4 January 2010
Rif Ram Bah Zoo! Lickety Lickety Zoo Zoo! Oooh Wah Wah Oooh! Give ‘em Hell, TCU!
Yep! That’s me! And those are my hands wearing the world’s silliest gloves! Which proves, of course, that I’m cheating—I did not shoot this photo although it was shot with my camera. I did shoot others, including this one of the purple paraphenalia on our table, so I fulfilled my commitment to the KRuMB. But, this photo of me was so silly, I just had to share it. Thanks, Kara!
It was a big day for TCU fans. TCU was taking the field in a big bowl game. I’d been looking forward to this for . . . oh . . . thirty years or so! I bought shirts for us to wear, and little spirit poms to shake, and wore purple for days (my thanks again, to my Bristol staff for this amazing Tibetan lamb scarf that is the perfect shade of purple!). I made a pilgrimage to the TCU neighbourhood and visited the bookstore on game day where that fabulous scarf got me noticed by a news crew! Apparently I was on TV, although I’ve only heard about it, I didn’t get to see it. And, in a self-indulgent moment, I decided to redye my little streak of hair—this time all purple! I did a couple of other errands while I was out, including getting camp chairs we’d need for our game watching party. We were headed to the Rahr Brewery!
Our readers will know by now that we go there a lot. If we have a free Saturday, we’re there. And lately, we’ve fallen in love with their Wednesday night events, too. But, this was special—Monday night at the brewery owned by Horned Frog alum Fritz Rahr! An amazing turnout of what had to be three to four hundred people made for an exciting environment for watching the big game. The price was right—$15 paid for the best burger I’ve had in years, from the folks at Kincaid’s, and all the beer we could drink. Bryan and his sister, Angie were there with us, as was Kara, James (a nice surprise opportunity to see him one more time before he goes back to Korea) and Ken and Denise! Everybody wore purple (I helped with that!) and we had a blast!
Unfortunately, the Horned Frogs lost to Boise State, 10-17. They didn’t play up to par, in my opinion—be it nerves or noise, or newness to the big time—and they just got outplayed. It was a disappointment, but, really . . . undefeated up to that point . . . not too shabby! I’m mighty proud of my alma mater. And, oh my gosh we had a great time at the Rahr! Thanks, Fritz!
Go Frogs! Coach Patterson has six more years to take his team—our team—all the way!
~MB
