Came to Austin with high school band on band day... sat in end zone and watched Jim Swink run all over Memorial Stadium.
First game as freshman... Nebraska won as I recall, 14-13. 1960.
Went to the Cotton Bowl game against Navy, '63 champs.
Got used to life as a Longhorn in the best of times.
David McWilliams sat quitely ahead of me in Analyt class one year. Good guy!
Remember barefoot kicker Tony Crosby? His dad used to cut my hair at a barber shop in Kountze, back when.
My grandparents lived there.
I was born 5 weeks before Pearl Harbor. Nov. 1. I'm 72.
Back then... baseball games by the Law School.
Afternoons during classes.
Saw concert there once... Chicago, Leon Russell.
Then sitting on the first row at Gregory with feet on the hardwood at BB games.
The vibration and sounds of the sneakers squeaking and the pounding of the ball.
As facilities grow, aspects of games go away.
I liked diving off the high board at the old pool in the basement.
At Memorial Stadium... best memory besides stomping on seats in the stands and being in the Card Section...
Listening to The Eyes outside the locker room, under the echoing arches, at the south end of the Stadium after the game.
Cannot repeat that today.
Able to walk across the field after games, especially night games later on.
Running laps on the track in the evening, during the 70s.
Age brings certain memories and experiences.
The OU (Fri Nite) dance? Commerce Street?!!!