I'm Coming To Your City

I'm sure you've been waiting with baited breath since yesterday, when it was announced that 'a lot is going on here,' so without further adeiu, my big news of the week: As you know, ESPN's College Gameday Presented by the Home Depot, is covering this weekend's matchup between Texas and Texas Tech, and yours truly (Twig, not Jig) will be on hand helping Chris, Kirk, and Lee with the presentation of Gameday, Live from Lubbock, TX.

Don't DVR the show in hopes of seeing me, I'll be the guy behind the scenes doing the junk work no one else wants to do, but still...getting the chance to see Kirk Herbstriet in person? Wow, he's sooo dreamy. And I really can't wait to see Corso's head get literally knocked off if he puts a Bevo head on at the end of the show. Good times in West Texas.

You Can Have Whatever You Like

Not a lot going on around here-that's not true, there really is a lot happening, and you can expect an update in the next 24 hours or so-but in the meantime I'll post a few links I found from si.com. It seem's that rapper T.I. "You can have whatever you like" is getting a lot of play in the YouTube parody department. Here are two great ones:

My favorite part of this clip is the chunky white kid on the back right. I can picture his parents in the crowd going, "This is NOT why we sent our son to private school!"

Check Ya Later

Due to an obscene amount of work at school this week (who knew, you have to study in grad school?) I won't be posting for a little while, in case you were wondering. In the meantime, Hook em Horns, Go Cowboys, and Come On Christmas break!

We're Number One?

Obviously, I'm thrilled with the results of Saturday's Red River Rivalry, even though the Cowboys did their part to dampen my spirits yesterday. The game was exciting, and each team played well, which is different from most of the RRR's from this decade.

There is one thing that I just can't seem to wrap my mind around, and it's really thrown me for a loop. Texas is ranked number one? In the country? In football? Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with how they've played, and beating your rival, who just happend to be number one at the time, is always cause for celebration. However, coming into this season, I had no expectations for this team. The young defense, the new coaches, inexperienced skill players, and zero running game had me, and many other Longhorn fans looking forward to 2009 as the year that things came together and they made a run at the title. I'm still not sure that they will win any title, but the fact that they're where they are right now quite honestly blows my mind.

This is the first time UT has been ranked number one in the regular season since I was mere months old, so needless to say, I don't really know how to react. Granted, when three of the four teams in front of Texas lost on Saturday, they sorta had to jump to the top, especially since the other team-Alabama-was idle. So call it what you want: A fluke, a top ranking by default, or whatever, the fact remains-I have NO idea what will happen the rest of the season, but I'm tickled to death that the rest of the season matters for the 2008 Texas Longhorns.

Now the challenge poses itself for the Horns-how do you perform when you're supposed to win? Remember, coming into this season, no one was really talking about them as a serious conference or national championship contender. I think they used some of that 'disrespect' as fuel to go out and show the nation that they are a legit team that must be taken seriously. Now that they have a big victory and people are starting to pay attention, how will they respond? If they are like any of the 2000-2003 Texas Lonhorns, they will lose at least one big game this year that may cost them a championship, bowl positioning, etc, and be labled as soft and overrated. However, if they keep the "everybody doubts us" mentality, they may go on to great things and make this an extremely memorable year. You know what my hopes are for them, I just know that I won't ever make another prediction about this team again. Hook 'Em.

So When I'm Dead And I'm Gone, All I Ask Is You To Cry

First off, I've got a $700B check with your name on it if you know the name of the band and song the title is taken from.

On to more important stuff...I'm way too nervous/psyched/on edge for the game* this weekend that I don't believe I'll be doing too much blogging this week. On top of that, I'm going with a group of friends to the lake, so nedless to say, I'm a bit hyped.

For this week's links, browse on over to http://www.burntorangenation.com/. My thoughts/feelings/hopes and dreams can all pretty much be found there. Great, glad we got that covered.

Also, as I type, my good friend B Maenius is at the Washington Wizards/Dallas Mavericks pre-season game. Who goes to an NBA pre-season game, you ask? This guy and this girl. And yes, they're sitting RIGHT NEXT TO BRANDON!! Feel free to send him a text with many many inapropriate words and phrases. Thanks.

*If you don't know what "game" I'm talking about, we're breaking up. Right now. I mean it.

FNL And Other Fun Stuff

It's the start of the new season for many television shows, and as such, I feel it's my duty to plug Friday Night Lights. Due to bad ratings (but honesly, who's gonna watch a show that airs at 9pm on Fridays?) the season will first air on DirecTV, and come to NBC in February. Regardless, if you have't watched any of it, rent the first two seasons, or watch them online at nbc.com, get ready for season three in February, and thank me later. In order to whet your appetite, here's the FNL Site. Be sure to check the espisodes, as well as the interviews with some of the actors as they show their favorite Austin spots. My favorite is the one where Tim Riggins and Lyla Garrity go to the Hula Hut, which is where Kayla and I ate last year, while Bethany went out on a boat and lost Kayla's glasses. Fun memories.

Other things to read or watch if you don't have class until 4:30:

For those of you who are members of Facebook, read and enjoy this wildly entertaining list of the most annoying people on Facebook.

Say what you want about Penn State-I'm not crazy about them, either-but scroll to the bottom of this page, and watch the video from their 'white-out' game this past Saturday. Great stuff, and it's hard not to get pumped up for that. Also, the video after the PSU one is pretty funny, too.

Ali G, what else can you say? Hilarious:

"No disrespect, but you's Canadian, so you don't even speak English, so shout out."

(Update at 3:08pm)
Came across 'lil Wayne's blog on espn.com. Fantastic. My favorite part may be the last line, where it states that "Lil Wayne is a commercially successful rap artist and major sports fan." I don't know why, that just made me smile.