100 day countdown - 2022 version

In the On Deck Circle for Saturday:

#55 Connor Williams from Coppell TX:

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Above: Wainscott making a tackle vs. Tenn. in Jan. 1 1969 Cotton Bowl. Horns mauled Vols that day 36-13, and it was not as close as the score might indicate.

Sport: Football (1966-68)
Position: Lineman
Inducted: 2000
Hometown: LaMarque, Texas
• Versatile athlete who also played guard and center during UT career
• Football Writers All-American and SWC Defensive Player of the Year as a senior
• Had 18 tackles in 1968 game vs OU
• Played two seasons with NFL Houston Oilers
• Successful businessman in Houston

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el arroyo said:
This is the photo I would have posted. It is iconic!
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Yup, it is.

Big Shootout Dec. 6, 1969 in FayetteNam. Remember everything about that day and the game...

The late Jim Bertelsen thankfully scores tying TD: 14 -14!

Happy Feller trots in, Center Weigand snaps, backup QB Donnie Wiggington holds and Feller gives the lead for the first time that day to the Horns... with about 4 nerve-racking minutes left.

Campbell INT saves the day.

Final: 15-14 Horns... whew!
 
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WorsterMan said:
Happy Feller trots in, Center Weigand snaps, backup QB Donnie Wiggington holds and Feller gives the lead for the first time that day to the Horns... with about 4 nerve-racking minutes left.
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Great hold by Wigginton on the snap to get the 15'th point.
That game had it all. It proves my point that a game doesn't have to be 53-48 to be exciting.
 
el arroyo said:
And the unbelievable interception by Danny Lester in the end zone in front of Chuck Dicus earlier in the 4th quarter when Arkansas also could have kicked a likely game winning field goal!
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Yes, I have that Lester INT B&W photo but was not able to post it up the last 2 years..

Will try again on day 23.....
 
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Interesting bit of history. DB Danny Lester from one of the Lubbock HS, IIRC, filled in as # 1 WR in 1970 when Cotton Spreyer broke his arm vs ou.

Advise if I am incorrect.
 
WorsterMan said:
Interesting bit of history. DB Danny Lester from one of the Lubbock HS, IIRC, filled in as # 1 WR in 1970 when Cotton Spreyer broke his arm vs ou.

Advise if I am incorrect.
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you are correct, but Lester went to Amarillo Tascosa high school, not Lubbock. Died in a car wreck in Houston not long after he played at UT.
 
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