Hook em’ Horns!

College football season is coming very soon and the excitement is building.   No place was that more in evidence  than on the University of Texas campus for Fan Appreciation Day, a day set aside for fans to get the chance to meet and greet some of their favorite players and get their picture taken with head coach Mack Brown.   Several hundred people lined up for the event that began at noon on Saturday.   Michael Malick and his sister Amy, true Longhorn fans, arrived from their home in Yoakum, Texas on the UT campus at 7:45p.m. Friday night and slept onsite.   They were the first folks in a very long line.   Michael and Amy, an incoming UT freshman, are pictured in this post.   He’s the young man in burnt orange wearing glasses, she’s standing next to him.   While all the players were kind and generous with their time, I was really impressed with starting quarterback David Ash, who truly made a lot of kids’ day, particularly 5-year-old Dylan Wells of Austin, shown in the opening photo and the two that follow.   While I hope he has a good year on the field, it’s a sure bet he’ll do well in life.   He’s the real deal.    Here are a few photos I shot to accompany a story in Sunday’s Austin American-Statesman.   Hook em’ Horns!