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Anyone know who else was recruiting Chuck before he came to SMU? I do not know much about his pre-SMU days.

I was there, it was really fun. if my memory serves me correctly he was driving a Mrs Bairds bread truck and not all that sure he would make the team. back then freshman did not play varsity so he started to set records when he was a sophomore. one funny newspaper article said he ran like a pregnant cow. he was a drop back guy and hung in there. never really ran with the ball. of course levis would catch the ball and run 30 yards down field. that helped inflate his yardage.

Hixon once3 ra n a bootleg for a TD. He said the opponent was confused. He was so slow they thought he was walking over to talk to Fry between plays. Great mind, super short passer but could also throw deep with the top talent he had at the reciving positions.

Hixon was my idol growing up. I wore #10 (as a fullback). I wanted to be QB just like him. In the Red-Blue game when the alumni played the varsity, Hixon throw a pass to me. Though the game didn't mean a thing, catching a pass from my childhood idol was and is one of my greatest thrills.

For those that do not know Chuck, he is even a better person than he was a quarterback.

Chuck Hixson was fantastic. But, at the time, I thought he was 35-years-old.

OldPony wrote:Hixon once3 ra n a bootleg for a TD. He said the opponent was confused. He was so slow they thought he was walking over to talk to Fry between plays. Great mind, super short passer but could also throw deep with the top talent he had at the reciving positions.

Yup, if I could keep up with him in a 10k run, he must've been slow.
I saw him listed in the results booklet of the 86 Symphony Run in Park Central. It's listed as Hixon (no 's'), but the age is about right (37) for 1986 so it must've been him. He ran a 47:55, and I ran a 47:58.