Unlike the vast majority of students at UT, I was fortunate enough to have a freshman year where the UT football team ended as National Champions.  The day Vince Young announced he was going into the NFL draft, I am pretty sure a small part of me died inside thinking that we would never win again.

But here we are again, ranked No. 1 in the country after beating down OU and then giving Chase Daniels a humiliating back-to-back loss.  It is all very exciting, I think, even for those of us who are not all into the football mentality.  Just this last Friday, I was walking to the UT women’s soccer game, and at 6:30 p.m. there were ALREADY people lining up for ESPN game day.  Now, I did not wake up before sunrise the next morning just to go scream obnoxiously, but I do applaud those who had the school spirit and got on TV.

I overheard the other day a student saying that the average “lifespan” of a No. 1-ranked team this year is about two weeks.  We have a tough schedule ahead of us, but I really hope that our lifespan goes all the way through and ends with a victory at the Dolphin Stadium in Miami, FL.

If you have not gone to a UT football game or you even have vowed never to go as it is against your almighty principles…I encourage you to change your mindset quickly.  It is truly an experience of a lifetime.  I am not saying go buy season tickets (although that is what I do); I am merely stating that everyone’s first UT football game is something they will never forget.  When that cannon goes off or when you look up at “the Godzillatron” and see a horde of Longhorns running out of the gates, you might be surprised just how quickly your blood begins to pump and how fast your heart begins to race.