Football has become synonymous with Thanksgiving. As the Longhorns and Aggies clash on the football field today, Austin Mayor Leffingwell and College Station Mayor White will have a friendly wager on the a game that could upset Longhorn dominance this season.
All that's on the line, is a little green for the winning season.
On Thanksgiving Day, however, a wager between the mayors of College Station and Austin means some extra green is on the line: The city of the losing team must present trees to be planted in the winning team's city.
"This is an easy opportunity for Austin to win some new trees," said Mayor Lee Leffingwell of Austin. "This will provide a shady spot for Austinites to lay underneath our winning trees and celebrate our 12-0 season."
College Station Mayor Ben White has a different take on today's possible results.
"I can't tell you how excited I am at the thought of having some of Austin's finest oak trees planted in the heart of Aggieland," said College Station Mayor Ben White, whose grandfather was the former Austin city councilman for whom Ben White Boulevard is named.
This will be the 116th meeting of these two teams, but the first time that plant life has ever been at stake. Arrangements for the ceremonial presentation - wherever it may occur - will be arranged by the mayors' offices for the earliest date possible.
The Longhorns are heavy favorites in today's game.
This is way off topic, but I just looked out my office window at UT, and there is a plane flying around and around campus pulling a banner that says "HEY MACK QUIT WHINING U KNEW THE RULES".
ROFL. This is what we get for the 45-35 plane at the OU/OSU game.
If you're in Austin this weekend, swing by the Obama tailgating party Saturday afternoon. We'll promote Senator Obama's Return to Austin on Saturday, Nov. 17 by flyering tailgate areas, and then we'll watch the game and enjoy some hearty Texas BBQ.
Saturday, Nov. 10th
Longhorn BBQ & Tailgate for Barack Texas v. Texas Tech (Game Starts at 2:30pm CST)
(Oh my, you just have to smile. - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
This news is too good to be true. Turns out that the only way OU can compete with our national champion Texas Longhorns is to cheat. Read all about it at ESPN.
Those Texas traitors, Rhett Bomar and Adrian Peterson, who left the Lone Star state for OU get no sympathy from me when the NCAA hands out its punishment.
YouTube has some photos of Bomar getting his ass kicked.
This helps clear the way for UT to repeat at national champions, and this spells long term trouble for OU. What 5-star blue chip recruit would want to go to an OU program on probation?
And the best part? Bob Stoops has been hanging out with James Dobson. He's been acting like a sanctimonious religious right nut, and now his program got caught red-handed. I'm sure James Dobson will blame this scandal on gay marriage.
