hook 'em horns

first of all, merry belated Christmas, and happy belated new year! i was on the plane both days traveling to brazil. a nice vacation with the family. it was nice weather, pretty good food, nice beaches, and time with the family. i'll post about that a bit later!

i can't believe it, UT actually won the national championship! in big games, i don't like to watch the game. i get really nervous and upset when we're (we being the longhorns) are doing bad. earlier in the season when we had a scare against oklahoma state, i had to turn off the tv in the middle of the game. :P

i think that even though i wanted ut to win, i felt that we were going to lose, and lose big. but was i wrong!

for such a memorable game, nat and i missed half of it. we went to prayer meeting at church and missed the first half. i think that it was good b/c i didn't want to get too caught up in the game. the prayer meeting and just focusing on fellowship and praying really helped out a lot. it helped me not to be nervous about the game and to put it in perspective--it's just a game.

but it was still exciting to watch. close to the end of the fourth quarter, when we were down by 12, i thought the game was over. our defense had been walked on all over by usc's offense, but they stopped them when it really counted. :) then we marched down, scored, converted a 2 point conversion, and with 16 seconds left, held our breaths. but we held out! what a great end to a great season! hook 'em horns!