LONGHORNS WIN ROSE BOWL
Texas 38, Michigan 37

From the Austin American-Statesman:

Mangum lined up with two seconds to play after Texas had advanced the ball to the Michigan 19 and opted to let the clock run down rather than attempt a third-down play. Mack Brown's confidence in his senior kicker paid off. The low kick wasn't pretty, but it was good.

Texas' first appearance in the Rose Bowl thus ended with a wild celebration in the orange-painted end zone.

The Longhorns (11-1) had never played Michigan in 112 years of football, and the first meeting was worth the wait.

Texas' Vince Young, the bowl's most valuable offensive player, ran for 180 yards and four touchdowns as he became the first Longhorn quarterback to run and pass for 1,000 yards in a season.

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What a nail-biter! I was certain that the 'Horns were going to blow it when they fell behind by ten in the third quarter. Fortunately, I was wrong. And, man, Vince Young is something else. Living in Baton Rouge, having only limited basic cable, I haven't gotten to see the Longhorns play much this season: Young is like one of Professor Xavier's mutants; it was all just too weird with him darting about the gridiron like a super-hero. What a game!

On a less happy note, my current school LSU was robbed of victory in the Capitol One Bowl on a touchdown pass during the last play of the game thrown by a guy from--get this--Baytown. I never knew this Drew Tate guy when I was there--after all, he went to the other high school in my district. But he was the pride of the town, a real hot shot, and people certainly talked about him quite a bit. Whatever. Baytown's still messing with me after all this time. "From Hell's heart I stab at thee," eh?

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