The best time of the year has begun and I'm loving it. I attended the season opener for my beloved Texas longhorns this past weekend. There is nothing like attending the first game of the season and the excitement that comes along. A chance to see new players, changes to the stadium, and of course the first time the band comes walking down the tunnel and strikes up "Texas Fight" are a few of the charm's the first game offers.
I was very pleased with the play of redshirt freshman Colt McCoy. He displayed an accurate arm, poise in the pocket, and the ablility to make plays with his feet. I said going into the season that he does not have to win games by his play, his play just can't lose games for the horns to be successful. He needs to the Ben Rothlisburger of college football. Limas Sweed showed signs of greatness and JC ran the ball well.
There were several changes to the DKR that are of note. First and most obvious, is the new scoreboard Godzillatron. The size did not disappoint, but the content was rather disappointing. There were a lot of ads place around the border, and the most annoying thing to me are the ads they play during timeouts. If they feel the need to make the ads, to add to the millions upon millions they make a year, I wish they would limit them to one per timeout and only last 20 seconds. Part of the charm of going to a college game is hearing the band play and the ads are taking up to much time. Also, the bleachers in the endzone are very good looking. They create a much needed buffer between the field and locker room. The only disheartening thing about the upgrades is that they had to take down the large flagpoles that flew the six flags over Texas. They left the two on the end to fly the US and Texas flag. To replace them they put small, very small, poles on top of the scoreboard they fly the six flags, but its just not the same.
I guess this concludes my first post, hopefully more to come, maybe a Texas vs OSU preview later this week. I would like to give a shout out to my only reader Aaron, don't study to hard.
I was very pleased with the play of redshirt freshman Colt McCoy. He displayed an accurate arm, poise in the pocket, and the ablility to make plays with his feet. I said going into the season that he does not have to win games by his play, his play just can't lose games for the horns to be successful. He needs to the Ben Rothlisburger of college football. Limas Sweed showed signs of greatness and JC ran the ball well.
There were several changes to the DKR that are of note. First and most obvious, is the new scoreboard Godzillatron. The size did not disappoint, but the content was rather disappointing. There were a lot of ads place around the border, and the most annoying thing to me are the ads they play during timeouts. If they feel the need to make the ads, to add to the millions upon millions they make a year, I wish they would limit them to one per timeout and only last 20 seconds. Part of the charm of going to a college game is hearing the band play and the ads are taking up to much time. Also, the bleachers in the endzone are very good looking. They create a much needed buffer between the field and locker room. The only disheartening thing about the upgrades is that they had to take down the large flagpoles that flew the six flags over Texas. They left the two on the end to fly the US and Texas flag. To replace them they put small, very small, poles on top of the scoreboard they fly the six flags, but its just not the same.
I guess this concludes my first post, hopefully more to come, maybe a Texas vs OSU preview later this week. I would like to give a shout out to my only reader Aaron, don't study to hard.
posted by Matt at 9:15 PM
1 Comments:
Man I love the Big Ben analogy and the idea that he doesn't have to win games, just don't lose them. I also like the fact that you already have the terms of endearment such as JC for Jamal Charles.
Yeah that is the wonderful paradox of the corporate world. Too bad they don't have a way to fund big additions like the bleachers and godzillatron other than selling ads. Who knows maybe someday two hypothetical fans will be real rich and donate a lot of money to the school even though it is not officially their alma mater.
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