During this time of national crisis, Roo Tales is doing its part to SAVE LIVES. No, seriously. A final draft of the Roo Tales book is done, and has been sent to the editor. Every book needs an editor, and boy howdy have I picked a good one. He’s a former professor of British Literature
It’s a rough week for the athletes at Austin College, as all spring sports have been cancelled due to the potential spread of COVID-19. As AD David Norman said this morning: “My heart goes out to our coaches and players, especially our seniors. I support the actions of Austin College, SCAC and the NCAA, but
“The opposite of love is not hate. It’s apathy. It’s not giving a damn.” – Leo Buscaglia I was walking across the campus of Austin College with John Cotton during a recent Legends weekend. John asked me about my Roo buddies from my years. They’re all solid, I said. But they’re also like Austin College
“A gift to the Roos from his famiLEEMade the trip to Grayson CounTEEIn the AC library under lock and KEYNow we don’t know where it might BEDavy, Davy Crockett, where is your pocket watch chain?” Roo Tales are about “ending the isolation” of that small school in Grayson county by tying its faculty, administration and
The AC Women’s basketball (ACWBB) team faces Mary Hardin-Baylor in the first round of the NCAA tournament this Friday at Trinity University. Game time 5 p.m. Host Trinity faces UT Dallas immediately after. The winners of these two games will square off Saturday for a trip to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. The bad news? All
*The NCAA Tournament At-Large Selection Committee (NCAA) and AC Women’s Basketball (ACWBB) walk into a bar from 2018 to 2020* NCAA: “Ehh, I dunno ACWBB, you didn’t win 20 games in 2018.”*ACWBB wins 20 games in 2019* NCAA: “Ehh, I dunno ACWBB, the ASC conference is stronger.”*ACWBB beats ASC champion UT-Dallas at home in 2019*
“You’re all registered Mr. Parrish. Do you have a car?”“I do.”“You’ll park in the College Avenue lot.”“Where’s that?”“Right across from Cousens Gym.” Cousens Gym is the home of Tufts University Basketball. The gym was named for John Albert Cousens, a former president of Tufts. President Cousens was a student at Tufts in the 1890s when
I was a fortunate son to travel to Vietnam with Paul Parrish in 2015. We traveled from Ho Chi Minh City in the south to Hanoi in the north, with a group that included one American (Jon Montgomery) who was close to Karin Alves True…………an Austin College friend of mine. Hey, there’s always a Roo
The all-in-one-shot battlefield run of Lance Corporal Schofield (George Mackay) in the movie 1917 has gotten a lot of media attention, and it sure is impressive. In order to deliver his message to call off the attack, Schofield bravely leaves the crowded trench for the battlefield in order to arrive faster. The scene is symbolic.
There’s a new ESPN 30-for-30 out about the complex story of Virginia Tech’s Michael Vick. You should check it out for the Roo ties. What Roo ties? Well, there’s the fact that Austin College & Virginia Tech share a similar past. Both schools have a 19th century “all-male, all-military” history. Virginia Tech is one of
