Rose Bowl - 4th quarter -- LETS GO HORNS!!!!

[coopspoppa]

This thread is allsome

You can read a post and digitally your mind puts you back to that point in the game. You remember what you were thinking and how you were feeling.

I was at the game, our whole section, we didn't know each other, but you know the people four or five seats down, two rows in front and one behind, the people that high five you on every touchdown because they are the people that you experience it with. I can honestly say, everyone one of us believed and that made it even more special.

Except the bisnatch from USC, he didn't believe.

 

[jaw43]

VY in the huddle: "OK, I'm puttin on my robe and wizard hat!"

 

[paki]

this thread is just amazing...i read the entire thing just now...there were some hilarious comments, some pissed off comments, and the elation of winning comments...

showed true emotion during the game.

 

[Campus Loop(y)]

I have not read this thread yet but it is one of the things I looked forward to seeing when I got back from the game, this and some Mueller BBQ as well as my dog and knowing my head would rest and wake up in Austin.

Judging by this one page, I cannot wait to share what y'all went through. Then the payoff.

 

[Tex Pete]

Fun to read the comments on here. I was watching the game on the Rose Bowl grounds. I never doubted Vince.

Once we stopped White on 4th down, I knew(and so did the SC fans who were present) that the crystal football was ours.

 

[kicksumass]

This is awesome..loved reading it. I didnt make it in to the stadium but i am so glad i was at least in pasadena to share the moment with thousands of other horn fans. And man where there a lot of Texas fans out there. Longhorns ******* know how to travel and represent!!

 

[Cancer Man]

I'm like TexPete and kicksumass -- I watched it on a TV on the Rose Bowl grounds and then snuck into the Rose Bowl right after Leinart's pass went incomplete and saw all the post-game hoopla. What a magical night.

After VY's game-winner, the people I was watching the game with around the tour bus (and myself) went absolutely bat-****. I'm 33 years old and I must've looked like a complete idiot. I screamed so loud and so long that my voice still sounds like total, utter ****. I stopped yelling when I thought my head was about to explode, then I dropped to my knees and got tears in my eyes.

Wow. What a moment. Sheer, unbridled joy -- much like the night the Spurs won their first NBA title (the difference being that we KNEW we were going to win that series).

This thread brought all of those memories back. I too, thought the situation was looking pretty bleak after Jarrett's touchdown. In fact, my wife called from Dallas and I told her things weren't looking to good for the Longhorns. I resisted the urge to call her back after we won because of my sleeping 4-month-old daughter and figured she went to bed without knowing what happened. Turns out, her mother called her to let her know at 11:30 that we'd won.

Anyway, I just wanted to say I enjoyed the **** out of this thread and knew like many others, the minute we stuffed LenDale White on fourth down, we were going to re-gain the lead.

VY is a burnt-orange god and my favorite college football player of all-time. He'll be my favorite Longhorn 'til the day I die. If that's the last game he ever plays for us, he left on as big a high as you can ever leave and, for that, thanks Vince. Godspeed.

(And if Vince comes back, phew, I don't know what I'd do. Maybe legally change my daughter's name to Vincent.)

 

[stevedallas]

I tried the whole game to get on this board....but never could...had to settle for just watching it on the 62" HD DLP

Hook Em

 

[DAGMAR]

really enjoyed reading this thread!! This is the same thing that was going through my mind the whole time

 

[led224]

I was at the game and KNEW we would score when Vince got the ball with two minuets left. We had an SC father with his two sons sitting behind us and when we were down by 12 the 9 yr old started getting mouthy with us. When Vince got the ball with two minuets left and the game on the line, I was the calmest person you've ever seen. It unerved the father and as soon as we lined up to go for it on 4th down, he looked at me and hustled his kids out of there before we snapped the ball, he knew we were going to score. Absolutely classic.

 

[kchorn]

Awesome Game. Awesome thread.

Thanks to Vince, to Jonathan Scott for the saving block on the last TD play, and to all of the Horns all night long.

Someone should give Honorary Lifetime Longhorn Achievement Awards to Harlequinn and Macanudo.

