This is far from the first time I’ve used Mountain Dew for the Mountaineers. Seems like I alternate between the Dew and Mounds candy bars for that team. But after I posted the 2021 Dew pic on Facebook, I learned that the soda has an additional connection to West Virginia!
In spite of my unintentionally appropriate spelling medium, we still lost our sixth in a row. Boo.
We got a new head coach this year. The previous coach learned what the coach before him had figured out: You can’t lose to Kansas. Welp, about that.
We never led in regulation, but when we tied the game with 22 seconds left, we thought we would steal this one from the Jayhawks. We scored a TD in overtime, but then so did Kansas. And then KU went for 2. And then they got it. Grrrr. We didn’t realize it then, of course, but the Jayhawks’ big win over us was the beginning of a turnaround for their program that included a head-turning start to their 2022 season.
Highlights from this game: Cara and family were there! Cara and her three youngest even came early for the Bevo Blvd. festivities. Again, it was a shame they didn’t get to see a win, but it was great to spend time with them.
Not sure: Is it EYE-owa State? Or maybe Ay-yi-yi-owa State? In any case, this was ugly. But hey, this time we had just a 4-point lead for about half a quarter, so we didn’t much of a lead to blow.
Yet again, we blew a lead. As we headed into the fourth quarter, one Texas fan stood up and proclaimed, “WE ARE NOT BLOWING ANOTHER LEAD IN THE FOURTH.” I guess the team couldn’t hear him from our far corner of the Baylor stadium.
My special guest this week was Ryan! It was a bummer that he didn’t get to see a win, but it was fun having his company!
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!
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.
This goes down as the weirdest Texas-ou ever! Because of COVID, there was no State Fair, just a drive-through experience for fair fans to get their fried food fix. As we entered the fairgrounds, we followed the path cars had traveled for that better-than-nothing version of the State Fair.
A few vendors were set up for gameday, but I only had eyes for Fletcher’s. We got our corny dogs, posed (at a distance) with Big Tex, drank our lucky Fireball shots, and made our way into the 25 percent-occupied Cotton Bowl.
It was an exciting game, but missed field goals and a game-ending interception sent us home frustrated. We lost in four overtimes… but ou still sucks!
After the big win in Lubbock, this loss was a tough one, pal. It always stink to lose to the Frogs, but to have such a lackluster performance after the previous week’s fireworks was hard to watch. Of course, because of the Tech game heroics, we didn’t give up until the bitter end, but that end was indeed bitter. Gary Patterson, the inspiration for the peppermint-patty-spelled Texas, did it again.
I didn’t take many pix this time around, but I did photograph Clark Field on our way to the stadium. That space was the football practice field back in the Royal days.
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