Category — Friends

I was at my college homecoming game this weekend (I was asked to present to the computer science students there, and even though it was only 17 years since I graduated, I decide to attend homecoming with the wife and kid).  Not sure if we won the homecoming game or not, but as we were driving down to Dallas to see some family I did listen to the first half of the UT / OSU game, and got to watch the second half.  Man, both teams played very well.  

But alas, Pokes, the Longhorns won.   You put up a good fight. 

Is it significant that I didn’t know the final score of my alma mater’s homecoming game?  I’ll let you decide – we’re the Fighting ROOS.  Yes, the Ausin College Kangaroos.

Gulp.

This weekend my wife and I met up with ten of our friends in Kansas City to ultimately go see #17 ranked OSU play #3 ranked Missouri.  We were all hopeful for an upset, but knew it would be tough.

This pretty much sums it up:

Despite one of the worst (possible) calls I’ve ever seen – OSU going for it on their own 20 with a 4th and 18 by way of fake punt – missing by two yards, we had a great time made all the merrier (we are from Texas after all) by the fact that Texas beat #1 OU while we were driving to the game – to take over the #1 ranking no less!

The boys:

Kirk, Jeff, Dave, Joe (me), Tim and Matt

The ladies:

Teri, Jenn, Sean, Mel, Brooke, Heather and Elizabeth (my wife)

 There were several great things about the trip, besides all the great football, comraderie, and getting to see old friends:

1. To my knowledge, we kept our adult dignity intact, and no one puked
2. Jen and Tim Miller, our hosts, put on one HELLUVA tailgating party and the BBQ the next day was world class (too bad the Dallas Cowboys lost, but heck, ribs are ribs!)
3. Somehow or another, we ended up with ROCKSTAR parking – the likes of which I’ve only ever seen when travelling with Kirk Reynolds – we accidentally made it into the major donor lot at the Missouri stadium and for some reason were allowed to stay – hence the tiger in all the pictures!

It was a blast seeing everyone and special thanks to Jen and Tim for hosting us in their lovely house in Kansas City!  We gotta do this again sometime soon.