Arrive at War Memorial Stadium two hours early after finding 3 tickets for $60/each in less than a minute |
The stadium is just opening up for fans so the bleachers are still rather empty |
Find the Texas gate by looking for orange or the endzone |
Enter the Wyoming tailgate area and walk around |
Drinks, food, souvenirs, and lots of friendly people |
Old Ford truck advertising for a cellphone company |
Wow, nice, clean engine |
Wyoming fans know a sweet truck when they see one |
Brad finds a bonus in the bed of the truck |
Fans eat, meet, & greet in the shadow of the stadium |
Big flatscreen for watching Fresno State lead Wisconsin |
Dave & Brad are ready for some football |
Brad is one of two Texas fans wearing shorts at the game David has all his backup gear stuffed in his sweatshirt |
Finally time to head toward the stadium |
War Memorial Stadium's field level of 7,220 ft. above sea level is the highest elevation in college football | |
Fans have a picnic out in the food court |
Stadium beginning to fill up |
Walk around to the other side of the stadium |
My first of two brief glimpses of the scoreboard |
Texas players begin entering the field |
Defensive back head toward the stadium |
Let the group gather up and . . . |
. . . all head inside the stadium as a group |
Colt McCoy slaps hands with fans of both sides while Greg Davis plans out his screen pass plays |
Start climbing the ramp up to the upper deck go slow as we clear 7300 ft above sea level |
The locals are still enjoying the tailgate area |
Our view of the game from our seats |
Texas players stretchout before the game |
Wyoming players stretchout on their side of the field |
The remaining Texas players enter the field |
The team gathers before returning to the locker room |
Wyoming team gathers up before exiting the field |
The Wyoming Band & cheerleaders approach |
The Band forms the "W" out on the field . . . |
. . . and part for the cheerleaders to run through |
Then the football players come through |
Followed by the Texas players |
Who run to the endzone for team prayer near their fans |
Fred Akers, who coached both teams, flips the coin |
Garrett Gilbert & Colt McCoy warm up |
Kickoff for the first ever meeting between the teams |
First play, in honor of Fred Akers, screen pass |
McGee picks up 19 yards to the W19 on 2nd & 3 |
Incomplete pass on 3rd & 4, forces the FG, UT goes up 3-0 |
Full stadium watches Wyoming move the ball to the 40 |
Wyoming's Robert Benjamin looks for an open man |
Colt gets the play after the defense forced a punt |
Incomplete pass on 1st & 10 at the 15 |
McCoy rushes 3 yrds to W41 on 2nd & 10 |
A punt & defense hold later, McCoy hits Kirkendoll for 3 but the drive ends on the next incomplete & Texas punts |
2nd qtr starts w/Benjamin throwing 2 incomplete passes in a row to #33 Leonard & Wyoming punts to the UT 48 |
UT goes 3 and out and blows a 4th & 6 fake punt Wyoming has the ball on the UT 14 |
Chykie Brown keeps David Leonard from catching the TD, Brown's unsportsmanlike penalty, moves the ball to UT07 |
UT defense holds #32 Alexander to 2 yds on 2 rushes |
Wyoming settles for a FG and ties the score, 3-3 |
Kirkendoll takes a McCoy pass 42yds to the W21 |
McCoy hits McGee for no gain back to the W25 |
McCoy runs the ball 18yds to the W07, 1st down |
McGee crosses the goal line but a false start negates it |
A sack & incomplete forces another FG, UT up 6-3 |
Wyoming goes 3 & out, then McCoy throws an INT at W33 |
Wyoming and Texas each go 3 & out & punt twice UT drives w/90secs until half, McCoy hits Kirkendoll who breaks a couple tackles & takes it in, from 25yds out |
Texas 2nd punt is blocked for a TD, UW goes up 10-6 Hunter Lawrence's extra point makes it UT 13 - UW 10 UT kicks off giving UW time for one play & take a knee |
The only visible scoreboard does not display the score |
UW Band performs at halftime, UT Band is back in Austin |
Longhorns come back out for the 2nd half |
Wyoming hopes to hold UT down in the 2nd half |
Wyoming kicks off to D.J. Monroe at the 19yd line |
Monroe returns the ball 41yds to the W40 |
McGee runs the ball 4yds to the W09 on 1st & 10 |
McCoy rushes for the TD on 2nd down |
Lawrence's extra point makes it UT 20-10 |
Benjamin picks up 9 yds, next play UT recovers a fumble |
McCoy 15 yd pass to Newton, not enough for the 1st down |
Next drive, McCoy hits Shipley for 17yds & the 1st down |
Cody Johnson picks up 4yds to the W33 on 1st down |
Stadium construction workers watch from the suites |
McCoy scrambles on 3rd & 6th and throws to the endzone |
. . . hitting Dan Buckner for a 33yd TD pass |
Lawrence's extra point makes it UT 27 - UW 10 |
Leave my seat and find the scoreboard beyond the trees |
Next drive starts on the W43 & ends with Newton's 13yd TD |
Wyoming goes for it on 4th & 8 but incomplete pass |
Newton picks up a 1st down on the last play of the 3rd |
New Wyoming QB, Carta-Samuels, picks up a first down |
Chiles catches a McCoy pass from the W26 and . . . |
. . . takes it to the house, UT goes up 41-10 |
Garret Gilbert comes in for Texas' next position |
Gilbert picks up a 1st down on a 9yd pass to Goodwin |
Gilbert makes a 7yd pass on a 3rd & 11, UT punts to W01 |
Texas tries to stop Wyoming for a loss & a safety |
On 3rd & 8, Salyards goes 11yds for a 1st down |
UW Pom Girls & Pistol Pete celebrate the 1st down |
View of the Wyoming skyline as the seconds tick away |
Final play of the game, is incomplete at the UT 10 |
The two teams meet midfield to shake hands |
Final score is 10 to something, can't see the scoreboard |
The team comes to the Texas corner to sing . . . |
The Eyes of Texas with their loyal cross country fans |
Texas wins 41-10 and will see Wyoming in Austin next year and again in 2012 |
David is now 6-5 in out of state games after starting 0-4, 27-16 away games & 103-43-1 overall, attending UT games |