In honor of the passing of Texas native and Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry: two 1976 articles on Fry’s incredibly wise hire of Austin College offensive coordinator Bill Snyder. Fry’s last year of coaching (Iowa) was 1998, when Snyder’s Kansas State Wildcats barely missed a spot in the NCAA national championship game after an
They say a picture tells a thousand words. This one certainly does. It looks like just another football game in just another small town newspaper, doesn’t it? But man is there so much more to this photo. The newspaper is the Panola County Watchman, the paper of choice for the citizens of Carthage, TX. You
The House voted to impeach the President. The President didn’t really give the House much of a choice. He was considered something of an accidental President, having assumed office under questionable circumstances. He was inappropriate, and unpopular nationwide. Even by the standards of the time, the President was crude, vulgar, and a virulent nativist. He
Colin Dunnigan is a former Roo football veteran from my years in Sherman. Today, Colin is the Director of college counseling at Andrew’s Episcopal in Jackson, MS. His family learned that they would be moving to Mississippi five years ago. To prepare, they watched a number of films about the Magnolia state. One of those
The year 2000 came in like a lamb out like a lion. Global fears of Y2K meltdown proved to be dramatically overblown in the first month, and the closest election in American history threatened the social fabric of the country in the last month. The country celebrated the longest economic expansion in its history in
Hey Austin, TX Roos! Y’all probably know all about Jack Wylie’s AC ROOts Happy Hour group in the D/FW area. Well, Monica Walters Crowley, Charlotte Marx Harper, and others have followed in his footsteps and have started an AC ROOts group down here in Austin. You gotta attend, you just gotta! Why’s that? Cause phoning
Although my attempt to make the 1990 NAIA National Tournament in Kansas City came up painfully short, I was still thrilled to receive the Carroll Pickett tennis award that year. Even as a kid, there was something enjoyable about the idea that I’d be able to return to the Austin College campus 30 years later
You might enjoy reading this NCAA.org article about Austin College President and Pennsylvania native Steven O’Day. After receiving his B.A. in the Keystone state, O’Day headed to Temple University to earn his law degree in 1988. Temple lost to Penn State in football during all three years of his time in Philadelphia. Temple had not
Wow! Check out that video in the comments. The one that says “Monday Night Football in the Astrodome.” No really, go watch. I’ll wait here. Take your time…… You’re back! Did you watch it? Did it give you “all the feels?” If you were a Houston Oiler fan back in the day, I bet it
Most Roo Tales are about men. It’s just baked into the cake when writing 100-year old stories. The past is full of inequity; athletics is no exception. Sport in the early 20th century was the exclusive province of males, and most Roo stories come from this era. Nevertheless, I always look for opportunities to stray.
