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Postby Stallion » Sun May 25, 2008 12:22 pm

apparently former SMU Assistant Coach Mike Barr is involved in the production of the Jim Dent written movie about the great Masonic Home teams of the 1930s.

http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/col ... 62764.html
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Postby mr. pony » Sun May 25, 2008 3:00 pm

Anybody gonna write the Jim Dent story?
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Postby MrMustang1965 » Sun May 25, 2008 4:06 pm

Twelve Mighty Orphans is a great read. I still think that The Junction Boys is Dent's best so far, though. For any of you who have not yet read either book, I urge you to do so. It'll help get you thru the summer days before football season begins!
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Postby ALEX LIFESON » Sun May 25, 2008 5:16 pm

Or, you could read the June Jones book.
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Postby MrMustang1965 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:35 pm

ALEX LIFESON wrote:Or, you could read the June Jones book.
That got me thru the spring. ;)
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Re: Twelve Mighty Orphans

Postby Bergermeister » Mon May 26, 2008 8:25 am

Stallion wrote: movie about the great Masonic Home teams of the 1930s l

...and their coach who became head football coach at SMU. Terrific story.
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Postby Stallion » Mon May 26, 2008 12:09 pm

I forgot all about that-Rusty Russell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Russ ... n_football)
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Postby MrMustang1965 » Mon May 26, 2008 2:32 pm

Stallion wrote:I forgot all about that-Rusty Russell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Russ ... n_football)
Let us not forget that Rusty Russell became the head football coach at Highland Park High School in Dallas following his time at The Masonic Home. Had it not been for RR coaching the Scots while Doak Walker & Bobby Layne played there, Doak might not have come to The Hilltop (where RR had become the backfield coach) but, instead, followed Layne to U.T.
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Postby Bergermeister » Tue May 27, 2008 7:52 am

MrMustang1965 wrote: Doak might not have...

Doak WOULD not have....
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Postby ponyboy » Tue May 27, 2008 10:15 am

Stallion wrote:I forgot all about that-Rusty Russell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Russ ... n_football)


He was also a helluva Linux developer too. Little known fact.
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