Rose Bowl 4th quarter thread

[Tim & Omar's Apt]

Just read it again for the millionth time. I still cry like a baby. VY is awesome.

 

[yelladawgdem]

Probably an hour after the game was over and the presentations were made, I sat down and cried and cried and cried in our seats in the Rose Bowl. I lost a brother in August 2001 when we were a likely Rose Bowl team during the pre-season (and how close we came). The last thing I had promised him was that I would take his ashes to the Rose Bowl. I thought I had kept my promise to him with the Michigan Game. Prior to the kick off of the title game I put one fresh rose and some on this ashes on the floor of the Rose Bowl not far from where the band was.

Vince fought the good fight; I kept the faith; my work was done. For the first time since he dropped dead the August of 2001, I was able to accept and grieve my loss, in a great celebration. The way we both would have wanted it.

There are also some of his ashes in the south endzone in Lincoln at the top of the first "A". I asked a security guard after our game there 5 years ago and told him why and what I wanted to do. He looked around and then flagged me on to the field. Dont think that would have happened anywhere but Lincoln.

 

[Mister Falcon]

Coolest post on that thread is by WaywardHorn. Seconds after Lendale got stopped on 4th and 1, he types:

"This is VY time. Goodnight SC!

"

Absolute confidence in the absolute badass.

 

[JOSEYWALES66]

I read it occasionally too. I especially like the negative posters and the crap they were saying during the game.

They should have been banned from Hornfans for not believing in VY.

 

[TexasGolf]

 

[TexLaw04]

Can someone post a link?

 

[Statalyzer]

It's on the Classics board.

 

[KC-97HORN]

Here is your next challenge:
Find the archived 4th quarter TEXAGS thread and find their view of the 4th quarter.

BTW, total hilarity ensues.

You can literally hear the Ags cheer their brains out at 38-26, laughing that Brown is out for the game 6:47 left and Texas is finally going to lose this year.... then read each and every sentence from them on as the undeniable one makes his run to immortality. Each and every post gets more and more dour and despondant. The absolute greatest line ever from that thread simply said:
"Vince has 187 rushing yards, and hes 13 yards out from the end zone, its inevitable...."

and that one final glimmer of hope that Bush gave USC with 8 seconds left... they jumped on it like a grenade, hoping against all hope that Texas wouldnt win......

And once the game ends, the 5 solid pages of the Ags puking, running around the house trying to shoot their Dog, kick their wife, beat their children, etc..... as the "terrible, awefu" truth sets in that their "greatest rival" just won THE national championship game......

its gold I tell ya Jerry, GOLD!!!!!

 

[Statalyzer]

That's not possible since I'm not a subscribed member, and thus I can only search back 10 days on that site.

 

[TexLaw04]

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[cochamps]

Knowing the texaggy reputation, my guess is that that thread is buried deeper in concrete than Jimmy Hoffa.

 

[Meursault]

that darth bevo guy is a deutschbag.

 

[SynTex]

yelladawgdem,

I'm sorry for the loss of your brother. Your story is very touching. Sharing sports innately with someone you care dearly about is a special bond a lot of people (namely my mom, wife and sister) don't really understand. I was that way with my dad (whom I've lost), and I am that way with my brother (who I tailgate all day with for every home game).

Hook 'em.

 

[HuskerNKingwood]

That game was probably the only time I ever truly felt happy for a group of fans not named ours.

The first Texas fans I met after moving to Houston, the REAL diehards, and people who TRULY influenced my life in a positive fashion, were there during the days of Mackovic. For them, it was a nightmare. I would look on in shock as Texas got blown out each and every week.

Even in a year where we were on the way to a national title, I wanted to walk up to them and say it was going to be all right, that they would have what was theirs back eventually. I could see the pain and the agony on their faces, and all I thought is that I hope it never happens to us.

To me, 1/4/06 will always be the vindication for those diehards, my friends, who stuck with the Horns in the lean years...and I couldn't have been happier. It was an added bonus to see USC lose.

Unfortunately, ten years later we go through the exact same damn thing.

Now all I can hope is that what happened to the Horns happens to us.

 

[TheGallopinGoose]

I guess that was a pretty good game.