Nice win, Longhorns. WVU actually played them tougher than I expected. I thought this would be one of those games where Texas maintained a lead between 17-20 points most of the game and we were never in it. The back to back INTS in the 4th quarter are when the game finally got away.
I’ll tell ya a quick story about my day with my daughter. We got to our seats early and sat directly behind some guy and his wife. After a few minutes my daughter asks to trade me seats because she can’t see over him. I trade her seats and realize he’s even somewhat blocking my field of vision and I’m 6’2. This is a big dude. So when we all stand for the national anthem I notice the top of his wife’s head only comes up to his elbow. I even nudged my daughter and pointed it out. This guy was really abnormally big.
Anyway, at halftime some guy comes up to him and taps him shoulder wanting a picture. When the big dude turns around it’s Kevin Pittsnogle who played basketball for WVU from 2002-2006. He was a key member of a couple of John Beilein’s teams here that were really good. I don’t know if any of you Texas guys would remember him but he played on the team in 2006 when WVU and Texas played in the Sweet 16. He hit a 3 with just a few seconds left to tie it up and then Kenton Paulino came down drained a 3 at the buzzer to give UT the win.
I tried to explain to my little girl who he was and what an icon he was here for a little while (Anyone remember someone coining the term, “You just not Pittsnogled!” When he hit a 3?). I don’t think it registered with her though. We also saw Major Harris at a store signing autographs. Tried to explain to her who he was but, again, I think it went in one ear and out the other. We had a really good day though.
Good luck the rest of the season.