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It Must Be Football Season

angela
Adventurer C
Let the smack-talking begin...college football season officially kicks off this weekend, but the ribbing, teasing, joking, and whooping (if you're an Aggie like me) has already begun. College T-shirts are appearing in the hallways (we have a casual dress code but I'm thinking about writing Colleen about prohibiting last year's University of Texas championship T-shirts from being worn in this building....I would go directly to the CEO but Gary's "one of them"), university banners are being hung outside offices and cubes, football pools are being distributed, and lunches are being scheduled...all in the name of college football. Depending on the performance of your alma mater, college football season can be a glorious or a painful experience, but one thing's for sure - it's a no-holds-barred-smack-talking-flag waving-face painting-good time here at Southwest Headquarters.  So whether you're loyal to the SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, PAC Ten, Conference USA (is there anyone actually willing to admit it if you are?), Atlantic Coast, Big East, Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt, or Western Athletic conference, one thing is for sure - it's football season...let the games begin!
22 Comments
Melanie_Billing
Explorer C
My husband used to play football.
FriendofBlogBoy
Frequent Flyer B
Angela, Well, you just HAD to do it, didntya? Start bashin' my Longhorns, huh? That's okay, being National Champions requires more than just athletic prowess. The title carries an expectation of dignity and pride that is tempered with courtesy, and all of us graduates of the Forty Acres, along with the current students (which includes my son), are certainly worthy of that honor for the way we conduct ourselves both on the field and off. In fact, I will even confess that several years ago, I abandoned my long-time practice of telling Aggie jokes in the aftermath of your horrible bonfire tragedy. That incident had a very positive side to it, as it served to bring two rivals together under the banner of 'Texans' as we grieved alongside our maroon brothers and sisters. A new spirit of cooperation and respect between our alma maters was formed in the days that followed, as students, professors and administrators reached across to embrace each other. So, to this day, I am proud to ALWAYS root for the Aggies to win, since as far as I'm concerned, the first name of your school is the same as the last name of ours. Of course, around Thanksgiving each year, all bets are off, since even siblings can wrestle for supremacy within their 'family' or 'state' from time to time! Congratulations to you and all of the SWA Aggies for being from an excellent school with an outstanding reputation. We're proud to share the state with you along with our mutual, and currently rapidly increasing Permanent University Fund! (I wouldn't be a true burnt-orange blooded alumnus though, if I didn't point out that UT gets 2/3 and you guys only get 1/3!! LOL) Best wishes and LUV from a Longhorn! Kim :) P. S. Can we also agree that folks like Brian who went to SMU are just a bunch of spoiled rich kids? 🙂
FriendofBlogBoy
Frequent Flyer B
To Gary Kelly: Hey! Angela's posting to this blog alerted me to a fact that I may have known at one time, but in my old age, must have forgotten. I had to go find your bio on the SW website to confirm it (you know we can't always trust them Aggies...), and sure enough, you're a fellow Longhorn! We also share a BBA degree. No wonder I've always been very impressed with the way you're running my favorite airline!! Keep up the GREAT work -- I definitely LUV what ALL of you (including those Aggies like Angela) do at Southwest! Hook 'em, Kim 🙂
Murray
Explorer C
Angela I am an Aggie like you and it seems we always have to defend outselves. No matter, we persevere. Smack talking is the fun part. The shorhorns delivered last year (how I loved to see USC get their butt kicked), but we have a new season and their star is in the NFL, probably earning more than the entire t.u. coaching staff combined. We'll wait and see if the burnt orange was a one hit wonder......
blusk
Aviator C
Gee, anyone living outside of Texas wonder why College Station Vocational and the big community college in Austin are so obssesed with each other? And, Kim, I'm definitely not rich, but I like to be spoiled! Brian
FriendofBlogBoy
Frequent Flyer B
Brian, I'm a bit puzzled by your post. Are there people who live outside of Texas???? Kim
blusk
Aviator C
Surprsingly, they do Kim. I even hear a big school from Ohio that is venturing down here this week for a Bevo barbecue.
FriendofBlogBoy
Frequent Flyer B
Heyyyyy! We don't eat our mascot in Austin. You can ride yours, or buy one from Ford to drive, but I'll bet you don't eat Peruna, either! Ha ha Kim :) P. S. Betcha you're surprised I even knew your horsie's name, huh? My high school in Richardson copied your colors, your fight song AND your mascot -- that's why I'm so smart!
ele51
Explorer C
Isn't that exciting. The football fever is in the air. It is the only event I look forward with every year besides christmas.
blusk
Aviator C
Kim, actually you could drink Peruna at one point. It was an old "remedy" that reportedly contained mostly alcohol--one of the selling points of attending SMU. Interestingly, my high school in Dallas was the Longhorns and they copied all of UTs colors and stuff, even down to those frilly band uniforms. By the way, how will you explain those steers getting beat by a bunch of tree seeds from Ohio? (We won't talk about the SMU/Tech game, however.)
