Live the Dream

 

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A copy of this DVD is available at the Denison Public Library.

DVD 796.322 LIVE

Live the Dream:

Subtitled The Texas Longhorns' Magical March to the 2006 National Championship, that subtitle basically says it all.

The 2005 BCS Championship Series started off with the University of Texas ranked #2 in the nation. But, although the Longhorns dominated nearly every opponent in the regular season they played that year, they never could play well enough to unseat the #1 team that year, the defending 2004 champions, the USC Trojans.

Over the course of the regular season the Longhorns only had a couple of gulps, including a nail-biter against the then ranked #4 Ohio State Buckeyes, and a game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys, in which Oklahoma State went into the locker room at halftime with a solid lead, but were shut down in the second half.

Fittingly, the last half of the documentary covers the Championship Game itself, against the year-long ranked #1 Trojans.  If you weren't privileged to see (or hear) that game played out, it was back and forth for most of the game, but USC Trojans led 38-26 with less than 7 minutes in the game.

Sports enthusiasts know how it turned out, with quarterback Vince Young leading two drives to take the lead and ultimately winning the game. This highlight DVD, by the way, is narrated by Verne Lundquist, whose voice will be familiar to those who watched NFL games in the '80's.

Live the Dream is not one for the casual football fan. It's basically meant for diehard fans. Or for anyone who might be too young to have experienced the season in real time.

Author note: To this day, the only time I have ever watched an entire season without missing one single game of a football team, pro or college or otherwise, was the 2005 Texas Longhorns run to the Rose Bowl. I also have the DVD of the game itself (unfortunately not available at the library).

Until next time, happy browsing.

Quiggy

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