Wednesday, December 27, 2017

HEART OF DALLAS



YUP.
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH WAS IN
ANOTHER BOWL GAME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS BOWL
HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE.
MAYBE 1 YEAR?
BUT, IT IS PLAYED IN THE
"COTTON BOWL" IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
THE COTTON BOWL IS ONE OF THE
PREMIER NEW YEAR'S DAY BOWL GAMES!
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 4 THAT I GREW UP WITH.

COTTON 
ORANGE
SUGAR
ROSE

UTAH IS NOW 11-1 IN BOWL GAMES.
KYLE WHITTINGHAM CANNOT BE BEAT
WHEN HE HAS TIME TO PREPARE.

EXCEPT, THIS TIME, THEY WERE LUCKY
TO GET THERE!!!
AT THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON,
UTAH WAS 5-6.
YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 6 WINS TO
QUALIFY FOR A BOWL.
UTAH GOT LUCKY AND WON THEIR LAST GAME.

I NORMALLY WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN MENTIONED 
THIS GAME ON MY BLOG.
THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOATHE THE U!
HOWEVER, I SAW THESE PHOTOS ON
CHASE'S INSTA STORIES.

CHASE AND DAKOTA HANSEN ARE BROTHERS.
THEIR DAD, BRIAN, IS MY CLASSMATE.
THEIR MOM, PAM, WAS ONE OF MY
MOM'S 1ST GRADERS!
THEIR GRANDPARENTS ARE WENDALL & LAVON HANSEN.

CHASE MOVED INTO ALPINE ELEMENTARY
IN 5TH GRADE.
HE WAS IN LINDA DIBB'S CLASS.
DAKOTA WAS IN ADONNA'S  1ST GRADE CLASS.
I WAS PRIVILEGED TO TEACH DAKOTA
WHEN HE GOT TO 5TH GRADE.
A REAL LEADER AMONG HIS PEERS, 
EVEN AT AGE 11!

CHASE WAS THE LONE PEAK QUARTERBACK,
AND WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2011.
HE IS ON SCHOLARSHIP AT THE "U", BUT,
INSTEAD OF PLAYING QUARTERBACK,
HE PLAYS DEFENSE, AND IS A BEAST!!!

DAKOTA WAS THE LONE PEAK QUARTERBACK,
AND LOST TO BINGHAM IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 
IN 2015.
DAKOTA IS A WALK-ON AT THE "U".
USUALLY, THEY REDSHIRT THEIR FIRST YEAR.
I THINK DAKOTA WANTED TO PLAY WITH
CHASE SO BAD, THAT HE DID NOT REDSHIRT.
CHASE WILL BE DONE WHEN DAKOTA RETURNS
FROM HIS MISSION.
DAKOTA PLAYS ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

CHASE AND DAKOTA NEVER PLAYED FOOTBALL TOGETHER.
CHASE GRADUATED IN 2012.
DAKOTA GRADUATED IN 2016.

CHASE WENT ON AN LDS MISSION FOR 2 YEARS
TO AUSTRALIA.
DAKOTA COULD HAVE GONE ON HIS
MISSION THE DAY AFTER GRADUATION FROM
HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT, I THINK HE WANTED TO PLAY WITH CHASE.

LOVE THIS PICTURE!
THE BROTHERS IN THE COTTON BOWL.
UTAH WON, I DIDN'T SEE THE GAME.

DAKOTA WILL SOON BE LEAVING FOR
HIS MISSION IN CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA.

#PROUDMISSMITCHELLMOMENT


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