FriendofBlogBoy
Frequent Flyer B
Brian, That's a weird bit of deja vu for both of us! I'll further that by mentioning that "our" long-horned steer mascot was a result of an Aggie prank (Angela might can shed more light on the misdemeanor deeds of her predecessors) when a cow was stolen from Austin and branded with " 13 - 0 " on the side to remind the Teasippers of how the Aggies had beaten them the year before. As we tried to save face, my predecessors tried to alter that branding job into something less embarrassing than the score of the shut-out game, and chose the name of a common beer named 'Bevo Beer', that was brewed by Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis. They changed the 13 into a B, the dash into an E and then squeezed a V in front of the 0 to create the word "Bevo" on the now twice-branded steer. So, you and I both can trace the roots of our mascot's names to alcoholic beverages from the past! Oh, and by the way, we'll be polite to our Yankee guests this weekend, and if they seem particularly pitiful, we might just have mercy on them and let them win so they won't be too sad. But, there's a lot to be said for the therapeutic benefits of a good whoopin', too! Hook 'em, Kim 🙂
Tricia1
Explorer C
and OKIES just L U V bevo BBQ's!!
kkleist
Explorer C
I don't have to much to brag about, and it is very rare that I can trash talk b/c a big win only comes once every few years for our football team. My alma mater is Baylor University (Baylor Bears). As I said, I have very little to brag about, but just wanted to say to those Aggies, that most of the Big 12 analyst's have rated Baylor above A&M this year. Oh, and I think it was last year that we took you to overtime and two years ago when we beat you in Waco!! I hope that later this year I can actually trash talk, but I still have yet to get to that point. Go Baylor Bears!!!
FriendofBlogBoy
Frequent Flyer B
Kevin, Don't feel too bad, from what I recall, Baylor's got The Big Guy on its side. I still remember the window decal from the 70s that read "Thee University"! Aparentley, thos guyz in Wacko dont no how two spel. Kim A proud graduate of THE University Hook 'em! 🙂
FriendofBlogBoy
Frequent Flyer B
24-7. Sigh... Oh well! Kim Still a proud graduate of THE University Hook 'em! :(
Erik_Jon_Warila
Explorer C
Why don't your Longhorns grow some courage and schedule the Boise State Broncos? Oh yeah, Mack Brown knows his boys would be too intimidated to play on the Blue. GO BRONCOS!
hcarboy
Explorer B
Kevin, Greetings from a fellow Baylor Bear, Class of 19**! It's sure been a long time since we've had something to cheer about; however, when I was a sophomore, Baylor went undefeated in the SWC and only had one regular season loss to San Jose State (insert requisite moment of silence). I still follow the Bears and even have PRIDE and Here Come the Bears on my IPOD. Doesn't every good Baylor grad have a BUGWB CD? Anyway, I'm a flight attendant out in PHX and don't receive much info in the papers out here, but diligently follow them on the Baylor Sports website. Hope to see you on a flight one day. SIC 'EM Bears!! Linda Kirby
FriendofBlogBoy
Frequent Flyer B
Angela, Although this thread has quietly slipped off the front page, I would be remiss to my alma mater if I didn't take the opportunity this afternoon (Saturday, October 7th) to say to our neighbors just north of the Red River... HOOK 'EM HORNS!!! Have a safe trip back to Norman, and y'all come back now, y'hear? (but not until the 2007 State Fair of Texas Red River Shootout!! Kim 🙂
Phyllis_Rawley
Explorer C
Please air the 'It must be football season again' commercials again in all your cities or post them online. They are great.
Bart_Whaley
Explorer C
Does anyone know how I can get a copy of the "must be football season" , the one with the little kids in the pre school, they are wearing hard hats and have go on there chest's. Can anyone find it and send me the link. Thanks
Logan
Explorer C
Is there anywhere I can find the old southwest airline commercials-It Must Be Football Season? They were very clever and well made. I loved the one with the man bending down to pick up his keys and the old lady behind him saying "hut 1, hut 2" There were several of those commercials made. i would love to see them again.
lmoffat
Adventurer A
Hi Logan! If you search "southwest airlines and nfl commercial" on youtube.com, you'll find some of these old favs. 🙂