I was. Thats what I thought it was originally about but when I read "It was 20 past 11:00 when they went to make their play" and the way they say texas and talk about a leather it made me think of football...
He's got the lyrics wrong on his signature.
That part of the song actually goes;
There was 40 feet between them when stopped to make their play.
And the swiftness of the Ranger is still talked about today.
Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped,
and the Ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip.
Big iron on his hip.