UT Graduation Cake

So my brother-in-law just graduated from UT....congrats! My husband and I had a brilliant idea to make a cake for the new graduate. Two problems:
1. It was 8:00 pm when this idea came into the world and 9:00 pm when it was set into motion.
2. I had never covered a cake with fondant.

My over achiever of a husband said "You can do it...and you better not mess it up!". Hmm...no pressure:-) To make a long story short...5 hours later (2:00am) this cake was made. My husband did a lot of the details and helped out a lot! If it wasn't for his help I would have pulled an all nighter.