I'm so freakin' stoked! I'm going to the game!

[Yankee_In_TX]

Originally Posted by scourge

good job... you inspired me to do the same. Got 2 at $120. My wife turned 30 today so I used that as an excuse to use $ I don't have. I haven't been back to a game since '08 so I am pumped!

Close family friends of mine are taking us, and they are yellow lot tailgaters. That means for the first time(27 games) I will not be partying down in the platinum/blue lot. Makes me sad in a way, because I'd love to be there again parked next to Raging Bull, drinking beer with Brock and gang at St. Arnold's, and of course hanging with the blue crew... but just being at the game is good enough.

Yeah man, it has been too long!

[scourge]

Originally Posted by Yankee_In_TX

Yeah man, it has been too long!

It most certainly has. It would good to hang out with you again in a non-working environment... I know my wife agrees. Lol

[Double Barrel]

Originally Posted by texanmojo.com

Yeah...that Yellow Lot really SUCKS for tailgating. I would hate it there too.

I miss all my old friends in the yellow lot! Fans on grass always do it right. I wish the train stop was in between yellow and orange/blue, so at least I could hit one side before the game and the other side after.

[Texan_Bill]

Originally Posted by Double Barrel

I miss all my old friends in the yellow lot! Fans on grass always do it right. I wish the train stop was in between yellow and orange/blue, so at least I could hit one side before the game and the other side after.

No Platinum Lot love??

[Double Barrel]

Originally Posted by Texan_Bill

No Platinum Lot love??

Of course, my man! I always forget the distinction between blue and platinum, but Blue Crew is a primary destination for any game I attend!

[dinkatoid]

So, I had never been to a game as of last year. As a wedding gift, my wife got us tickets to see the season ending game vs the Jags. This year rolls around, and we got a 3 pack of tickets for colts, jags, and titans game. So when playoffs hit, I tried to temper myself and say I had a good season. I bought tickets to 3 games, and got a pair for free to the falcons game. I saw a lot, I need to sit this one out and save the money. I had finally talked myself into watching it on tv when my wife turns to me and says "Why the hell don't we have tickets yet?"

When even she turns on me for not buying them, I had to do something. So I got a few seats in 619 row B. Anyone on this board around there? I am so stoked about going now!

[Double Barrel]

Originally Posted by dinkatoid

So, I had never been to a game as of last year. As a wedding gift, my wife got us tickets to see the season ending game vs the Jags. This year rolls around, and we got a 3 pack of tickets for colts, jags, and titans game. So when playoffs hit, I tried to temper myself and say I had a good season. I bought tickets to 3 games, and got a pair for free to the falcons game. I saw a lot, I need to sit this one out and save the money. I had finally talked myself into watching it on tv when my wife turns to me and says "Why the hell don't we have tickets yet?"

When even she turns on me for not buying them, I had to do something. So I got a few seats in 619 row B. Anyone on this board around there? I am so stoked about going now!

'

Right on, man! That's a good wife right there!

We'll be next door in section 618. I can't remember the row, tho'. I think it's row K, iirc.

[dinkatoid]

Originally Posted by Double Barrel

'

Right on, man! That's a good wife right there!

We'll be next door in section 618. I can't remember the row, tho'. I think it's row K, iirc.

Its taken some time, but I have trained her well. Since we have started dating, she has gone from not watching games, to watching them (but only for me), to actually paying attention to the game to enjoying them.

It was the same thing with the NBA (I am a spurs fan). She used to go to games with me and never watch the game. Refused to watch it on TV. End of last season, I come downstairs and shes got the game on alone screaming at the TV when we take a bad shot. I was like man, I trained her so well...

[Texecutioner]

Your enthusiasm makes me want to purchase tickets for the game DB. Hope you and your son have an awsome time. If you haven't told him yet, maybe you should wait until that morning and surprise him.

[Double Barrel]

Originally Posted by dinkatoid

Its taken some time, but I have trained her well. Since we have started dating, she has gone from not watching games, to watching them (but only for me), to actually paying attention to the game to enjoying them.

It was the same thing with the NBA (I am a spurs fan). She used to go to games with me and never watch the game. Refused to watch it on TV. End of last season, I come downstairs and shes got the game on alone screaming at the TV when we take a bad shot. I was like man, I trained her so well...

Ahh, that's cool, man! Many females are not so trainable.

