What bowl games have you attended?

[Duke C #11]

Cotton vs. Tennessee (first time I ever saw Texas play in person)

Cotton vs. Notre Dame in 78.

Bluebonnet (USC vs. A&M). My roommate at UT's brother was in the USC marching band.

Rose vs. USC

Alamo vs. Iowa

 

[Worster1]

AKA The Freedom Bowl, featuring Chuck Long and Hayden Fry?

I can remember sitting in the steakhouse in Ozana for that one (deer hunting trip) and everyone keep asking me what the hell was wrong, as if I could fix it.  I just kept stuffing my mouth full of food so I didn't have to respond.  Funny the things we remember.

A Horn buddy of mine and I still talk about that awful Freedom Bowl game.  It came out after the game that the players had voted not to accept the bowl invitation - they didn't want to play the game!  But others at UT decided to accept the invitation.  What resulted was a disaster of a bowl, only exceeded by that 1991 CB vs. Miami. 

Those had to be THE 2 worst bowl loses I ever saw UT play in.

 

[Juan]

Agree.

Besides Miami, I also sat through Notre Dame'77 which cost us a MNC.

And that Sugar Bowl Game with Virginia Tech (what a sad way to ruin New Years Eve in New Orleans)

I was not at the Georgia game, but that one left a mark too

 

[Worster1]

Agree.

Besides Miami, I also sat through Notre Dame'77 which cost us a MNC.

And that Sugar Bowl Game with Virginia Tech (what a sad way to ruin New Years Eve in New Orleans)

I was not at the Georgia game, but that one left a mark too

Yeah, I attended that '78 CB vs. ND when the Horns were #1 and Earl was the RB...  38-10 loss.  Horns were really never in that game - they were manhandled that day - it was painful but you accepted ND was just better... that day.

'84 CB vs. Georgia - 10-9 loss.  Awesome D for 99% of the game.  Ward missed 2 FG's.  Craig Curry / Jitter Fields muffed punt. Freddie played not to lose.  THAT was a VERY  painful loss because the Horns could have won a NC as #1 Nebraska lost that night to Miami.

 

[Juan]

 

[Matt Cotcher]

And that Sugar Bowl Game with Virginia Tech (what a sad way to ruin New Years Eve in New Orleans)

I was at that Sugar Bowl too. Enjoyed a few drinks before the game and spent the better part of the 1st quarter wondering (loudly), "What is a Hokie anyway?"

In the 2nd half, every Tech fan in my section was yelling, "A Hokie is an ass-kicking turkey!"

I still haven't forgiven Jim Druckenmiller.

 

[Juan]

I had 50-yard line seats for that game.

Sounds great?

They were so low we could not really see past the benches, and ended up watching most of it on the big screen.

Then just stopped watching it altogether. 

Then, one of the guys in my party (about a dozen folks total), who was upstairs in a suite, drank too much and took off on his own.

We spent the rest of the night going bar-to-bar-to-bar looking for him.  At one point, his wife even went by the morgue to look for him.

So how does bad go to worse?  This is how.

We also had a free corporate apartment to use that night, which was nice.  But the beds were twins.  Which made it tough for the gf and I to squeeze onto when we finally laid down (near sunrise).

It was a very long night.

The only fun I remember having was risking arrest to shoot off the bootleg fireworks we had.  

And we ate well, so there was that too.

 

[Worster1]

I had 50-yard line seats for that game.

Sounds great?

They were so low we could not really see past the benches, and ended up watching most of it on the big screen.

Then just stopped watching it altogether. 

Then, one of the guys in my party (about a dozen folks total), who was upstairs in a suite, drank too much and took off on his own.

We spent the rest of the night going bar-to-bar-to-bar looking for him.  At one point, his wife even went by the morgue to look for him.

So how does bad go to worse?  This is how.

We also had a free corporate apartment to use that night, which was nice.  But the beds were twins.  Which made it tough for the gf and I to squeeze onto when we finally laid down (near sunrise).

It was a very long night.

The only fun I remember having was risking arrest to shoot off the bootleg fireworks we had.  

And we ate well, so there was that too.

No matter what is fun, good, bad, crazy or funny that happens before or after the game... if the Horns lose it just kills everything... or at least it does for me.

 

[Lukus Alderman]

Well I had the opportunity to attend the 2005 Rose Bowl, but before the season began I had planned a trip to Steamboat Springs with a group of my fellow soldiers upon our return from Iraq. So I gave the ticket to my brother, Lukus, and I watched the game from Steamboat Springs. I know Lukus had a blast, and I had a good time as well, so it was worth it.

The best gift a bro could give. That's the only bowl game I've been to and you'll be hard pressed to beat it.

 

[streettopeschel]

 delete post. ban user. worst memory ever.

 

[tejasrulz]

Cotton Bowl:

vs Miss St - W  My first bowl game. Me and my buddy went to the car to get beers at half-time. We're standing away from the crowd drinking them and this guy walks up to talk to us. The guy's name was Tony Dorsett.

vs LSU - W  LSU has the drunkest fan base in the world! Bar none!

Sugar Bowl:

vs VT - L  My first trip to N.O., was a blast except for the game. While most VT fans were questionable, had a couple of nice VT fans buy us drinks after the game.

Rose Bowl:

vs USC - W  Without a doubt the best one (Hello Capt Obvious!) Awesome game! All of the USC fans before felt sorry for us because they thought they were going to blow us out, afterwards they were in total shock! None of the Texas fans wanted to leave to leave the stadium. Still remember "The Tower" some guys built in the back of their truck.

vs Bama - L  3 mins left in the game and the Bama fans next to us were worried, then the dam burst.

I don't get to go to many bowl games due to family obligations and work. I did have fun at the ones I was able to attend though.

 

[73Horn]

First bowl game I ever attended was the Texas-Navy Cotton Bowl on Jan 1, 1964.  Awesome.

Also, Bluebonnet, the Miami Cotton Bowl (ugh), Texas- Alabama Cotton Bowl (Robert Brewer game).

 

[Juan]

 Texas- Alabama Cotton Bowl (Robert Brewer game).

That was a fun one.  The only bowl win we had from 1979 to 1987 (losing 6 of 7 in that stretch - dark days)

I remember standing in a grocery in Cotulla for it.

I was quail hunting this time - took a surf-buddy from Australia out to the lease and we stood there at the counter for the entire 4th quarter (watching with the cashier on a B&W TV).  We made so much noise on that Brewer QB-draw that the sheriff pulled in.  No kidding.  

Every quail we bagged the rest of that trip we pointed at each other like Brewer did at Akers.

 

[Duke C #11]

I had forgotten the Cotton Bowl vs. Alabama. I was there also.