Ant Hill

Phil Elliott said:
I say we put #60 on him next year.
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Okay, I know I'm about to commit Longhorn sacrilege, but #60 is a goofy number. I realize it's an honor to wear it, and maybe it was a cool number for LBs to wear in the 60s, but for the past 50 years it's been a number you stick the 3rd string center with. It's not a cool number.
 
OrangeShogun said:
Okay, I know I'm about to commit Longhorn sacrilege, but #60 is a goofy number. I realize it's an honor to wear it, and maybe it was a cool number for LBs to wear in the 60s, but for the past 50 years it's been a number you stick the 3rd string center with. It's not a cool number.
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OS, to my knowledge # 60 is not given out to any player, at any position. It is only assigned on a very rare basis, with permission from the HC. Only a few players have worn # 60 over the past 50 years (aside from the legend, Tommy Nobis) and only for a game or two as I recall. Derrick Johnson, Jeff Leiding and Britt Hager come to mind.
 
dukesteer said:
OS, to my knowledge # 60 is not given out to any player, at any position. It is only assigned on a very rare basis, with permission from the HC. Only a few players have worn # 60 over the past 50 years (aside from the legend, Tommy Nobis) and only for a game or two as I recall. Derrick Johnson, Jeff Leiding and Britt Hager come to mind.
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I believe OS was referring to how #60 is used on other teams in general.
 
I know I'm old, but #60 is cool and not anywhere near 'goofy'. I was just finding out what football was when Tommy Nobis played. I'd sit in my dad's shop on Saturdays and listen to the announcer say his name over and over and over again. It thrilled me to death to watch Derrick Johnson, Jeff Leiding, and Britt Hager wear it.

I hope there's someone in the program who is teaching the young guys our history and the importance of things like this. I know Bill Little would do it.
 
Seems like Robin Seindlin or Bruce Scholtz wore #60 once, twice or more?

Lead a lifeline here..
 
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Any doubters need to find the Arkansas game that he started and played very well in. He risked a crippling injury by walking on the field in Arkansas. Imagine being the leader for the Hype$man, consensus AA, a sure first round pick around whom a new franchise was built. I don't believe he ever fully recovered from his knee injury, but he knew for Texas to win against the Hogs, he had to play, and play he did. He and that group (Lammons, Edwards, Elliott, Harris, Krystinik (sorry Marv but I never could spell your name), et al nearly pulled off a heroic comeback. Never happens these days.

Tommy Nobis was the embodiment of the core of Darrell Royal football and loyalty. There are other jerseys which should probably be retired, but NONE more deserving than #60.
 
In the last 50 years, what other premier players, at any position, on any team have worn #60? Now ask yourself why no other premier players, at any position, on any team have chosen to wear #60. It's because it's a goofy number. It looks goofy, no one (with the apparent exception of Tommy Nobis) looks cool wearing #60. I fully understand and appreciate its significance among Longhorn fans as well as the reverence for Tommy Nobis, but that does not offset the fact that #60 is a goofy number.
 
In all my years of following football, I have NEVER heard of a fan thinking a number was "goofy".

We have had some players that were goofy enough to have worn 25 1/2 if they could have. That said, I don't give a **** what any other schools or teams do. At THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS wearing that jersey is one of the highest honors a player can receive, some have deserved that honor, some may be questionable - then there's Brian Jones.

With that, I invite you to put me on "ignore"
 
Derek Johnson rejected #60 when it was offered to him. He said he wanted to start his own legacy. He wore #11 while at Texas.

The last regular wearer of #60 was Brian Jones, I believe. The greatest #60 I ever saw live was Britt Hager. Doesn't he still have the record for total career tackles?
 
mchammer said:
I believe OS was referring to how #60 is used on other teams in general.
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I think the number convention can be traced back to two way players. Often, the linebackers were guards and centers. I think Nobis was the center on offense if I remember correctly.
Hence linebackers were usually wearing 50's and 60's.
It's also interesting that in that day, the guards were usually more mobile than the tackles because they were pulling on many plays. Now in the pass oriented offenses the tackles are the more agile lineman.
 
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