Former president George HW Bush gets front-row seat to see Longhorns

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HOUSTON — Former president George H.W. Bush had a front-row seat for the Texas-Memphis South Regional final on Sunday.
He caused a stir at halftime when children near his seat began asking to pose for pictures with him. He mugged for various cameras through most of the break and even posed for a few shots with the University of Texas cheerleaders.
The commotion calmed down when the second half began, but a few children continued to trickle by and ask for autographs.
The 41st president has a home in Houston and is a fixture at early-season Houston Astros games, sitting directly behind home plate, before he leaves for his summer home in Maine. His presidential library is on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, about 100 miles from Houston.
The 83-year-old also attends various sporting events at Texas A&M.
THE FUTURE HOST: Ford Field’s dress rehearsal for next season’s Final Four is drawing mixed reviews from fans.
The debate is about the seating and crowd atmosphere at the monstrous venue in Detroit. The Lions’ NFL stadium was transformed into a basketball site for this week’s NCAA tournament Midwest Regional, and the same configuration is expected for the 2009 Final Four.
The NCAA has said the new setup will help more students get close to the action and keep prices reasonable for students and other fans attending Final Fours.
The crowd was announced at a regional record of more than 57,000 in Detroit on Friday night and about 57,500 tickets were sold for Sunday’s Davidson-Kansas matchup.
PRO POSSIBILITIES: Only a sophomore, Davidson star Stephen Curry is already being mentioned as a future.
At 6-foot-3, is he too short to be an NBA shooting guard? At a slender 185 pounds, would his body break down over the course of the physical, demanding schedule?

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10 Responses to “Former president George HW Bush gets front-row seat to see Longhorns”

  1. Malvina says on March 31st, 2008 at 6:02 am :

    Yeah, me too. I felt sorry for him. Ugh, this country is such a mess.

  2. Angelle says on March 31st, 2008 at 6:52 am :

    And they say D.C. is full of liberals..

  3. Lonnie says on March 31st, 2008 at 7:43 am :

    DAMN why didn’t someone make a loud banging noise… that would have been awesome, especially if Bush, world leader, thief president, had shit himself visibly and walked off the pitch as if he was trying to carry a watermelon between his knees.Bush shitting himself FTW!

  4. Stella says on March 31st, 2008 at 8:33 am :

    Booing? They were saying “Boo-ush!, Boo-ush!”

  5. Paisley says on March 31st, 2008 at 9:24 am :

    Sounded much like the reaction to Bob Fowler in the film adaption of The Sum of all Fears.

  6. Keaton says on March 31st, 2008 at 10:14 am :

    Come on, Fox news manufactures consent for the Bush administration, Huffington is just trying to be the opposite. good for them.

  7. Lewis says on March 31st, 2008 at 11:05 am :

    Wow, that apparently-obligatory “September 11th” reference at the end was a real punch in the face.

  8. Harvey says on March 31st, 2008 at 11:56 am :

    I wonder what goes through his mind. “They’re not booing at me, they’re booing with me.”

  9. Celeste says on March 31st, 2008 at 12:46 pm :

    1) Why would this be a surprise for an unpopular President to be booed in a very liberal city?2) I honestly didn’t hear very much booing.