My daughter: Longhorn Fan

Now, I never watch sports. Ever. I did not get the sports gene. I do not understand the big deal about sports. I am one of very few UT alumni that has never attended a UT football game.

So, it was with great suprise that Merlin demanded we watch the UT vs USC game last night. I still have no idea where she found out about the game or why she wanted to watch it, but she was adament that we watch the game.

Thanks to my daughter, I watched (for the first time) a full quarter of a televised football game. I did my best to tell Merlin what the heck was going on, but I am not really sure I knew more than she did.

Merlin fell to sleep after the first quarter, but she got tremendously worried as UT fumbled a ball and then got scored on. I am glad she went to bed, as the last 5 minutes of the game were apparently very intense and Merlin might not have been able to handle it.