100 days, til kickoff!

Here you go Worster:
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Glenn Blackwood
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While he never produced an instant touchdown as a stand-in quarterback or returned punts for touchdowns like his teammates Ricky Churchman and Johnny Johnson, he was a key cog of a pretty good defensive backfield (even by Longhorn standards).
 
Hideo Gump Jr. said:
Glenn Blackwood
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While he never produced an instant touchdown as a stand-in quarterback or returned punts for touchdowns like his teammates Ricky Churchman and Johnny Johnson, he was a key cog of a pretty good defensive backfield (even by Longhorn standards).
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Tough kid that could put a lick on you! :hookem:
 
SabreHorn said:
The Fred Akers years were the ten most political years in the history of The University's Athletic Department. It was beyond divisive, went way past UGLY, subversive, and shameful. The fact that Mack Brown was able to reunite 90+% of those people is likely the greatest achievement in University history.

Beating ND & Georgia would have only prolonged the inevitable as long as a number of people were still alive, and maybe beyond that.

For whatever you may think of Fred, he was loyal to The University, was an outstanding coach, and is a quality human being, things I cannot say about Mackovic, Charlie Strong, and the majority of David's assistants.
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Here is what I know about Fred Akers. I was a high school Soph in 1984, I got tickets to see the SMU game. My best friends sister was voted Ms. Black UT, (she is now a very successful lawyer in Miami). Me and my buddy went to a frat party I was the only white guy there, but being 15, I had other things to worry about than color. I got to spend a little time with some of the players on that 84 team. None of the black players had anything nice to say about Fred Akers, in fact every one of them basically called him and the assistants a bunch of racist.

Now beyond that, I have no clue, but that is the jest of what I learned about Akers from his black players. I learned later on there was a lot of things going on that created that opinion and lead to some pretty lean years in the mid-80's. Some of those years I remember Texas had trouble pulling guys off the Texas top 100 much less the national top 100.
 
Austin_Bill said:
Here is what I know about Fred Akers. I was a high school Soph in 1984, I got tickets to see the SMU game. My best friends sister was voted Ms. Black UT, (she is now a very successful lawyer in Miami). Me and my buddy went to a frat party I was the only white guy there, but being 15, I had other things to worry about than color. I got to spend a little time with some of the players on that 84 team. None of the black players had anything nice to say about Fred Akers, in fact every one of them basically called him and the assistants a bunch of racist.

Now beyond that, I have no clue, but that is the jest of what I learned about Akers from his black players. I learned later on there was a lot of things going on that created that opinion and lead to some pretty lean years in the mid-80's. Some of those years I remember Texas had trouble pulling guys off the Texas top 100 much less the national top 100.
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OK. Now back to the countdown.
 
The reason Simmons "couldn't handle it" was a condition he was born with. If his legs had been diagnosed properly in his younger years, he could have had proper treatment, then who knows how long he would have played. We got a glimpse of how great he might have been.
 
SabreHorn said:
The reason Simmons "couldn't handle it" was a condition he was born with. If his legs had been diagnosed properly in his younger years, he could have had proper treatment, then who knows how long he would have played. We got a glimpse of how great he might have been.
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Simmons tore ousux a new one. What a game!
 
4th_floor said:
Simmons tore ousux a new one. What a game!
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I was there. It was a very impressive game by Simmons... we thought we had us the next stud RB. He was gifted: had speed, the moves but he had genetically bad knees as Sabre pointed out - think one leg was slightly longer than the other also .... sadly, had to quit.
 
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