

He gets the ball...

and it looks like he's stopped,...

but he emerges from that pile,...

and falls into the endzone! Touchdown, Texas!

Now it's Bergeron's turn to break one.

One of many times that the "Wild Fozz" worked.

Even though Ash is open in the endzone, Fozzy keeps it...

and breaks tackle after tackle...

to score yet again!

This time Fozzy hands off to DJ Monroe...

who heads to the sideline...

before turning up field...

and scoring another Texas TD!

Although McCoy and Ash played QB, Fozzy got a bunch of snaps!

Love those stats!

 At halftime, we got to see the view the Airborne guys had as they parachuted into the stadium. Amazing!

Love this guy's jersey: Section 1.

Obligatory defense shot. (Pass was incomplete, by the way.)

Hook 'em! Time for "All I Do Is Win" and "The Eyes."

After the game, we did the best we could to escape postgame traffic. We ended up stopping for dinner at a Cracker Barrel around San Marcos. While there, we got the text we'd been waiting for: RHS advanced to the finals! WOO-HOO! We were glad to get back on the road to see "The Diary" one more time.