I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW

"Stef Schrader" (stefschrader)
12/08/2013 at 06:48 • Filed to: college football, Baylor, Big 12, all the feels

Picture unrelated, but HAPPY LOTUS IS HAPPY, TOO. Warning: college football ('Murica version) content below. Warning #2: Stef went to Baylor.

HOLY BALLS, WE WON THE BIG 12. US. BAYLOR.

Let me put this in perspective as to why I'm all "BURN ALL THE COUCHES!" right now:

This is the same school people tried to exclude from a major conference when the Big 12 was in total limbo because our football team used to be a total pushover.

This is the school everyone expected to go back into limp mode after RG3 left.

Baylor vs. UT? I sat through one of these games at Floyd Casey when I was a student. 2005. 62-0, complete shut out on our own field. The place was so empty by halftime that my friend and I walked over to the alumni side to sit in the shade.

And no one cared.

I got on TV once on the sidelines. Aaaaaand look at the score. Or rather, what I did to the score when I posted that on Facebook. Uh, actually, I don't think we score these games, do you? That's not added in MS Paint. THE SCORE IS A LIE!

Point being: we're not "supposed" to be here. Winning.

And here we are in 2013. Disappointed when we don't run up the score because running up the score is how we roll. Fuming mad when we lost to another ranked opponent. Even madder so when said opponent chokes to 0U.

We expect to win.

And we're BCS bowl bound.

I'll admit—I sucked at college. I struggled with depression through much of it, took way too long to graduate, and generally don't have fond memories of being a student. If I could build a time machine, I'd probably go back to 2005 and punch myself in the face. Graduating felt more like "I survived , now what?" than a cause for celebration.

If I hadn't found good people and discovered "I should totally do this racecar thing," I'm honestly not sure I'd be around right now to post about how no couch in Waco should be left unburnt. I'd found a challenge. I wasn't bored. And here I am.

You people. Really.

(Thanks.)

But dagnabbit if I won't revel in this moment. Those are my Bears. Winning .

I sat through a lot of butt turrible football I've sat through to see this, and I want to give the universe a hug right now.

Floyd Casey Stadium—the scene of so much fail from when I was a student—is finally done. I couldn't think of a better way to close it out.

DISCUSSION (13)

desertdog5051 > Stef Schrader
12/08/2013 at 10:31

Go Michigan State.

Jayhawk Jake > Stef Schrader
12/08/2013 at 10:41

Oh how I pine for football success....

My freshman year I expected nothing. My school plays shootyhoops, football seemed to be an excuse for people to get drunk and hang out on campus on Saturdays. But we started winning, and after attending a game where we put 76 points on Nebraska I knew this was our year. We won the orange bowl the next January, and the NCAA title in basketball a few months later. It was a great time to be a Jayhawk.

The following year was okay, but then it all fell apart. We've won a single conference game in the last 3 years. I'm not sure we'll ever even play for a big 12 title, at least not before the big 12 is no more.

At least there's always basketball....

ttyymmnn > desertdog5051
12/08/2013 at 11:23

I'm a Michigan fan, but I was pulling hard for State last night. Great game. Loved the look on Urban Meyer's face.

ttyymmnn > Stef Schrader
12/08/2013 at 11:25

Congrats on the big win. I thought UT had a shot, but you guys just closed us out on the second half. I've been one of the vocal ones calling for Mack Brown's head, but to take a team from such a rotten start to a chance to win the conference (even with big help from OU), says a lot about him. And the team.

Team6.1 > Stef Schrader
12/08/2013 at 12:25

MICHIGAN STATE!!!! ROSE BOWL!!!!

pdthedeuce > Stef Schrader
12/08/2013 at 13:13

when you feel bad about Baylor , just think , some people around here went to Lamar .

Stef Schrader > Jayhawk Jake
12/08/2013 at 14:39

Tell me about it. No couch was left behind after that 2005 womens' basketball win. None. Burn 'em all!

Stef Schrader > pdthedeuce
12/08/2013 at 14:44

OOOOOF. Most of my complaints are cost-related. As in, I probably should've gone somewhere and bought a 911 for that ridiculous amount of money. I essentially bought a condo I can't live in—more so given that I stayed longer than my scholarships lasted. Or a GT3 RS I can't drive. I regret that part every month.

I have a friend who went to Lamar. From Vidor, too. I've heard that feel. I probably wouldn't have gone there instead.

Stef Schrader > ttyymmnn
12/08/2013 at 14:46

Yeah—I've been thinking y'all need a new coach for a while, but this season...it confuses me. To hear UT was the other school up for the title made me almost do a spit-take across the table. "Huh?"

ttyymmnn > Stef Schrader
12/08/2013 at 14:49

Never would have happened for either UT or Baylor if OSU had won yesterday. It's been a crazy season all around.

pdthedeuce > Stef Schrader
12/08/2013 at 20:22

shhhh ... don't tell anybody ... i'm from Vidor .

Stef Schrader > pdthedeuce
12/09/2013 at 02:42

^5, your town's song made me lol.

(At least they have a Z?)

pdthedeuce > Stef Schrader
12/09/2013 at 03:06

I deny the existence of this video and of anyone like these people being from my town . I would also let it be know that I have never ... ever ... "thrown my Vs up".