Dear Razorback Football: We're Ready for You

2007 Sucks. Thanks Razorbacks.

Screw the black-eyed pea-eating for good luck in the new year. Looks like our QBs forgot to eat their Wheaties this morning. Lethargic and pathetic. Way to suck, quarterbacks. At least the rest of our team looked good. Josh said it best: "Bench Mustain & Dick the rest of the game and play McFadden at QB...he's a better QB then anyone else we have in that position."

Now that my rant is over, I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe New Year's! We went to Shogun with Brett & Jayme Walker and Micah & Amy McFadden. The kiddos went, too. We thought Connor (McFadden), Molly (Walker) and Emma would really enjoy the show. Boy were we WRONG! As we were leaving, Emma just kept saying "This a scarrrry place". The fire petrified Emma. I felt bad for our cook. He kept asking the kids if they wanted to see more, and they all shouted NO!

Then we headed over to Brett & Jayme's house for dessert and chill time. The kids played, the guys talked golf and beer, and the girls talked about whatever girls talk about. We all had a great time. Got home around 9:30 and put the kids to bed. Allison was asleep by 11:15, and I rang in the new year playing Gears of War. And I don't want to talk about today. The Hogs' offense was flat out embarrassing.

First Razorback Game

Today, I decided would be the first time Emma goes to a Razorback Football game. Elizabeth Morris (now Hale) had some extra tickets, so I snatched them up and got Emma pumped up about going to the game.

My motivation points:

• The Band: she loves them. She's gonna be a band nerd like Daddy
• The Cheerleaders: she took her pom-poms
• The Princesses: aka the Homecoming court
• The Hogs: not the team...the mascots.

She did really well, though she was extremely tired. The game started about the time she goes down for naps. But since she hasn't been taking naps (to her mother's dismay), I figured a football game would be better time spent. She cheered and hollered and danced. Every time the crowd cheered, she asked if we scored. In this game's case, it was almost true! We left after the half-time show and headed home. It was a good, first game experience.

Homecoming Parade & Pep Rally

Tonight, Emma and I went on a date to the Razorback Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally. We met the Elleman's and Thompson's down on Dickson to watch the parade. Emma was decked out in her Razorback shirt, tiara and pom-poms, a triple-header for Homecoming, Cheerleading, & Football.

The entire walk from the car to the Walton Arts Center was full of compliments, pointing, smiling, and 1 proud Daddy. While we waited for everyone to get there and for the parade to start, the parade announcer was playing band music. Emma started dancing and shaking her pom-poms. 2 news stations (NBC / ABC) had reporters there, and both zeroed in on Emma. NBC got Emma saying "Woo Pig Sooie", and ABC interviewed me and Emma about why we were there and what we thought of the Hogs being ranked. ABC didn't even cover the event, but Emma's "Pig Sooie" got 2 seconds on NBC's news! She's famous!

After the parade, which was really fun, we all headed up to the Greek Theater for the Pep Rally. We got to dance and cheer with the band, the homecoming court, and the Alumni Cheerleaders (including Brooke). We left about halfway through, since Emma refused to take a nap and she had to potty. She was tired enough to fall asleep in the car on the way home, which is usually unheard of! It was a really fun date!