Report
From Newsletter #6:
On October 12 we hosted the “Texas Football Watching Party – Red River Rivalry” for our members to see our team play our arch rival Oklahoma. The party was hosted at Old China Hand in Wanchai. We had a private corner where we found almost exclusive. We had about a dozen Texas fans joining the party. We were also joined by some of the bar’s patrons who were also college football fans.
In the end our team beat ou by more than 2 touchdowns. By that time, our winning streak accumulated to 3 and we went on to win the next 3 games.
On November 17 morning (HKT), our football team had to face Oklahoma State on our own turf. The live feed of the game from Texas Exes was given to another chapter so we organized a party for 9am (4.5 hours after the kick off) so that we could watch the game “as-live”. We once again had the party at Old China Hand. We suggested our members to switch off their phones’ data connection and not go look at the Internet after 4:30am before going to the party, because with it is almost impossible to avoid knowing the results from social media before going to the party.
It was a smaller party than the previous one, but those who were there still enjoyed the thrill until the latter part when it looked like our team would not be able to beat the opponent. Despite the loss, Texas still had a shot at the Big 12 Conference title by winning the game that followed while OSU blew their chance by losing to the ou team. The rest is history.
Invitation
Our team remains a contender of the Big12 Championship after a last minute touchdown+PAT against Iowa State last week, which made the score 31:30. Every year, OU is the biggest obstacle for Texas to claim the Big12 or any other Championship. It has been described by a commentator that the Red River Rivalry is Texas’s only game of a season to the road of Big12 or National Championship.
Here are the details of the party:
Date: October 12 (Saturday)
Time: 11:30pm
Venue: Old China Hand (104 Lockhart Road, http://oldchinahand.com.hk/wp/?page_id=27)
Our phone number on that day: +852 6481 6005
Below is the Facebook page about our opponent:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/OU-still-sucks/132281939726
If you intend to join us, please click “Going” here in Facebook. Let’s watch our team play together!
On Facebook
Facebook Event Page: Click here
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