Luke Brockermeyer's odyssey to becoming Texas' starting middle linebacker -- one soaked in sweat, perseverance and family history -- will come full circle Saturday in the Red River Showdown.
It's a day that has been nothing short of a holiday in Brockermeyer's family for as long as he can remember
"No matter what, we never missed this game," said Brockermeyer, a third-generation Longhorn who loved Texas so much that he passed up scholarship offers from Air Force, Rice and Oregon State to be a preferred walk-on at the alma mater of his dad, mom and granddad.