Happy 2009! We here at ZiggyBackRide hope that you enjoyed any holidays you may have been celebrating of late and that your new year is off to a fantastic start. Mine is. So far, '09 has included an evening of Latin dancing in celebration of a good friend's birthday, several days of computer use uninterrupted by malfunction (I hope that doesn't jinx anything!), and a fantastic Tostitos Fiesta Bowl victory by the Texas Longhorns.
What an exciting way the last-minute victory over Ohio State was to finish an unexpectedly great season! Has any school made more of its BCS bowl appearances? Texas has been to three, won all three, and been losing in the final minute of each of those games. Not that there would be anything wrong with blowing someone out once in a while, but it's pretty cool that the 'Horns have been not only victorious, but entertaining, to boot.
I am not worried about whether Texas may be voted AP national champions - I don't think there's any chance. I think that was an incredibly remote possibility to begin with and, now that USC earned the same record and an impressive bowl win and Utah finished a perfect season with an equally impressive victory, it would really make no sense now. I also believe that Utah has the biggest gripe of all teams not playing in tonight's national championship, as they were eliminated from title contention before the first play of the season because of their conference affiliation.
All that's left now is to hope that Oklahoma doesn't go out and embarrass the Big XII and waste the opportunity it was given to play in the big game. Usually, the Sooners will do anything, it seems, to screw Texas or make the conference look bad (see their last four BCS appearances). Hopefully, they'll put that pettiness aside tonight and actually try to win. I think - and it's hard to type this - that I'm rooting for them.*
It has been another fun, crazy, enjoyable season of my favorite sport. I'm already looking forward to late August when it will begin anew and the Longhorns will march, once again, toward college football greatness.**
My apologies for the lack of high-level, season-ending poetry like I offered here at the end of a previous season. Check back soon to find out who our 20,000th visitor was and what he/she gets for his/her fortunate timing!
*That's only if one of the teams must win. If there's a way for both to lose, that's my preference.
**And by greatness, I mean a national championship and a Heisman Trophy for Colt McCoy, though even if neither of those happens, there's really no avoiding greatness as long as you're wearing burnt orange.
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ziggy! 2008 was truly your year! I checked out the link to last year's poem and less than a year ago (Jan 16th) Abram was the 10,500 visitor. In just 360ish days you've nearly doubled that number! Incredible!
oh, oops, that was 2007. but still impressive! you had the same # of visitors in two years as you did in the first 4 of the blog! outstanding. give yourself a pat on the back.
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