When I entered full sports consciousness, I decided it was time to pick a college football team to watch. I chose Texas because I lived in Texas and my parents didn’t go to college. The first game I watched was October 7, 2000 and stuck with them throughout the 5 game skid. I ended up a school without a football team for undergrad and enjoyed the Vince and Colt years while there. Met my now wife’s family (okie state folks) for the first time and watched the Texas / Ohio State game in 2005 from her grandmothers living room. First Texas/OU game in 2006, first Austin game in 2009 and first road game in Stillwater in 2009.
I let my football fandom lead me to business school at Texas and got student tickets right in time for 2010. So there’s a pretty direct correlation to my direct affiliation with the university and where we’re at today. It was a pretty key career decision to pivot into a new space…so FUPM.