Once again, we blew a decent lead, falling apart offensively. Coming one week after our disappointing loss to our biggest rival, this game continued the losing streak that would carry us down, down, down through game 11, knocking us out of bowl season.
This game’s highlights (besides the first half) were Anne’s attendance and the sandwich from Antone’s.
We hoped to capitalize on Brett’s lucky-charm status after that big win over TCU, and at first, it seemed to be working! Brett’s first Texas-ou game started with a bang, our Horns getting a quick 14-0 lead. Our guys even held a 38-20 lead at the half. Too bad we had to play that second half! ou took the lead in the fourth quarter, and even though we tied it up again late, the sooners scored even later, with 3 seconds left in the game.
But guess what? ou still sucks. And Brett now knows firsthand why the Red River Rivalry game is so special!
A few weeks before this game, Ryan had texted me a photo of one of the fair’s winning art pieces. It looked a little familiar!
This was a child’s creation, and I’m flattered if my “mustard art,” like the 2008 pic below, inspired her!
Finally, finally, finally my Horns were able to beat the Frogs in Fort Worth. Apparently, Brett was my lucky charm! Even though he supports my football fandom, to that point he had attended very few games with me. Since my usual companions were otherwise occupied that Saturday, he agreed to come with. And whadyaknow, we WON for the first time in a while!
P.S. – I did attempt to cook those frog legs, btw, but they were NASTY with a capital N! Several years prior when I had breaded and baked the frog legs, they were pretty darn tasty, but not this time around. Yuck! Good thing that W tasted great!
Our guys made it look easy, running all over the Red Raiders. It gave us hope for conference play, even if it turned out to be false hope.
It was an all-around glorious day, with plenty of sunshine to light up Bevo Blvd. and Smokey’s Midway.
On the field, the Horns were rollin’, and Texas Mariachi and Ray Benson were rockin’!
And the pièce de résistance: Southwest Airlines fixed the errant apostrophe that was buggin’ the crap out of me!
So all in all, a great day!
That’s more like it! JFK famously once asked, “Why does Rice play Texas?” Well, I know why Texas plays Rice!
After a lackluster first half, our guys scored 21 in the second, but this one was never close. Yuck.
At least the bacon was tasty.
We came close, but a last-second field goal sailed wide left, and the Horns lost this heartbreak to the Cyclones, led by future NFL QB Brock Purdy.
With that loss, the weirdest home season ever came to a close.
Since Dede and John T. were out of pocket, Katie went with me to this day-after-Thanksgiving game. Afterwards, we feasted at Kerbey and then spent some quarters at Pinballz Arcade. The next morning, we got some Christmas shopping done at A-Town, a new favorite ATX store.
Hello, Mr. Robinson! Bijan Robinson ran for a (then) career-high 117 yards, and the Horns held off the “Mound-aneers.”
Dede couldn’t make it to this game, so Anne joined us in the stands. It was an unseasonably warm afternoon, so after melting in the upper deck, we found a cool spot under the shade in the lower level.
This was also John T.’s last game for the season, so we took our traditional end-of-season pic before going our separate ways.
Baylor made it closer than it should’ve been with a pick-6 in the fourth, but the Horns comfortably held on to get the win!
The lack of tailgating really opened up our lunch options for that pandemic season. For this game, Dede and I stopped at the Round Rock Salt Lick on our way into town for our pregame meal. It was delicious as always! In spite of that bit of consistency, the nearly empty stadium and surrounding area reminded us that nothing was as it used to be before the blasted virus arrived.
There are comebacks, and then there are EPIC comebacks. Considering the hate that seeps out of Jones AT&T Stadium, this one qualifies as epic. With our Horns trailing by 15 with 3:13 to go, ESPN gave Tech a 99.9 percent win probability. But Sam & Co. never gave up, and WE NEVER DOUBTED. (OK, maybe just a little.) Two quick scoring drives and a 2-point conversion later, we were headed to overtime. A Texas TD followed by an INT gave us this giant W on the South Plains.
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