Amen to all of the comments in the last segment of the thread, especially:

(a) How 'bout them Longhorns!!!

(b) Now I can die a happy man!!!

(c) Thank you, Mack.

Hook 'em.

 

[LocoGringos]

OK, who else called in sick to work and spent the day on the net trying to figure out when the game DVD was coming out?

 

[Jive_Turkey]

I'm reading this thread for the first time from my hotel room in Hollywood. I love reading these threads after the fact. As I was watching the game from Section 13, I could only imagine what my brothers and sisters from hornfans were saying on this thread. Reading this thread, it's like I'm back in the Rose Bowl. I can feel the sadness and the elation all over again. Can't wait to rewatch the game when the commemorative DVD comes out.

January 4, 2006 was one of the greatest, most memorable days of my life. I'm so glad I got to spend it with my baby sister, who just graduated from UT, in the Rose Bowl.

Texas Longhorns - 2005 National Champions.

 

[random horn]

I was traveling and watched the game on TV. I managed maybe 3 hours of sleep that night I was so pumped and wanted to see every replay and hear every interview (over and over). The pain of seeing the last USC TD and two of our DBs down was brutal, but the payoff from The Stop and final TD drive were unbelievable. I keep rereading the thread because the whole thing was so unreal. Amazing.

 

[Xcalibur]

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[YouTeeAye]

Is it possible to put this thread on the "Classic"? I think I have gone through the whole thread at least 3 times. Just reading people's comments -- from almost giving up to realizing we're gonna win this one -- is surreal.

 

[danthehorn]

This thread put the writers of the Sopranos to shame. It is great to see how everyone was letting every emotion out at the time when the roller coaster ride was in progress.

Great Thread. Classic!

 

[Waller Creek]

this thread, once edited to tone down a couple of the supreme doubters and haters, is pretty much the written version of my conscious thoughts that 4th quarter.

 

[4realhorn]

Just finished reading this thread for the first time. I started the game by posting on the initial 1st quarter gamethread. But we all know how that quarter went so I had to change up the momentum and quit posting. Because of that I forgot to read this thread before now.

This thread definitely needs to be sent to the classics board eventually. It really illustrates the emotions we were all feeling on each and every down of the fourth quarter. Every post made me think to that specific moment in the game. I remember the when we feel down by 12 I was momentarily sad, but then I thought back to the Kansas game and remembered that we were down by 11 with only 4 minutes left. At that moment I texted 4 of my main college buds (1 of which was in L.A. but unable to get a ticket) and said, "We've watched Vince do the impossible. Watch him do it again." From that moment I only thought positive thoughts towards the game and new Vince would pull out (basically I was waiting for him to do it).

Man I love Hornfans and all my Horn brothers and sisters on here.
Whenever I get down or I'm feeling blue and can't get to a DVD or tape I think I'll refer to this thread and just reread it. I know that it will always cheer me up.

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[Snoop_Dogg]

damn....since I moved from Dallas to the Austin area, we have won the CWS and now the BCS and AP national championship. What a great time to move back home.

 

[BRay2244]

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[HorninNorman]

Like Hornfan2102, I just had to get on this thread.
I didn't lose faith in Vince, but my heart sank as I watched our D give up the last of the USC touchdowns in the 4th quarter. I didn't think that they could stop Leinart & White for the rest of the night. When the D finally got the stop on 4th and 2, I had the faintest of hopes that Vince could get it done...I just didn't think there was enough time.

Once the offense got moving, I felt like....can this be for real? Can we really win this game and the NC? When it came down to 4th and goal, I still had my doubts, unless Vince took it in himself. When he scored, my two kids and I nearly tore the roof off the house!!!!

Vince is like that supernatural hero, like Superman, saving the day in the nick of time. All he needed was the cape!

God bless Vince, Mack, the players and coaches. THE WAIT IS OVER AND TEXAS IS NOW A NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!

It still hasn't all sunk in, yet. The Texas Longhorns are college football's national champs for the first time in 35 years!

Thanks, Hornfans, for the memorable posts on this thread and countless others. It would have been hard getting through the season without you!

