Make 'em eat sh*t!

Have you heard? Tom and I decided to splurge and buy season tickets to UT football. We figured Tom is only a student for one more year (hopefully!) and the student tickets are by far the least expensive option to see football here at UT. In the words of Tim Riggins, we just could not pass up this opportunity to "make some memories."

So! When college football kicked off this past weekend in Austin, Tom and I were right there with the other graduate student season ticket holders cheering on the Longhorns. Proof:

We're sweaty.

And the team totally kicked ass. They had their fair share of young team/new season mistakes, but they looked solid, scoring 4 touchdowns (including a pretty fantastic reverse flea flicker). The defense looked pretty good too, keeping Rice to just 3 field goals. I don't know. Rice isn't the toughest team we will face by a long shot. But the team looks really good, especially considering how we looked at the end of last season.

I also want to take a moment to mention the insane amount of tradition that Longhorn football is steeped in.  There is the fight song, the shocking amount of burnt orange, the odd little crowd chants (including this post's colorful title) and of course, the hook 'em hand sign \m/. There is Smokey, the banging of Big Bertha and the changing of the color of the Tower, and of course our revered mascot Bevo. Oh, and did I mention our cheerleaders sometimes wear chaps? And the band members often wear fringed pearl snaps and cowboy hats?  It is all just really excellent. And it makes for such a great time.

I will leave you with the lyrics to The Eyes of Texas, UT's fight song and all around creepiest song you will probably ever hear. It's less "we've got your back" and more like a hostile version of Sting's I'll Be Watching You.

The Eyes of Texas are upon you, 
All the live long day. 
The Eyes of Texas are upon you, 
You can not get away. 
Do not think you can escape them 
At night or early in the morn- 
The Eyes of Texas are upon you 
'Till Gabriel blows his horn.