“Woah, livin’ on a prayer
Take my hand, we’ll make it I swear
Woah, livin’ on a prayer”
Walking up San Jacinto Blvd on Saturday to the Cascade Blonde tailgate where I was scheduled to interview former Texas Longhorns great Kasey Studdard, Bon Jovi blasted from the speakers out across the throngs of early arriving fans.
The moment seemed somehow poignant — for the subsection of writers and fans following the burnt orange and white who hadn’t devolved into abject cynicism about the program or antipathy towards head coach Tom Herman, there hasn’t much to live on besides a prayer and the belief that the Longhorns would make it.