Now They Know

If you watched ESPN Game Day this past Saturday, you are aware that NOBODY picked BYU to win against #3 ranked Oklahoma, now they know that was a bad call.

I got tickets to this game and started by inviting my parents. Dad was worried about being out of town without getting his building rented, and did not want to fly out just to see a beat down laid onto BYU. (In his defense He, Mom and Dan my brother came out last year for the BYU/TCU game, and we didn't emerge victorious.) Now my parents know, that was a bad call.

I next invited my Brother Dan to come out and watch the game with me. He didn't want to be out of town so soon after having a baby. (Don't really understand that, his wife did 98% of the work.) Now he knows that was a bad call.

Then I called up three of my friends from BYU. Mike Park, Dan Park and Troy Eldredge, three guys I've seen more BYU games with than anyone else. They were all excited to come but only Mike and Troy could make it. Now they know that was a Good Call.

College Game Day Truck...Da Da dun Da Da Dun.

College Game Day Broadcast. Far Right is Trevor Matich, Center on 1984 National Championship BYU team.

We told the guy taking the picture this trophy was missing BYU on it. He told us "That's fine, we'll put it on for you in January." Sometimes prophecy comes from the strangest places.

View from our seats. Section 451 row 21.

Enjoy the Upgrade Boys.

We watched the game from behind the Cougar bench, mostly on the worlds largest Big Screen TV, which stretches from the 20 yard line to the other 20 yard line. (By the way, the Jonas Brothers paid $8,000 to play X-Box 360 on this TV.)

Max Hall, he led the Cougars to the victory throwing for 329 yards, and two touchdowns.

Jerry Jones, Owner Dallas Cowboys during halftime interview with ESPN. Very impressed with the new House Mr. Jones.

The guy to the left is not Matthew McConaghy, it's Austin Collie, who now plays for the Indianappolis Colts.

I also brought my son Daniel with me. Here he's enjoying the upgrade.

Troy Mike and I, all die hard BYU fans, all three of us were friends freshman year at BYU. All three of us missed BYU upsetting Miami at home, as we were serving missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. All three of us felt we had a chance to win against OU. I don't think any of us thought we'd actually win against a team that averaged 51 pts. per game last year against opponents, and was held to only 14 in the BCS championship game, losing to Florida. When OU kicked a field goal to go up 13 - 10 in the third quarter, I looked at Mike and said "14-13, final score, we're winning this game."

In case you can't see that, just follow the finger below.


Post game was euphoric, almost surreal. We kept repeating to ourselves "We were here when it happened." While watching the post-game interview with Bronco Mendenhall, (Of course we took pictures.) at one point in the interview, he looked over at us, smiled and gave us the nod that seemed to say "Yeah, that was a Great Win"

Of the 74,500 in attendance, 60,000 were OU fans. We stayed around after the game, and had a hard time finding any RED anywhere in the stadium.

25 years after BYU won it's first National Championship, we knock off the #3 team in the Country, have the strength of schedule to make a run at cracking the BCS again. I was 13 when we won, was at BYU 5 years later. Now my son is 13, wants to go to BYU history does repeat itself...you not only gotta believe, you gotta have faith in miracles.

January 7, 2011 I fully expect to be with Troy, Mike and my son Dan watching BYU play for the National Championship for a second time in my life. GO COUGARS!