After working a full day, I took the guys for some good UT tailgating at 'The Pig', a big old school bus that a URS coworker, Jason, painted and outfitted with Longhorn paraphernalia and a flat screen mounted on the side. He rents out prime real estate for tailgating at every game. With UT ranked as the #1 football team, this weekend's tailgating was massive! Jamie and Rich recounted the tailgating as their favorite experience in their favorite city.
Here's a shot of the flat screen mounted to the side of 'The Pig'. Everywhere we looked there was burnt orange and white!
Here's a shot of the front of 'The Pig' with a shout out to the Longhorns.
Countless UT fans lined the streets, parking lots, and any open space surrounding the stadium for blocks and blocks in every direction. The energy was contagious and exciting.
Jamie and Rich were taken with the cowboy.
Katie and Dawnlyn strike a pose in front of the packed out stadium for the UT Longhorns vs Missouri Tigers game. The official stadium capacity is 94,113 but an attendance record was set at this game with 98,383 fans packing the stands.
The lit up orange UT tower is evidence of UT's win against Missouri.
Katie came up from San Antonio for the evening. She met us at tailgating and then came to Z'Tejas with Dawnlyn, Claire, Carolyn, Michelle, Rob, and me.
My FEMA coherts Dawn and Rob are my regular lunch crew and chatting buddies. They came out for a night on the town.
After dinner we met up again with the Aussie's who continued tailgating through the game. (They tried to get in, but were unsuccessful.) We started off at Jackelope, supposedly Austin's seediest dive bar. Later, Katie and Jamie got down with it at Maggie Mae's.
Sixth Street was happening after the game with lots of fans and randoms at every bar. We ventured to 4th St which I generally prefer, but it was relatively dead compared with the bustling happenings on 6th St.
