Coming Up Roses
There is an old Persian proverb that says "He who wants a rose must respect the thorn." Michigan fans must be feeling the pricks of a thousand tiny thorns this morning after waking up from a nightmare ending at the Rose Bowl.
Kyung and I went to the game and I have to say it was one of the most exciting sporting events I have ever attended except for a few Heavyweight Championships that I have seen. The game was chock full of spectacular kick returns, mad scrambles by Vince Young, big plays by Michigan receivers and a nail-biting finish.
For those of you who didn't see the game, Michigan went ahead 31-21 with about 10 minutes left in the game and it looked grim for Texas. Texas made a great comeback to go ahead 35 - 34 with about 4 minutes left only to allow Michigan to kick a field goal with about 3 minutes left.
With the score 37 to 35, Vince Young marched the Longhorns down the field but had to settle for a 37-yard field goal attempt. We were at the other end of the stadium from the kick, so when the ball left Dusty Mangum's foot, it was so wobbly we thought the kick had been blocked. And when it came down, we couldn't tell whether it had gone over the crossbar or not. We had to wait for the referees to signal that it was good to start cheering.
There was easily about 60,000 Texas fans in the stadium and we all went nuts. I actually got choked up when the players came over to the band and everyone started singing "The Eyes of Texas". What a game!
Kyung and I went to the game and I have to say it was one of the most exciting sporting events I have ever attended except for a few Heavyweight Championships that I have seen. The game was chock full of spectacular kick returns, mad scrambles by Vince Young, big plays by Michigan receivers and a nail-biting finish.
For those of you who didn't see the game, Michigan went ahead 31-21 with about 10 minutes left in the game and it looked grim for Texas. Texas made a great comeback to go ahead 35 - 34 with about 4 minutes left only to allow Michigan to kick a field goal with about 3 minutes left.
With the score 37 to 35, Vince Young marched the Longhorns down the field but had to settle for a 37-yard field goal attempt. We were at the other end of the stadium from the kick, so when the ball left Dusty Mangum's foot, it was so wobbly we thought the kick had been blocked. And when it came down, we couldn't tell whether it had gone over the crossbar or not. We had to wait for the referees to signal that it was good to start cheering.
There was easily about 60,000 Texas fans in the stadium and we all went nuts. I actually got choked up when the players came over to the band and everyone started singing "The Eyes of Texas". What a game!
posted by cvo @ 9:28 AM
3 Comments:
At 3:07 PM,
R said…
With the Red Raiders trouncing Cal, I'm rooting for VT to upset Auburn, and OU to trounce SC. Then, by all rights, Texas should end up #2. That will be some good egg in the face of all those AP writers that had Texas #6 at the start of the week, and whined that Cal should have been in the Rose Bowl, and complained about Mack Brown "lobbying" to get Texas into the BCS. After all, under the old system, Cal wouldn't have been in the Rose Bowl either, since it would have been SC vs. Michigan. Then, the West Coast writers would have been complaining that SC didn't get to play Auburn or OU, who likely as not wouldn't have played each other either.
At 1:07 PM,
Michelle said…
It must have been a blast being there!! My next door neighbor is the head trainer for the other UT (Tenn), and they would love to meet your UT next year at the Rose. A&M didn't have quiet the day Texas did. We are not huge fans of Auburn here as they defeated us both times this year. Jessica's first game was the first stomping by Auburn. It was ugly.
At 10:20 AM,
Anonymous said…
You goofballs!! Of all the things to come accross on the internet, I stumbled accross this blog. Pretty funny considering I just visited Michele and Po, who were, by the way, excellent hosts. I missed the game and have had to hold my head in shame in the office today as my fellow alumni have shunned me for the day!
It does feel good to Win the Rosebowl!! Curtis, I am jealous!
Doug Horvath.
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