I can't take credit for this, but I wish I could.  I was reading over some old emails and came across this.  A buddy on my Google Group list serve sent this out at the end of this season, so I thought I would pass it along.

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With the last football game of the season tonight and after getting Will's email, I thought I would share this.  I got this email from a buddy of mine who lives in Austin and is a big UT fan. Okay, I got this right around 10 years ago, but I think that once you read it, you will understand why it is one that I will always keep. It’s one of my favorites of all time.  Takes a while to read, but it’s worth it.

A chronology of events for Saturday, December 4, 1999, and the early morning hours of Sunday, December 5, 1999:

6:00 Arise, play the Eyes of Texas and Texas Fight at full-freaking blast

6:20 Get in car, drive to New Braunfels

7:30 Tee off (me and a buddy were the FIRST tee-time of the morning)

8:50 Turn 9 (crack open first beer)

8:53 Crack open second beer

8:58 Crack open... (you get the idea)

10:30 Finish 18 (holes, as well as beers), sign scorecard for smoooooth 95

10:35 Headed for San Antonio

10:50 Buy three 18-packs for pre- and post-game festivities

11:10 We decide we don't have enough booze, so we double-back to a liquor store and buy the good ol' 750 ml plastic bottle "Traveler" Jim Beam

11:50 Arrive at the tailgate spot. Awesome day. Not a single cloud in the sky. About 70 degrees.

11:55 I decide that we're going to kick the shit out of Nebraska.

11:56 I tell my first Nebraska fan to go fuck himself.

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