How did you become a Longhorn fan?

My entire family are A&M fans. (I guess I could end it there?)

Anywaaaaay... My grandma offered to pay for me to go to A&M hilariously enough. My granddad even took me to games there growing up because he had season tickets, and multiple family members went there.

But I remember watching Texas beat USC on TV and then going out and getting a Longhorn football with that seasons game scores on it. When I bought my first NCAA game I had to choose a favorite team and I defaulted to the Longhorns and that about sealed the deal.

Finally, when I went on my college tours A&M was the first stop. I remember the tour guide spending more than half the time talking about Texas which was a big “wtf is wrong with these people?” moment.

A couple days later I went to UT and had a great tour, ended up getting a scholarship which covered everything other than room and board and that settled me being a longhorn for life. Plus Austin is 100x better than college station. I miss it.

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