My parents bought Jason and I tickets to fly out Saturday morning this summer as an anniversary present, and I am so thankful!
I remember my senior year in high school we went to the Tech vs. Texas game, and I went to the game and sat in the student section with Mandy and we beat them, and my dad still quotes me on this story, that the first thing I said when I saw them again after the game was, "I'm GGGOOOIIINNGGG to TECH!!!" His reply was "You realize not all games are like this?" LOL!
My dad was actually a Longhorn fan for years, as was my uncle Don. The funny thing is my mom went to Tech and my dad would never cheer for Tech over UT then. I remember gamedays while I was growing up when our home was like a battle zone on gameday once a year (Just Kidding!) I was always a Tech fan...We visited Lubbock many times while I was growing up. I still tease my mom that I didn't have a chance...It's in my blood! There are videos of me when I was about 2 playing on the playground by the Child Development Center next to the College of Human Sciences, where I went to school day in and day out years later. There's pictures of me meeting Spike Dykes, and patting the Masked Rider.
There's the infamous story of the clickers...My family took Mandy and I up to Lubbock for a game and they bought us those small red rectangular clickers (Does anyone know what I'm talking about?) and we clicked them all the way home! (Why they didn't take them away from us, I have no idea!)
When I went to Tech though my dad became a true Texas Tech fan, as did my uncle Don and they began to root for Tech over Texas...Amazing! :-)
We still have one black sheep in the family, my uncle Darius, a die hard longhorn fan. We have a bit of a family rivalry...That is certainly an understatement!
I am so proud of Texas Tech for the season they have had and the ranking! I hope and pray we win this weekend, so we can show the nation how good our team is!
If you're going to the game I hope to see you there! Wreck Em! Guns Up!
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