Monday, August 1st will be a solemn day in Austin, TX, and for good reason. 50 years ago on this date, Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the UT Tower and began firing at students with deadly accuracy. 48 people would be killed or wounded over 90 minutes, before his deadly rampage was ended
A powerful storm literally came out of nowhere on a hot July day in Sherman last Saturday. The storm took out all power on campus during Austin College Legends weekend. But the ceremony and celebration were moved elsewhere, and the resilient Roos were honored all the same. Sounds appropriate for this week’s Roo Tale. This
This week’s Roo Tale is dedicated to AC Athletic Director David Norman, member of the 1981 Roo National Championship football team, coach of the 1991 Roo baseball team, and former Roo football coach in the 2000s. Coach Norman was the skipper of AC baseball, and I was an AC tennis guy. However, the fellas I
This week’s story is dedicated to John Cotton, Austin College Class of 1984. After years in Boston, MA, your humble author returned home to Texas in 2000. Home to family, friends, climate, and the hopeful start of a new career in information technology (IT). While the private sector was initially appealing, my path would lead
Roo fans: This week’s story takes us back from West to East Texas, and is dedicated to my good friend and AC alum Mr. Cliff Brooks. Chapter 1: The Season Chapter 2: The Protest Chapter 3: Herbert on Fire Chapter 4: We’ll always have Paris Chapter 1: The Season Herbert Hollis (AC ’24) arrived on
Our next AC Roo story has been broken up into four chapters. This story is dedicated to my friend Mike Cloonan, Notre Dame alum, fan, and NBC producer of Notre Dame athletics. Welcome to AC Roo stories Mike! Chapter 1: The Coach Chapter 2: The Protégé Chapter 3: The Relationship Chapter 4: The Trip Chapter
Our next AC Roo story has been broken up into four chapters. Chapter 1: The Huskers Chapter 2: The Championship Chapter 3: The Call Chapter 4: The Aftermath Chapter 1: The Huskers All AC Roo stories should be dedicated to someone, right?. This one is dedicated to former AC Roo football player and Nebraska native
Our next AC story has four Chapters: Chapter 1: The Team Chapter 2: The Manager Chapter 3: The Player Chapter 4: The Series Chapter 1: The Team I’ve always been a Red Sox fan. A little bit during the Luis Tiant days. A bit more after Bucky Dent. And a lot after Buckner. I was
I promise. The AC Roos sports stories will move on at some point. To other decades. To other sports. To the women. But the early year baseball ones are simply too damn good. Tonight’s story is one of them. The Horns baseball win over the Roos in 1919 has already been the source of some
In an earlier story, I mentioned the AC baseball team traveling to Austin and losing to Bibb Falk and the Longhorns in 1919. Falk would then move on to the Chicago White Sox, where he replaced Shoeless Joe Jackson in left field and enjoyed an 11 year career in the majors. After retirement, Falk returned
