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Rebel10 wrote:Charles Waggoner needs to be added to the college list.

Did he ever really get to play in college?

mrydel wrote:

Rebel10 wrote:Charles Waggoner needs to be added to the college list.

Did he ever really get to play in college?

Yes, his freshman year. He started in front of Dickerson and James before he got hurt..

I thought he got hurt in the first game though. I was not able to catch the games at that stage so I do not know all the particulars. I do know he was considered the best of the 3 at the time but never heard that he really got to play any on the field.

I seem to remember Waggoner breaking his neck on a kickoff return; I know he beat out Dickerson and James for playing time but don't remember many carries before he got hurt

Waggoner, if my memory is accurate, was hurt near the end of the season. I say this because when SMU came up to play Arkansas near the end of the season, Only James was playing as, I believe, the game before BOTH Waggoner AND Dickerson were hurt on the same play and couldn't play the closing game against Arkansas. James mom had been complaining that her son wasn't getting enough paying time and in the Arkansas game, Ron Meyer let him carry the ball practically every play and he got beat up badly, but he played as his mom wanted.

Guess helicopter moms have been around a lot longer than the olds seem to imply

After tha game with Arkansas (James rushed about a zillion times for over 150 yrds I recall) his mom never said another word that we heard about.