Re: Best Mustang Moment you saw in person
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:35 am
Me too, a thrilling moment as Taylor Thompson chased down the QB. It is on Youtube.
Arkpony wrote:When Thompson sacked that QB, that is the loudest roar I have ever heard that stadium. A dramatic moment for sure.
Arkpony wrote:When Thompson sacked that QB, that is the loudest roar I have ever heard that stadium. A dramatic moment for sure.
Stallion wrote:you could probably nominate every SMU win over Baylor from 1975-1986. And every loss to Baylor during the same years could make the most disappointing losses. Greatest series over a decade in SWC History
No Quarter wrote:A thread like this one is started every few years and the stories I have are mostly about the same events as last time.
First of all my father scored tickets to the '49 Notre Dame game and I wish I had known more about football as an eleven year old - maybe I could make better comments about the game itself. As it is some of the following is because I heard dad tell the stories repeatedly over the years. Injured Doak Walker represented SMU at the coin toss and he was wearing a brown suit. There were quite a few black SMU employees seated in folding chairs at ground level in the SE corner of the Cotton Bowl. I am sure they were janitors, grounds keepers, kitchen workers in that long ago day before integration, but SMU did not have a more enthusiastic group of fans that afternoon. And a Catholic priest, clerical collar and all and wearing a black suit and black overcoat was seated in the row just below us, and like stories you may have heard about other games he had his beads out and prayed when SMU tied the score at twenty all.
Like some others on this thread I was at the Navy game where SMU beat Staubach and Navy, and with my wife. We'd flown into Dallas that day and talked about what to do that evening.. The choices were the HP - Garland game of which many thought the winner would go on and win state and the Navy game. I'm glad we went down to Fair Park! Garland beat HP and did go on to a 4A football championship. John Roderick had a big night for SMU.
My wife and I were at the Miracle on Mockingbird also.
One thing more - I remember going to at least one game at Ownby when Doak Walker was in an SMU uniform, but can't say more than that.
My memory is that I was not alone talking about that '49 ND game last time we saw a thread like this. Maybe someone else can still add a note to this thread. And I'm hoping I'll make it to the next one.
GO PONIES!
One Trick Pony wrote:.