Aerial view of the Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl, 10/11/08While the rest of you were watching UT's glorious smackdown of the Sooners in HD on Saturday, Tracy and I were hard at work producing an exclusive multimedia package for Three Fans. Let us pause for a real-time glimpse of the Red River Rivalry atmosphere just as the third quarter got underway at Fair Park:
I found it a somewhat surreal experience to try stay abreast of the game through text messages and sporadic outbursts from the Cotton Bowl crowd while also taking in all the fair had to offer -- Big Tex, corny dogs (with mustard, of course), the Texas Star, brazenly drunk OU and Texas coeds, Domino Man. A car dealer was showing the end of the game on a big screen near the African-American Museum, so during the latter half of the fourth quarter my dad and I beheld the greatness of Jordan Shipley's near-touchdown that clinched the game while Tracy and my stepmom checked out the 2009 Toyotas. (A Rav4 may be in our future.) The sheepish, skulking behavior of the dejected Okie fans rushing out of Fair Park was fun to behold in itself, as was the HD DVR recording of the game that awaited us when we returned home.
A few more pigskin tidbits:
Faux-hawks are an omen. Chase Daniel's half-assed version of Mr. T was bound to upset the karma gods at some point. Those deities came calling against OSU and Mike "I'm a Man! I'm 40!" Gundy. This Saturday, UT will remove all doubt in the Big 12 by steamrolling the overrated Tigers. Now that they have vanquished the Sooners, the only thing that stands between the Longhorns and the BCS title game is Mike Leach's offensive juggernaut in Lubbock. UT-Tech games are always shootouts. This year will be no different.
The SEC is too inconsistent to be a BCS factor this year. What, you think Alabama will run the table? Please. LSU showed its true colors in a blowout loss to Florida. The Sugar Bowl is as good as it gets this year for Les Miles, Tim Tebow, Nick Saban and Co.
ASU's best hope is the Sun Bowl. USC handed the Devils their first shutout in four years in LA on Saturday. I still think ASU has a decent shot to upend perennially overrated Oregon at home on Saturday, and the schedule gets much easier after that. Sneaking into a bowl game this year will help ASU set the stage for the Jack Elway era, which begins next year. Hey, Rudy Carpenter: Thanks for the memories, and best of luck in your future endeavors with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
2 comments:
LSU was embarrassed Saturday night in The Swamp, consistently one of the three toughest places to play in the nation. Florida's speed made LSU look slow, as in McFadden-and-Jones-on-the-field slow.
However, to say "LSU showed its true colors" is a bit overboard. We've all been waiting for that Florida team to do exactly that against somebody. It just happened to be LSU.
Florida shouldn't lose another game this year, and the Gators may have to face LSU again. Georgia ain't winnin' in Death Valley, and Saban will have a heck of a time doing it.
Gabe, your points are well taken, but do you not agree this seems to be shaping into the Big 12's year?
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