Texas vs. Iowa State - October 1st, 2011
Halfway done with the mile walk to the stadium
Where is the Texas Will Call, or a friendly scalper?
Pay $70 for a $65 ticket & sit on the 45 in the upper deck
The sun is right in our face at 530pm
ISU has a nice jumbotron for stats and playback
The band spells ISU out for the students
But only alumni get a right side Cyclones
Both teams prepare to enter the field
Texas goes first while the ISU smoke machine fires up
The Cyclones take the field through the smog
Player's families cheer their sons onto the field
The stands are packed for ISU's biggest game in years
Texas kicks off to Iowa State who goes 3 and out & punts
Texas fails on 4th, then ISU fumbles, Monroe to the ISU 12
Tucker kicks 33yds for 3 after McCoy's sack on 3rd & 7
ISU fumbles the kickoff, McCoy to Shipley for 5 on the 22
Whittaker's 16yd rush for TD, makes it Texas 10, ISU 0
ISU's Reeves tries to make it a fumble recover but no dice
Gideon INTs Jantz's next pass and takes it to the ISU 17
Overthrown pass but flag on the play gives a 5yd penalty
McCoy pass to Davis incomplete on 2nd & 11
3rd & 11 from McCoy to D.J. Grant is incomplete, FG: 13-0
ISU gets a 1st down on a holding penalty on 3rd & 1
1st qtr ends with ISU on the Texas 25 and a first down
QB Jantz gets the 1st down w/a 5yd run to the Texas 12
Jantz pass incomplete to Darks on 3rd & 9
Guyer's 29yd FG is MISSED! Score Texas 13, ISU 0
6 plays later, Ash to Davis - 48yd TD pass, extra point: 20-0
Ash to Grant pass incomplete on 3rd & 17
Long ISU run negated by holding, punt blocked for TD
Next UT possession ends w/40yd Ash to Shipley TD pass
ISU drives from their 42 to the Texas 13 w/20 secs left
But Gideon sacks Jantz and Texas gets the ball
Texas takes a knee and goes to the locker room up 34-0
Longhorn band sits so stadium can belt out rap music
Longhorns take the field for the second half
ISU cheerleaders lead the team out on the field
Cyclones take the field in the second half
ISU kicks off to Texas to start the second half
Brown rushes for 9yds on Texas' 1st possession
I sneak off and get a coke and corndog
1st & 10 on the ISU 21, McCoy incomplete to Whittaker
McCoy rushes for 3yds but needed 6 on 3rd down
Tucker misses a 31yd FG, score still Texas 34-0
White's 40yd TD run called back due to holding
Steele 4yd pass to Lenz for 1st down on the Texas 29
Darks pushes off for a TD called back on pass interference
ISU fails on 4th, then 3rd qtr ends w/Wabash Cannonball
ISU goes for it on 4th & 1, Jantz scrambles
Jantz finds White for 14yds & 1st down on ISU 49
ISU goes for it on 4th & 6 on the Texas 47
And Texas pass interference gives ISU the 1st down
Jantz pass to Darks is incomplete on 1st down
White rushes 8yds to the Texas 2 on 1st down
White punches it in next play for ISU first score
White ran over a lineman on the way across the goal line
ISU fans celebrate the score, Texas up 34-7
After UT 3 & out, ISU goes for it, 4th & 10 on their own 36
ISU's 4th down fails, ISU player hurt on Texas' 1st play
Johnson just had a strained neck but carted off for safety
Tucker's 29yd FG is good, Texas up 37-7
Texas cheerleader waves the flag after the score
ISU drives from their 37 to the Texas 18, then a TD pass
Jantz to Young 18yd TD pass & extra point make it 37-14
ISU cheerleaders run the Cyclones flags after the score
The pom squad also celebrate the score
Texas runs out the clock with 2 rushing 1st downs
The game ends and the two teams meet to shake hands
Most of the fans have already left for the exits
The team goes to the visitor section for The Eyes of Texas
David sees his 150th game, 105th win, & 29th road win
Stadium named for ISU's 1st black player who died in 1923