Red River Diary...

Well, I slept most of the day in preparation for tonight’s (2 a.m. here) festivities – Texas vs. Oklahoma ladies and gents…And as if the game isn’t going to be enough to keep me occupied, I will be making my first attempt at a running diary for this year’s Red River Shootout.
For those of you not familiar with the running diary, I’m stealing it from ESPN Page 2’s Bill Simmons A.K.A. the Sport’s Guy. Could be good – possibly funny – hopefully culminating with a big W.
It’s the 100th edition of the century old rivalry and should be less of a shootout and more of a blowout in favor of the beautiful burnt orange of the Longhorns – should be…
The Horns will have to do better than they have in the last five years. Five games that Texas had an amazing 19 turnovers. Five games that have ended in five consecutive losses to the Sooners – A sixth may be the LAST for Mack Brown.

11:36 pm – more than two hours to kick off…I swear Lee Corso picked Oklahoma to win on Sportscenter and now he just picked Texas on GameDay…????? Ha! He’s old!

12:55 am – GameDay Picks – Corso: Texas, Herbstreet: Texas

2 am – windy, rain, 72 degrees? Wait no this is the Virginia/BC game…

2:05 am – STILL waiting for this to kickoff…Adrian Peterson blah blah blah, Sooners need to blah blah blah…let’s get it on…

2:09 – kickoff to Texas…FUMBLE - oh shit…whew we still got…breathe dammit breathe…

2:10 – I’m actually very nervous…had to stand up and do a small lap around my room…my buddies back at Fort Knox know this maneuver well after last year’s Astros’ playoff run, North Carolina’s final four and Texas’ College World Series…

2:13 – Vince and the other Young are killin’ with their play fakes all year…they just faked out the announcer…good stuff

2:15 – THE GAME JUST WENT OUT – YOU’RE KIDDING ME – SERIOUSLY – STATIC – Freaking out, FREAKING OUT!!!…

2:19 – And we’re back…jeeze

2:20 – First play back – TOUCHDOWN – WHO CAN’T THROW? Yeah baby…The Eyes of Texas are beautiful…aired out beauty of a pass caps an 80 yd drive – cue the band

2:23 – Adrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiaaaaannnnnnnn?????

2:28 – FUMBLE - Texas gets the ball back and Vince is just chillin in the pocket – la di da – he fell on it though – jeez

2:40 – Brown declines a Sooner penalty and this little bastard comes out and squibs a 52 yd field goal – 7-3

2:43 – FUMBLE AGAIN – holy shit this is insane – they have fumbled every time they’ve touched the damn ball – and now we have our first Adrian Peterson sighting – boooooo

2:47 – Texas blitzes for the first time and OU has to settle for another field goal 7-6

2:50 – Draw play to Charles…missed tackle…GONE…80 yards…TD…cue the band…14-6

3:00 – they just announced that the Angels’ victory over the Yankees has been postponed due to rain…How nice will it be when both the Red Sox and the Yankees are out of the playoffs…Granted – it was nice to see them win last year, but for God’s sake – enough already…

3:17 – It just feels like Texas is just refusing to grab HOLD of this game. OU’s not blitzing and they’re just kinda goin’ through the motions. That and Vince seems to be having issues running and cutting…

3:22 – QB draw? – out of an OU timeout the Sooners run a QB draw? And someone is getting paid to make these play calls?

3:27 – INTERCEPTION OU – Texas has run out of the shotgun for more than half their plays, but scored on an 80 yard run…why not try running the damn ball?
3:28 – Texas is bailed out on a BS interference call – and of course Texas is right back n the shotgun…

3:43 – 1 min left in the half…it will be interesting to see if Texas tries to get the ball down the field to grab the momentum…

3:48 – Yes they do…could someone please cue the band…24-6 pretty touch pass from Vince hits Pittman in stride for a 64 yard TD…

4:23 – Texas is really trying to grab the game by going for it on 4th down early in the second half…Meanwhile I’m on some website checking out Texas fight songs to put on every time I use the phrase cue the band – good stuff

4:33 – Cedric Griffin will now be taken off the field for attempted murder of OU’s Broman…

4:38 – Vince throws a yard short of the first down…hold the phone…roughing the passer – 1st Down TX – what a dumb play for both teams…

4:41 – He doesn’t even try to throw these passes…he’s just putting the ball nicely in the air for his guys to get them…with Vince yawning it’s now 31-6…cue the band… Has anyone seen the “real” Vince Young?...14 rushing yards so far…

4:47 – TRICKERATION – fake punt – no dice – TX ball…

4:50 – Never mind – replay this year – OU first down – SHUTUP

4:51 - The attempted murder charges have been droped as it is now apparent that the Sooner QB is actually trying to kill HIMSELF...

4:52 – GREAT INTERCEPTION – just great

4:56 – note to TX players: tuck in your damn shirts

5:00 – Dan Fouts and Kieth Jackson are now attempting to jinx Vince by randomly beginning to discuss the various possibilities of Young getting injured if he stays in the game – why? Why do announcers ever do this? EVER? Just shut up and call the game…

5:05 – Selvin Young – TD – Cue the band and somebody wake up the second string – 13:06 left and we’re officially in garbage time…lovely…for those of you scoring at home that’s 31 unanswered points…

5:28 – 315lbs of Brian Robinson just murdered Broman – laughing hold on – this hit hurt ME – laughing again hold on – WOW – TD TX – cue the band and start the buses – game, set, match

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