Random Off-Season News

[TEXAS1983]

Yep: only count the votez of those who smell of Ben Gay, Luby's, Aramis, Cotton Patch Cafe or Estee Lauter.

Wow! That brings back memories.

I remember a guy back in high school who spilled most of a bottle of Aramis in his Firebird. You could practically smell that car when it pulled into the parking lot.

 

[bishophorn]

Yep: only count the votez of those who smell of Ben Gay, Luby's, Aramis, Cotton Patch Cafe or Estee Lauter.

I really miss the “old” Luby’s before it got bought out, ruined and then closed. Also Picadilly’s, and some others around the state. Austin had the Furr’s “all you could eat”one that I relied upon while in school.
I would just pig out there.
I never used Ben Gay however, but I am old enough to remember a blue chip RB actually named Ben Gay. I think bailer signed him. My mother used Este Lauder, that stuff is still being sold amazingly. LOL

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

I am old enough to remember a blue chip RB actually named Ben Gay.

Me too, me too!

 

[txhorn_et]

Yep: only count the votez of those who smell of Ben Gay, Luby's, Aramis, Cotton Patch Cafe or Estee Lauter.

Hai Karate or my Dad’s Old Spice was my go to on those special occasions. It was straight to the Noxzema if I needed to shave off the fuzz!

 

[ViperHorn]

I think Ewers has the arm, and deadly short passing when he’s on….. but man, his inability to escape the pocket or run is a turnoff for many NFL teams, I’m sure.

He is deadly in college on anything 15 yards or so from the LOS. Unfortunately, in the NFL, that 15 yards expands to be 20-25 yards (to get over fast big LBs in coverage) and he needs to be able to hit downfield 50%+ of the time.

He will be more than a back-up if he can get into the right system with the right coach.

 

[SabreHorn]

I would add Penn State to that group. I agree with all of the blue bloods listed and it seems they all had lots of success in the 60’s, 70’s and up to the mid 80’s at least. Penn State should be there.

HELL NO!

No school that refused to play for a true National Championship is "Blue Blood".

Throw in the fact that 90% of Paterno's wins were against cream puffs so soft that Hostess wouldn't serve them.

I wouldn't consider them a "blue blood" in D-II

 

[Crockett]

Wow! That brings back memories.

I remember a guy back in high school who spilled most of a bottle of Aramis in his Firebird. You could practically smell that car when it pulled into the parking lot.

Maybe iwould have had more dates in high school if I had owned a Firebird that smelled of Aramis. Neil Diamond in the 8Track.

 

[VYFan]

Maybe iwould have had more dates in high school if I had owned a Firebird that smelled of Aramis. Neil Diamond in the 8Track.

We acted out our lives in brands. Herbal Essence shampoo, Pioneer power booster for Jenson speakers, City Park road, 1968 Camaro, James Avery necklace, Levi’s jeans, Justin boots, Seiko watch, Cat Stevens album from Inner Sanctum Records, recorded on Memorex tape on a Sharp tape recorder now playing on Kenwood system through aforementioned speakers (if only I had Alpine brand, the date would have been better)….

 

[1sahorn]

I don't think he could have. Most everybody else on the planet could have, but not Jerry.

Agree. How tactful can a pig rolling in its own s#¡+ be?

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[TEXAS1983]

Maybe iwould have had more dates in high school if I had owned a Firebird that smelled of Aramis. Neil Diamond in the 8Track.

That guy's Firebird was Rockford Files color. Or as close as the factory got. I don't remember if he was a Neil Diamond fan. Maybe Cheap Trick.

 

[WorsterMan]

We acted out our lives in brands. Herbal Essence shampoo, Pioneer power booster for Jenson speakers, City Park road, 1968 Camaro, James Avery necklace, Levi’s jeans, Justin boots, Seiko watch, Cat Stevens album from Inner Sanctum Records, recorded on Memorex tape on a Sharp tape recorder now playing on Kenwood system through aforementioned speakers (if only I had Alpine brand, the date would have been better)….

Or wearing straight leg Levi's, cordovan penny loafers, starched Gant button down dress shirt, smelling of Brut, Jade East or English Leather products.

While driving a 1969 Mustang Mach I with a 428 CJ, Audiovox 8 track tape player with The Beatles Abby Road or the Rolling Stones tunes on

Hot GF by your side... you don't take her to Luby's or Picadilly's cafeteria. In Dallas, if you could afford it in those days, Old Warsaw.

 

[NRHorn]

Or wearing straight leg Levi's, cordovan penny loafers, starched Gant button down dress shirt, smelling of Brut or English Leather products.