WE HOOKED 'EM, BABY!!!

 

[1990txgirl]

Just finished rewatching the last 6 minutes of the game and had to get in on this piece of Hornfans posterity. This thread is a perfect mirror of the ups and downs we all experienced throughout this incredible event.

We watched it at a friend's house. They had all the burnt orange accoutrements--plates, napkins, straws; the special full page inserts from the Statesman of Longhorn seniors were pasted all over the house. Fresh roses were strewn about.

As the evening progressed, we became ever more superstitious--changing seating arrangements, locations, etc, or NOT changing... depending on what was going on in the game. My husband ended up listening to the game instead of watching it. When asked if he intended to stay outside all night, he replied, "If that's what it takes..."

When we got down 12 pts. in the 4th, the mood grew very serious. The final 6 minutes are a blur to me; I almost started hyperventilating when Vince crossed the goal line with that final touchdown. But I had to remind myself that there were still 19 seconds, and this was after all, USC. I don't remember breathing as the final play unfolded. When the clock ran out on Leinart's incomplete pass, I broke down in a cathartic release and wept with joy. We all screamed, jumping up and down and hugging each other, several phones started ringing...it was exhilirating, blissful chaos!

I must've watched Sportscenter 4 times the next morning. Thanks to Hornfans, the source of all knowledge, and to Mack, Vince and the whole team for giving us this glorious moment. As long as I live, I don't believe I will ever again witness or experience anything like it.

 

[stay off my farm]

This thread basically equaled a lot of dipshits' opinions around me in my section of the Rose Bowl. The fans around me were giving up on Texas WAY TOO EASY, as many of the people that posted on this thread. I just don't get how anybody who watched this year's ohio state game could doubt our defense, and how anybody that watched any of our games this year could doubt our offense's ability to score two touchdowns in five minutes. I hope that now, there is a sense of confidence instilled. I sincerely hope that Vince comes back next year, so that all of you don't lose your confidence in this coaching staff and our talent level. This thread has some absolute pathetic posts and negativity.

 

[Turtle]

I watched the game at the Texas Sports Bar in Austin and it was crazy in there. Some of the USC fans were really getting on my nerves when they went up by 12. All the Horns down and gloating almost got to me then I remembered the Michigan and OSU games. I somehow knew VY would not let us lose. I told my friend that if we can score quickly we have a good chance to win it. Sure enough we answered fast. When USC got the ball back I told my friend when we stop them we're gonna chug this glass of beer...I poured from the pitcher and got our beers ready. We stop them on 4th down and we down the beer and commence to high-five and hug everyone around me. We get the ball and once again I say when we score we're gonna chug another glass. 4th and 5 and Vince scores. The bar erupts. Jumping, whooping, hollering, swearing. Everyone is high fiving and hugging....those you know and those you don't. It's pandemonium in there and the tables are getting knocked around. 3/4 of our beers has spilled out. After it calms down and we re-pour our beers, the game clock runs out and we chug. More pandemonium ensues.

It's early Sat. morning and I'm still giddy thinking about the game....can't wait for the replay later today.

 

[stevedallas]

the day after the game, I had a hearing in Court. I wore my rust-colored suit and white shirt and tie. But under the blazer, I wore my Vince Young Jersey like a sweater. The Judge saw me, laughed, and flashed me the Hook Em.

 

[dfw75201]

And thanks to all of the posters who somehow had the presence of mind to post during the game. I was lucky enough to be there and, as another poster said, a lot of the game and the aftermath is a blur. Reading this thread brought back every memory in perfect detail. I hope that twenty years from now, there is some way to read this thread again.

 

[zosostein]

bump.

just saw the thread today, thanks to my message board stalking and late return from LA. just in case others haven't seen it - it's definitely worth the read.

 

[Sii]

glad I was part of this thread during the game...times that will live in history

best game ever

 

[orange_pride]

God, the last 2:00 might as well be the most freaking longest time in my lifetime. I have been online for the longest time assisting with the game threads but reading other's reactions gave me a chill that ran through my spine.

Be proud cause we are 2005 MNC Champs, biatches!!!!!!