Park the Golf in the Yellow Cash Lot - only $20! |
Pass the bubble & head to the bridge over Kirby |
Pick up lower section seats on the 2 yd line, 10 rows up |
Sit within smelling distance of Bevo XIV |
Marching Owl Band plays The Star Spangled Banner |
The cheerleaders lead the Texas football team out |
The Longhorns, in visitor white, rush the field |
Stop at the far endzone for a prayer |
Rice cheerleaders lead the home team out |
Rice Owls, in solid navy, rush the field |
McGuffie takes the ball 4yds on the 1st play |
McHargue calls the signals with McGuffie back left |
Kitchens drops a TD pass nullified by offsetting penalties |
McGuffie doubles back and loses 7 yds (this ain't CyFair) |
McHargue gets sacked so Rice settles for the FG, go up 3-0 |
Rice kickoffs go to the 30yd line all day, Jones returns |
Gilberts 1st snap as starter, handoff for 1 yd rushing |
Johnson picks up 18 on the 2nd play, 1st down! |
Rice stops Texas on four straight rushes from the 4yd line |
A Rice INT & a loss of 7yds after 3 plays, UT makes it 3-3 |
Rice drives to the UT 30 and misses a 48yd FG |
Newton rushes 11yds to the Rice 10yd line, 1st down! |
Newton picks up 4 & 5 yds on 1st & 2nd down |
Texas has looked feeble the last two possessions |
Time to punch it in! Gilbert hands-off to Newton |
Who scores Texas' first TD of the season, UT up 10-3 |
A Rice QB sack/fumble return for TD, then a 3 & out next possession, has UT on the 1 after a 31yd pass to Chiles | |
Newton punches it in for the TD, Texas up 24-3 |
Kitchens catches a deflected 47yd pass for a Rice TD |
Bevo XIV finds David in the crowd, only at Reliant Stadium |
Longhorn Band takes the field first |
Bevo carefully watches the Rice Band as they go by |
The MOB makes fun of UT TV station in their skit |
The MOB's skit has Bevo trying to pick a mate (from fellow TX teams) like on The Bachelor (it never makes sense) | |
Of course Bevo, picks Reveille (TV antenna in background) |
Thank goodness, the football team reenters the field |
Rice avoids the speedsters & kick to the 31, Jones returns |
1st play of 2nd half, Johnson rushes 6yds to the Rice 44 |
Newton picks up 9yds in 3 carries on UT's 2nd possession |
Gold's 1st punt of the game with 9mins left in the 3rd |
3rd drive sputters after a 47 yd pass to Williams |
Tucker misses a 44yd FG from the Rice 27yd line |
Texans' Jacoby Jones's shirt is 2nd most obnoxious here |
Goodwin takes a 16yd pass to the Rice 2yd line |
Newton pushes in his 3rd TD of the day, UT up 31-10 |
Goodwin rushes 19yds to the Rice 34yd line |
Tucker hits a 26yd FG from the Rice 8, UT up 34-10 |
Bevo shows off his grand champion colors |
Case McCoy's first collegiate snap, with 5:47 left to play |
Rice subs come in, sophomore QB Cook plays a series |
McGuffie watches from the sidelines on Rice's final drive |
Texas fumbles a punt, Rice punches it in 3 plays, 34-17 |
Rice cheerleaders celebrate the late score |
UT runs out the clock with a final a rush |
Both teams meet at midfield and shake hands for a game well played | |
Texas won but Rice played them tough |
Former Longhorn, current Texan Kasey Studdard poses |
The team finds the corner with the Longhorn Band . . . |
. . . and the Longhorn faithful sing The Eyes of Texas |