Now this is how you take a story full circle. Our last tale involved the 1912 AC Roos crushing the Rice Owls 81-0, to date their worst defeat ever. While one sided, it is nowhere near the most lopsided victory in college football history. That honor goes to John Heisman, he of the Heisman Trophy.
President Kennedy challenged the nation to reach the moon in September 1962 at a speech at Rice stadium, and did so by asking why humankind would do anything challenging: “But why, some say, the Moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago,
For tonight’s post, we are back to AC baseball. In Texas, Longhorn baseball is royalty. 6 national championships, 35 CWS appearances, and 73 conference championships since 1911……….the last year the Horns fell to the Roos (see earlier post). AC continued to face the Horns well into the 1920s, but the results were not quite as
Tonight’s post is for fun. Austin College men’s basketball goes back to at least 1920. I’m still digging. Austin College women’s basketball goes back to at least 1926. Also still digging. AC went coed in 1918, so many women sports are likely a product of the roaring 1920s. We’ll see what we can find for
Why was AC invited to join the big league T.I.A.A. with UT, A&M, and others in 1909? I dunno. But 1908 AC football may have played a role. The Roos were undefeated and dominant in 1908 against regional competition, and were unscored upon for most of the season. The highlights of the 1908 campaign were
More AC baseball…. We know that 1909-1914 were the glory years. We know that AC bested UT 1909-1911. We know AC played against the NY Giants in 1908. Have the Roos ever taken down A&M in baseball? Yessir! AC traveled to Aggieland in April 1912 and won. While I can’t find a recap of the
We’ll call today’s post: “The Roos win the Pennant! The Roos win the Pennant!” Back in the day, MLB clubs would spend spring training in a location chosen by the team. And for years after 1905, John McGraw’s New York Giants would come to Texas to start the season. Their preparation often involved exhibition games
I’ve got three priorities when it comes to a college mascot. It must be inclusive, it must be unique, and it must be relevant. The Kangaroo passes all three tests. There is a long line of Roo students who have donned the “Katy the Kangaroo” outfit. Stacy Jacob was the Roo from my years at
Pat Abernathey likes to give me a hard time. I always refer to AC’s conference as the TIAA. It’s not anymore, it’s the ASC (Whoops! SCAC). And he always corrects me while rolling his eyes. But I’m starting to think there’s good reason to keep annoying him. At the turn of the century, collegiate athletics
So I’m an AC baseball guy. That’s where I spent most of my time (in the stands, not the field), and those are the fellas I spent the most time with. So it makes sense to start off with a baseball story. We are all familiar with baseball royalty in Texas. The Longhorns. Six national
