40 years in-a-row

[TEXnSEATTLE]

from 1972 to Saturday....my 40th...never missed a one...

how 'bout YOU?

 

[orangecat1]

so, give us your opinions, on these:

1. hardest hitting game, '76, 77, or other?

2. best Sooner team in 70s?

3. best running play for us, Edwin Simmons 1983, or other?

4. most frustrating tie, '76, 84, 95?

5. most surprising Texas victory?

6. best defensive play, '77 Brad Shearer, Johnnie Johnson; or Stonie Clark?

7. best OU running QB, Thomas Lott, or other?

8. best 'horn Defense '76 or other?

9. rank your top five favorite games.

 

[VYFan]

That's very impressive. So many things can come up to throw off a streak like that. My father made 61 in a row, from 1947 to 2007, and I think it was one of his proudest claims in life! I know it's been worth it for you!

 

[El Sapo]

Awesome streak!

 

[TEXnSEATTLE]

1. hardest hitting...1976...last year I was cheerleader and we were right there...it was so damn HOT during the game that you couldn't stand in one spot due to the astroturf being ON FIRE....with all the talk of ou and CHEATING/spying scandal...the rivalry was never more bitter than THAT DAY...this should be taught to our children to give them appropriate MEANING when they say "ou SUCKS"!

2. best sooner team...the Selmon teams were incredible...I'm guessing 1974...we were so damn close to shutting them down. 16-13...they go on and win it all...(on probation)

3. best UT running play...Edwin's was incredible...dramatic and he was such an imposing figure out there...when he broke free...like an unleashed stallion....my favorite: EARL's TD run in 1977...an answered prayer...

4. most frustrating tie!!!!!!!! 1976...again, my last year as cheerleader and we HAD THEM BEAT!!! after we fumbled, watching ou take it in a couple of plays later was like in slow motion...after so many years of their cheating and spying and SWITZERING...we needed that one...

5. most surprising Texas victory--1989...they had been on quite the roll and we had not...GARDERE to the rescue! my best buddy got Johnny Walker's towel thrown to him by Johnny right after he scored and had it framed with the pic of the catch...my buddy died due to diabetes three years ago and another buddy really wanted that framed towel and pic...got to see it this weekend...it hangs in his guest bedroom....

6. best defensive play...Brad Shearer's was incredible...meant so much....Stoney's was my favorite...just like his swagger...

7. best ou QB---the skills of the wishbone QB's were incredible...frick'n artists...LOTT with bandana...great (hated him!...lol)
Sam Bradford will always be my favorite sooner QB...talent, heart, great family (his Mom looks like mine) and he was always a sooner fan as a kid...good guy...

8. best HORN DEFENSE---1983...just awesome...I love defense more than anything...they were incredible!

9. TOP FIVE GAMES:
1. 1977 So far above all the rest...my date and I walked all the way back to our car parked downtown holding our own MOVING PEP RALLY along the way...everyone was going NUTS!!!

2. 2008 Colt, Shipley, Quan, Obannaya...an incredible performance in the NEW Cotton Bowl...I sat in the middle of the sooners with my sooner buddy (oxymoron???) and couldn't hide my orange blood.

3. 1976 The FIGHT in our TEAM should be injected into all TEXAS teams before their coming down the tunnel. So proud of that bunch!

4. 1989 Great defense...really good ou team and THE CATCH at the end...incredible...watching the YOUTUBE clip still gives me goosebumps...the crowd's reaction...UT heaven...

5. 2005 VINCE...THE TEAM of destiny...Bomar...knew this team was something special...

 

[TEXnSEATTLE]

VYfan....61! I hope to make it there and more! GOD willing...

I understand your Dad's pride...good for HIM!

 

[BevoDan]

Missed 5 since '68 ( 3 of those I lived in Atlanta).

 

[TexasTower]

 

[misirlou]

Wow, my streak of 17 (1995) looks pretty puny against 40 and 61.

I can envision making 40 in a row, but 61 in a row would make me 78.

FWIW, UT is now 7-9-1 during my streak, which includes the 0-5 stretch. For that 5th game, I recall sitting in the student section amongst the seniors and realizing that even the 5th year seniors never beat OU while at UT undergrad. Sure hope they stuck around for grad school.

 

[rfeem]

I've made 27 in a row, 34 of the last 35 (missed the rainstorm tie in 1984), and 35 of 39 (first game was my Freshman year in 1973-we got hammered 52-13).

The record in games I have attended -- 17 wins, 17 losses, and 1 tie. As even as it gets! I missed the losses in '74 and '75, and the ties in '76 and '84.

I concur with the poster that claims the top win was in 1977. There is just no way to express how fantastic that win was, after 6 years (5 losses and a tie) of frustrating performance. The look of absolute disbelief on the part of the gooner fans after the game was priceless--it was not until the aftermath of the Rose Bowl in 06 that I again saw that type of reaction.

A close second would be the win in 2008 (45-35), and the last minute wins in 1989 (28-24) and 1990 (14-13).

The truth is, we are fortunate as Longhorn fans to have a rivalry game as significant and as meaningful as the annual State Fair match-up. So many college football fans have absolutely nothing to compare with this.

 

[pop999]

49 in a row here (1963-2011). 24-22-3

VYFan, your dad would have seen Lew Holder (#85) playing End in 1947 and 1948. He is my step-father of 47 years and is the last living starter of the 1947 and 1948 Longhorn football teams. He was also the best man in Alicia and Tom Landry's wedding! In fact, he's seen in this photo (we in the family refer to him as Coach)

 

[pop999]

I'd like to offer my .02 on orangecat1's questions as well

1. Hardest hitting game- 76 or 77. Both were absolute fist fights

2. Best Sooner team of the 70's had to be either 72 or 74

3. Best run play for the Horns was a 16-yard run by Earl Campbell in 1977. He ran over Daryl Hunt, George Cumby, and Zac Henderson (3 all-Americans) on one play.

4. Most frustrating tie was easily 1976. This was the career defensive masterpiece of DKR and Mike Campbell. With 6 minutes to go in the game, OU had 82 total yards and 2 first downs...and then Ivey Suber fumbled the damn ball. I was a senior and sat "on the dividing line." The guy to my left was a senior at OU.

5. Most surprising wins were the Gardere games.

6. The best defensive play was on 4th and one in the 4th quarter in the 1977 game when Doo-Rag Thomas Lott met Johnny Johnson. A friend told me after the game that when the down marker stretched, the radio announcer, Connie Alexander The Great said "he is short by the width of an OU smile."

7. Best running OU QB's-Jack Mildren and Jamelle Holieway.

8. Hard to pick a single defense out of 49 games. I'd say 64, 77, 79, 81, and 83.

9. Most exciting-1968 and 2008. Games that broke long winless streaks-1977, 1989, and 2005.

 

[TEXnSEATTLE]

pop999....thanks, for that and congrats!

 

[lhbruleshalftime]

Gotta agree with most everything, but you have to include the 1990 UH game in the top five, if only for the stadium atmosphere. An electric night that I won't forget.....trouble is, I couldn't pick one of your five to take off the list!