Texas Bowl, Our Texas Bowl

Texas 33, Missouri 16 

Dec. 27, 2017 • Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl, NRG Stadium, Houston

It’s not every game that the MVP award goes to the punter, but man, did Michael Dickson deserve it! Ten of his 11 punts pinned Mizzou inside their own 15, and the Horns made the most of that. Our D score 9 points and forced four turnovers in this big win, which we hoped would send us into 2018 with big MO on our side.

It was great to get back to our bowl game ways, and beating Mizzou? That was SWEET.

Even sweeter? Getting to spend time with our Houston family while we were there.

On the road for Houston

Playing dominoes with Aunt Berniece and cousin Susan

So good to finally meet sweet Baby Benjamin!

Not bad seats

Always good to have a view of this guy (the four-legged one)

Horns score!

Selfie snap with my girl

Fight!

Raise that trophy!

He IS the GOAT! Dickson was a most-deserving MVP.

Another selfie snap

My babies at bowl games: Alamo Bowl 2006 and Texas Bowl 2017

Hey! We’re famous!

Hook ’em!

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Raided

 

Texas Tech 27, Texas 23 

Nov. 24, 2017 • DKR

Ugh. Another Black Friday game. Another rotten loss. Another home season over. Not sure which was the biggest bummer.

Lunch at Buzzard Billy’s on the Brazos in Waco

Awkward tailgate selfie

Had to stop in Waco to see a win

Hook ’em, volleyball!

Hook ’em!

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Almost Heaven

 

Texas 28, West Virginia 14 

Nov. 18, 2017 • Morgantown, WV

The Horns won, but my spelling photo is lost! Oopsie. Good thing the Texas D was put together than my photo organization system.

With this win over #24 West Virginia, the Horns became bowl eligible. Hooray for extending the season!

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Didn’t Lose to Kansas

 

Texas 42, Kansas 27 

Nov. 11, 2017 • DKR

When people called for Charlie Strong to be fired during his tenure, he weathered the storm. Then he lost to Kansas. There’s grace, there are second chances, and there are mea culpas. But you can’t lose to Kansas.

In spite of the embarrassing first game loss to Maryland, coach Tom Herman was able to check the “didn’t lose to Kansas” box in this, his first season at UT.

Fun to have Anne join us for this one

Quality time with my Austin boy

Horns win!

Ryan’s last Eyes in DKR (as a student, anyway)

11/10/2012 and 11/11/2017

When in ATX…

Hook ’em!

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Bugged Out

TCU 24, Texas 7 

Nov. 4, 2017 • Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas

Back in DKR’s day, the Frogs were “cockroaches”—just messing it up for everyone else. Not so much anymore! They’ve been messin’ with Texas lately, and that just ain’t right.

At least this “road game” is a local one for us Fort Worth residents!

Happy to have a road game in our hometown!

It was great to see my college friend Scott and his son pregame!

Lovely downtown FW

What great seats our band has!

I think those little white lines are Texas players.

❤ ACL

❤ Austin

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Gummy Goodness

Texas 38, Baylor 7 

Oct. 28, 2017 • McLane Stadium, Waco

For years we had watched Baylor’s new football home take shape, its skeleton rising above the Brazos each time we passed it as we headed down (or up) I-35. McLane Stadium opened in 2014, but the first time the Horns played there in ’15, we were busy and couldn’t make the drive. Seeing a game in this “House That RGIII Built” was a long time coming.

So was this win. After back-to-back losses against those teams from the land of land thieves, it was good to take this big W from Waco.

Hook ’em!

What a beauty! Our seats in the north end zone gave us a gorgeous view of the Brazos and the Baylor campus just beyond the big scoreboard.

That good ol’ Baylor line

Did he catch it?

He caught it! TOUCHDOWN, TEXAS!

After the game, Dede headed home while I went south for a church reunion the next day. So nice to follow the football truck for part of the way!

 

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Cow(boy) Tales

Oklahoma State 13, Texas 10 (OT) 

Oct. 21, 2017 • DKR

Losing in OT was heartbreaking, but what a defensive performance! Led by Malik Jefferson, the Horns’ D held Okie State to just 13 points, well below their season average of 38.3 points per game.

Defense may win championships, but it didn’t win this game.

Getting up early isn’t the only reason I hate 11 a.m. kickoffs.

OSU band

OSU band

Sam’s INT ended our chances in OT, but I stand behind our QB. His name is now my go-to restaurant pseudonym.

We left home before sunrise, and we got to see this great sunset on the way home.

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Clipped

ou 29, Texas 24 

Oct. 14, 2017 • Cotton Bowl, Dallas

This year’s spelling was inspired by the ou logo, which–unlike the universally known and respected Longhorn emblem–bears a passing resemblance to a common office supply.

The Horns came back from 20 points down to take the lead in the fourth, but ou regained their advantage with just under 7 minutes to play. QBs Sam Ehlinger and Shane Buechele got the Horns to the ou 31 but turned the ball over on downs with less than 2 minutes left in the game.

So close and yet so far.

The loss sucked, but not as much as ou. And that comeback? So exciting! It was good to see that fire in our guys.

Love it when the whole state (or at least the highway department) gets behind the Horns.

The sun rises over Fair Park

So many trash barrels: appropriate for the sooners

The Breakfast Club

Aw, YEAH.

Pig races!

It’s a BIG day…

…in Big D…

…for these Fletcher’s fans!

Howdy, folks

The big guy rules

Well-stocked

Punny shoe contest

Punny shoe contest

Fried something or other

Ol’ Boris has still got it–or them

Pizza pals?

Our cups are overflowing

Truth in those cups

President Fenves surveys the crowd

Pregame

The Eyes

Nothing like TX-ou Eyes

\m/

Sam back to pass

TOUCHDOWN, TEXAS!

Run it!

Let’s go!

Ryan and XV

 

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Double the Fun

Texas 40, Kansas State 34 (2OT) 

Oct. 7, 2017 • DKR

In just his third start of his college career, true freshman Sam Ehlinger came through in a big way, leading our guys to this big double-overtime win under the lights at DKR.

Both teams scored in the first OT, but in the second, K State kept moving backwards thanks to holding penalties. Then their field goal attempt clunked off the upright, opening the door for the Horns.

Our young QB was a beast in this game, but the game-winning TD was a team effort. Chris Warren took the ball and looked like he was stopped 3 yards short of the goal, but our big ol’ O got behind him and pushed him across the line and into the win column.

Making this double OT doubly fun? Katie came home from Lubbock so she could accompany me to Austin, where we met up with Ryan for the game. In his time at Texas, Ryan saw enough bad games, and even when we played well, too often we would lose the close ones. It was fantastic that in his senior year, he could see the Horns FINISH.

This was a first for us: enjoying UT’s mariachi band pregame!

Love, love, love when I get to spend time with BOTH of my babies!

Obligatory stadium selfie

Great day for football

TOUCHDOWN, TEXAS!

Under the lights

❤ Austin

Celebratory Eyes

Thrill of victory

Isn’t she lovely?

Magical fun at the Griz house

Charlie loves Katie

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