Longhorn sports are a completely different story.
Football season in the city is equal parts annoying and awesome. Annoying because only a handful of bars show the games and there are ALOT of alumni here. Awesome because it is mandatory to watch the game among a crowd of Texas transplants and you’re guaranteed to run into someone you haven’t seen since you ate your meals at Jester.
This week I watched the game with a crowd of Clements/UT grads. The usual group -- Sarah, Shannon, Mikey (he’s back!) -- plus a few extras -- Brian (in from Chicago), Hayley (B’s NYC co-worker), Jonathan (not a UT alum, but pretended well), Doug (a St. Laurence friend). After the game, we went to a classic Lower East Side dive bar called Mar’s Bar. I’m a little confused by the apostrophe usage, but I let it go because it was clearly not the type of establishment concerned with AP Style rules. Geography on the other hand is apparently the subject of choice because I definitely was quizzed on the state capitals at one point in the night. The best part of the evening was when Johnny Drunk Face tried to run out on his bar tab. The lady bartender hurdled over the bar and successfully chased him down the street. I gave her double tip for that one. Anyway -- back to football…
We all thought we were a year away from competing for a National Championship. Then, we embarrassed the Sooners and thrashed the Tigers. Now we’re a unanimous No. 1 selection in the AP poll. No jinxing intended, but the top team in the first BCS standings has earned a spot in the national championship game for the past five years. Don't get me wrong -- we still have a few tough weeks ahead of us. But, I’m going to bet that as I type this blog there are a lot of Texas fans surfing for flights to Miami.
early Longhorn socialization:
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Are they cute or what?!
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