While driving a 1969 Mustang Mach I with a 428 CJ, Audiovox 8 track tape player with The Beatles Abby Road or the Rolling Stones tunes on

Hot GF by your side... you don't take her to Luby's or Picadilly's cafeteria. In Dallas, if you could afford it in those days, Old Warsaw.

I went to Old Warsaw 1981 prom.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[SabreHorn]

I cannot believe than from a board of supposed football and Longhorn fans, we get all this aromatherapy nostalgia and not ONE reference to the super smell of Cramergesic? Particularly those that did not notice it had mysteriously been applied in their jockstrap before practice. You could always spot them trying out new "dance moves" on the practice field and going back to class permeating the entire classroom with that smell, which seemed to last three days.

Worster,

Your too young to remember Gold's Department Store on the square in downtown Georgetown. Every summer they had a sale for a few days and Gant Oxford cloth buttondowns were marked down to $5. The one day all summer that the fraternity houses were empty at 8 AM.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

I remember as a kid the smell of Schlitz beer pouring from my neighbor Smiley, who maintained the cemetery and dug graves. That count for anything?

 

[cnb]

 

[SabreHorn]

I remember as a kid the smell of Schlitz beer pouring from my neighbor Smiley, who maintained the cemetery and dug graves. That count for anything?

Depending on where you lived, it counted for a lot in Harris County, where loyal Longhorn Hal Hillman owned the Schiltz distributorship and employed multiple Longhorn athletes for summer jobs over the decades.

 

[bishophorn]

I cannot believe than from a board of supposed football and Longhorn fans, we get all this aromatherapy nostalgia and not ONE reference to the super smell of Cramergesic? Particularly those that did not notice it had mysteriously been applied in their jockstrap before practice. You could always spot them trying out new "dance moves" on the practice field and going back to class permeating the entire classroom with that smell, which seemed to last three days.

Worster,

Your too young to remember Gold's Department Store on the square in downtown Georgetown. Every summer they had a sale for a few days and Gant Oxford cloth buttondowns were marked down to $5. The one day all summer that the fraternity houses were empty at 8 AM.

Unfortunately Sabre, I remember Cramergesic all too well, it was our training table staple along with salt tablets. Like whoever thought that was safe instead of water in 100 degree heat and humidity?
It is a wonder we all lived through football practice in high school in the 70’s. LOL

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

That thing isn't worthy of carrying Bevo's piss, but the optics are pretty classic.

 

[rick mueller]

Worster,

Your too young to remember Gold's Department Store on the square in downtown Georgetown. Every summer they had a sale for a few days and Gant Oxford cloth buttondowns were marked down to $5. The one day all summer that the fraternity houses were empty at 8 AM.

My dad would always listen to the Taylor radio station on Saturday mornings. Every commercial break featured an ad for Gold's Department Store or so it seemed. Thanks for the memory.

 

[txhorn_et]

I cannot believe than from a board of supposed football and Longhorn fans, we get all this aromatherapy nostalgia and not ONE reference to the super smell of Cramergesic? Particularly those that did not notice it had mysteriously been applied in their jockstrap before practice. You could always spot them trying out new "dance moves" on the practice field and going back to class permeating the entire classroom with that smell, which seemed to last three days.

Worster,

Your too young to remember Gold's Department Store on the square in downtown Georgetown. Every summer they had a sale for a few days and Gant Oxford cloth buttondowns were marked down to $5. The one day all summer that the fraternity houses were empty at 8 AM.

Can’t forget moleskin for blisters. Ahhh the good old days!

 

[VYFan]

That’s us beating A&M, right?

 

[hornde68]

It is worth remembering that Coach Sark talked Jordan out of quitting football. Recruits should note this little tid bit.

 

[cnb]

 

[WorsterMan]

Unfortunately Sabre, I remember Cramergesic all too well, it was our training table staple along with salt tablets. Like whoever thought that was safe instead of water in 100 degree heat and humidity?
It is a wonder we all lived through football practice in high school in the 70’s. LOL

My Jr. Year the Cramergesic / balm pranks in the lockeroom got so out of control, the coaches had to put a stop to it. It was fun, ok at first, but it became a distraction that the team did not need...

 

[txhorn_et]

Atomic Balm was another staple back then. From what I remember, it seems like that brown bottle had been around for many a year. I think some of the coaches enjoyed spraying Nitrotan on your cuts and scrapes also.
Monkey blood couldn’t hold a candle to some of those remedies!

 

[HornHuskerDad]

To show my age - I actually remember Atomic Balm!