WHAT a day!!! Up before sunrise and on the road by 8. Ben and I staked out our spot for the tailgate at 8:30, then walked over to Meyers Stadium to meet Patrick to see ESPN's College GameDay Live. It was SO much fun! Patrick jumped up and down with my sign enough that you could see the bouncing "Vince" over Herbstreit's shoulder. Getting to see Lance Armstrong up close was a treat, too. But the best part was the fun signs that people came up with. My favorites: "My grandma could put up 70 against Sam Houston State," "All I want for my birthday is a kiss from Lee Corso," and "Vince Doesn't Need a Push."After GameDay, we walked back over to the garage, met up with everyone else, tailgated, and watched the world go by on San Jacinto before heading over to watch Texas show Texas Tech what D-1 football actually looks like. Up to the last week or so, I've been thinking that we probably deserved to be #2. But why USC is ranked ahead of us when we continue to dominate and have a much stronger defense is becoming less and less clear. We'll settle it in Pasadena.
It was an absolutely gorgeous day and while watching Tech get routed wasn't exactly what I'd hoped for, you just can't get much better than a perfect football day in God's country.Got home late, exhausted, and collapsed in front of the Baylor-OU game in Norman. Baylor pushed it into overtime with an amazing td with 1:17 left, but couldn't hold OU. Did you know that Baylor's defense is ranked 20th in the country? I had no idea. Despite the losses on our record, Guy Morriss has really turned the program around and deserves lots of credit.
Yale lost. To Penn. Clearly this isn't the Eli's season. Here's hoping they'll pull it out against Harvard, making for a winning season regardless of what happens.
And finally, since it's the Third Saturday in October, Alabama won. Roll, Tide, Roll!