Originally Posted by Texecutioner

Your enthusiasm makes me want to purchase tickets for the game DB. Hope you and your son have an awsome time. If you haven't told him yet, maybe you should wait until that morning and surprise him.

Thanks, Tex! You should take the leap! This is the moment for the franchise, and it is this kind of game and more specifically, this kind of dominant defense, where a true 12th man can provide the edge of homefield advantage. I want to be a part of that, part of the mass of fans who are united in a single cause of supporting our team and disrupting the opposing team's gameplan.

I learned long ago that good crowds cannot make bad defenses good. But, when you take a great defense and add a rabid crowd, things get elevated. Our players get pumped and feed off of it. The other team can get rattled into making mistakes, which feeds the fans. It's a beautiful thing, man, and something that I just could not resist.

I did tell my boy. I wanted him to look forward to it and be as excited as I am. And he is. Little guy is still in a state of shock that his ol' man pulled the trigger. He understands the value of money - specifically that I could have bought a PS3, like he stated - but I told him this is about the experience, about the memories of something he will remember for the rest of his life. We can always save up funds for a game console. You can't always just go to an NFL playoff game, especially our team's first in it's history. No matter the outcome, that's something special to be a part of, just like 19-10 in the beginning.

LOUD, PROUD, AND TEXAN!!!

[texanmojo]

Well? How did they day turn out for you?

[scourge]

Hope you and your son had a great time, DB... I know I did. Voice is gone, throat sore, as is the rest of my body.

Originally Posted by texanmojo.com

Well? How did they day turn out for you?

Wanted to mention that we had a good time over yellow, even took part in shotgun thirty. It just kinda happened. I had walked by and started talking to someone and a group came up near us saying something about it being almost time. Once explained, I knew I had to take part. I'd have said hello, but it would've been weird saying "Who's texanmojo.com?"

[Double Barrel]

Originally Posted by texanmojo.com

Well? How did they day turn out for you?

Greatest sporting even I've ever attended!!!

What a blast!

Wish we had time to make it out to yellow lot, but coming from the train stop on Fannin, we just ran out of room on the clock.

[scourge]

Glad to hear it. Do you and your son still have your voices?

[Double Barrel]

Originally Posted by scourge

Glad to hear it. Do you and your son still have your voices?

yeah, we are resting them today. Still floating on Cloud 9, too!

[Honoring Earl 34]

Originally Posted by Double Barrel

yeah, we are resting them today. Still floating on Cloud 9, too!

Yep ... I can coast a long time on yesterday . What an overall experience and getting to meet TT legends as DB , KT , LYB , Briscoe , 76 , and Hookem was really the icing on the cake .

[gary]

I must have missed you DB.

[gtexan02]

Thanks for the tailgaiting offers for my dad. He ended up getting held up at the Bud Light tent who was giving out free food and beer I think haha. All in all though he had an awesome time.

I wish I had come in town, but I"ll just be patient and watch the AFC Championship game in Boston (or maybe Houston?)

[Double Barrel]

Originally Posted by Honoring Earl 34

Yep ... I can coast a long time on yesterday . What an overall experience and getting to meet TT legends as DB , KT , LYB , Briscoe , 76 , and Hookem was really the icing on the cake .

It was great to meet you, as well as many other TT friends that I've known for years. That is the great thing about this forum and being Texans fans. We will collectively feel the sting of defeat and the triumph of victory for many years. And last Saturday was an experience that NONE of us will ever forget. We will be talking about that one for decades from now.

Originally Posted by gary

I must have missed you DB.

awe, man! I am so sorry that I didn't get to see you, Gary. Hopefully there is a next time in a couple of weeks and Reliant is hosting an AFC Championship game.

Originally Posted by gtexan02

Thanks for the tailgaiting offers for my dad. He ended up getting held up at the Bud Light tent who was giving out free food and beer I think haha. All in all though he had an awesome time.

I wish I had come in town, but I"ll just be patient and watch the AFC Championship game in Boston (or maybe Houston?)

There will be a next time, man! Saturday refilled my tank with koolaide. The cynic in me went into hibernation, because that was what it was all about.

Hopefully you will make another playoff game at Reliant soon enough. I hope this was the first of many to come. Believe!

[Kimmy]

When we have the AFC game, I'm coming over there to meet the rest of y'all, too.

So glad it was an awesome time for you DB