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I am spending the dog days of the offseason engaging in a number of tedious projects to kill time -- stuff like cleaning out the garage, re-organizing the file cabinet, etc. etc.
Saturday I attacked the garage on a mission to throw away a bunch of garbage that had accumulated over the years. You know it goes. I moved into this place a few years ago and there were still some boxes I had never unpacked. I set out to go through those boxes and send 99% of that junk to the curb.
During that mission, hidden among a box full of old UT stuff, I found a penny. From 2006.
Here's why this is an exciting development. First, the back story...
On January 3, 2006 I flew out to Ontario, CA for the Rose Bowl. Like everyone here, I was a nervous wreck. The California idiot seated behind me on the flight had "Fight On" as his ringtone, and he arrogantly predicted that we Texas fans would be hearing that song "all night long tomorrow night". Part of me was afraid he might be right. USC was a juggernaut, and memories of the previous year's BCS title game (the USC obliteration of OU) haunted me.
We landed at ONT and I raced to the rental car center to get my car and jump on the freeways over to the Westwood/UCLA area where we were staying. My friends were already starting the party, I was way behind. It was about 9pm.
I got to my rental car, threw my bags in the trunk, and then walked around and opened the drivers side door. Sitting right smack dab in the middle of the drivers seat, as if purposely placed there, was a heads-up penny. I knew what I had to do. I immediately grabbed that penny, closed it in my fist, and offered it up to the lucky penny Gods. Please, please, please let us win this f##king game.
Now I was free of fear. Now I knew we were going to win this f##king game. This was the clearest of signs.
I didn't tell anyone about the lucky penny and its magical effects until after the game, when we were busy polishing off a couple of bottles of "championship champagne" we had packed for the tailgate. I had kept in my pocket, careful not to let it "get mixed in with the others and become just a coin". I showed it to everyone, holding it up victoriously and celebrating its awesome powers.
That penny stayed closeby over the next couple of years as a reminder of that glorious trip and that glorious game. Somehow I lost track of it during my last move, and I'm ashamed to say I had forgotten all about it.
I spent the rest of the day thinking about that penny as I finished up other chores. And later that day I realized, in horror, that the lucky penny had been misplaced...are you ready for it...just before the 2010 football season. Just before everything went wrong.
The lucky penny is now back in its rightful place, carefully but prominently displayed in my shrine to all things Longhorn. It's out of mothballs, where it never should have been in the first place. Just like our football program.
We're bringing the glory back this year, boys. Let's go.
Cliff's Notes: I found the lucky penny from the 2006 Rose Bowl. The lucky penny shall bring us great victories in 2013.
Saturday I attacked the garage on a mission to throw away a bunch of garbage that had accumulated over the years. You know it goes. I moved into this place a few years ago and there were still some boxes I had never unpacked. I set out to go through those boxes and send 99% of that junk to the curb.
During that mission, hidden among a box full of old UT stuff, I found a penny. From 2006.
Here's why this is an exciting development. First, the back story...
On January 3, 2006 I flew out to Ontario, CA for the Rose Bowl. Like everyone here, I was a nervous wreck. The California idiot seated behind me on the flight had "Fight On" as his ringtone, and he arrogantly predicted that we Texas fans would be hearing that song "all night long tomorrow night". Part of me was afraid he might be right. USC was a juggernaut, and memories of the previous year's BCS title game (the USC obliteration of OU) haunted me.
We landed at ONT and I raced to the rental car center to get my car and jump on the freeways over to the Westwood/UCLA area where we were staying. My friends were already starting the party, I was way behind. It was about 9pm.
I got to my rental car, threw my bags in the trunk, and then walked around and opened the drivers side door. Sitting right smack dab in the middle of the drivers seat, as if purposely placed there, was a heads-up penny. I knew what I had to do. I immediately grabbed that penny, closed it in my fist, and offered it up to the lucky penny Gods. Please, please, please let us win this f##king game.
Now I was free of fear. Now I knew we were going to win this f##king game. This was the clearest of signs.
I didn't tell anyone about the lucky penny and its magical effects until after the game, when we were busy polishing off a couple of bottles of "championship champagne" we had packed for the tailgate. I had kept in my pocket, careful not to let it "get mixed in with the others and become just a coin". I showed it to everyone, holding it up victoriously and celebrating its awesome powers.
That penny stayed closeby over the next couple of years as a reminder of that glorious trip and that glorious game. Somehow I lost track of it during my last move, and I'm ashamed to say I had forgotten all about it.
I spent the rest of the day thinking about that penny as I finished up other chores. And later that day I realized, in horror, that the lucky penny had been misplaced...are you ready for it...just before the 2010 football season. Just before everything went wrong.
The lucky penny is now back in its rightful place, carefully but prominently displayed in my shrine to all things Longhorn. It's out of mothballs, where it never should have been in the first place. Just like our football program.
We're bringing the glory back this year, boys. Let's go.
Cliff's Notes: I found the lucky penny from the 2006 Rose Bowl. The lucky penny shall bring us great victories in 2013.
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