Whats on my mind:
Longhorns kick off the football season in 12 days. I was telling my wife the other day that I really don't care if I make it to the stadium for a game this year. I have grown to really feel uncomfortable in crowds. I absolutely hate it. I can't relax. An old friend of mine once asked me, "You know what is wrong with the world?" Before I could answer he said, "People, thats what is wrong with the world" I laughed at the time, but the older I get (I just turned 40) the more I realize he is right. The world was probably doing just fine until 'ol Adam and Eve showed up and spawned the bad driver, the loud person at the resturant, the cannonball guy at every public swimming pool, the smoker that throws their cigarette out the window of their car, and the thousands of other things I could list here, but won't, because I don't want this to be serious. Anyway, I don't plan on attending any Longhorn games this year. I will watch them from the comfort of my own home, where there is no line for a beer or the bathroom. Oh, and I can control the climate. I will throw on my Longhorn gear, I may even paint my face, but you have to come to my house to see it.
Does going to the game, spending a ton of money and fighting the crowd make you a bigger or better fan then the guy like me that would rather watch it at home alone? I don't think so. You are just a more patient person than I am. Now, lets do a little math. Lets say you go to a game. By the time it is all said and done, after singing Texas fight 100 times, being scared to death by the cannon after each score (I jump everytime they fire that thing, I know it is coming, but for some reason I always jump) and raising your horns up and singing "The Eyes of Texas." You have probably spent $200 (tickets, Parking, gas, tailgaiting, Schultz Garden) For your hard-earned $200, you are packed in to a seat too small for either of the Olsen Twins when they were still on Full House, you are hot, and chances are there is somone next to you that doesn't know the program. You know, the one that asks you to sit down, when the Horns are down 4 points and have the ball 4th and goal with 10 seconds left. You know, the person that goes to the bathroom every 5 minutes and the concession stand every 10, constantly making you lean back in your tiny little seat so they can get by. Or, my favorite, the guy that brings way to much whiskey in his boot for a 10am game. He is the guy that thinks this is the last Longhorn game ever and he isn't going to let the officials F$%&*%$ Screw his Mother effing, gd, Longhorns. I love that guy, I really love that guy when he brings his wife and baby to the game. That's a special mix. Babies LOVE Longhorn games. So for the 8 home game this year, you are going to shell out a minimum of $1600.00. For that money, I'll take the 42" Panasonic Plasma HDTV.
DKR will have more Longhorn Football fans in it this year than ever before, thanks to the work in the north end zone. Come Early, wear orange, be loud, stay late. I'll do it too, but a long way away from DKR.
Go Horns.
