Like most high school boys in Texas, I played high school football and took part in an even bigger Texas tradition by going to a high school with a mascot that contained the colors of the University of Texas.

Transferring in from a 3A state championship program in Missouri to the W.T. White Longhorns losing, not to mention a joke of a football program at 5A in Dallas, I guess you could say it took a toll on me. The constant burnt orange and white and "hook em horn's" chants made me desire anything in a college choice and college fan-ship, besides the Longhorns of Austin.

While in high school, I avoided cheering for a college team, especially since I had yet to make a college decision. Upon my acceptance to Baylor, my coll...

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