Comments on: Darrell Royal: The Transcendent Figure in A Classic Rivalry

By: 53 Veer Pass

53 Veer Pass — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:48:51 +0000

That was the first UT football game I ever worked as a broadcaster …

Believe it or not, srr, I have a pair of DVDs that have the entire ‘77 game on them with none other than yourself doing the commentary. Don’t ask where I got them. What an epic game that was.

By: beegtatas

beegtatas — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:45:43 +0000

Lightning, not lightening. That bothers me.

Good read otherwise.

By: huge

huge — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:18:32 +0000

thank you for the writeup

By: shevisirons

shevisirons — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:34:39 +0000

I was a freshman at UT in 76. The last three fights I’ve been in were before that game, during halftime of that game and then after that game. For the record it was “lost,” “push” (we both ran out of Cotton Bowl bathroom chased by police) and “won” big-time. I’m 51 and I remember that whole day like it was yesterday.

About ten years ago I played golf with Coach Royal at Barton Creek. We shared a cart. It was hard to keep a clear head because all day long I wanted to ask him about that ONE day in 76. Never did though. One of the best decisions of my life.

God Bless the man.

By: stuckinmn

stuckinmn — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:55:08 +0000

Damn, that video has my middle aged body ready to run through a wall and reminds me exactly how much I hate those fuckers.

It is kind of pathetic that I can think back to every OU game since I was 11 and remember where I was when I watched it, what happened, what was going on in my life. I kind of mark years of my life with this game.

1981, we fall behind 14-0, I start whining and insist my mom takes me to the video arcade. She picks me up later and informs me that we blew them out. 1983, no TV because the felons are on probation, Dad drives us to the Astrodome to watch the game on the jumbotron. 1988, I get so drunk Friday night my date ditches me for the game, yet I still manage to close the deal with her Friday night. 1993, 30 seconds before game time a Jehova’s witness has the misfortune of ringing my doorbell.

By: Minnesotahorn

Minnesotahorn — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:17:49 +0000

I’ve been pestering Srr50 to write a book for years and I’d be remiss if I didn’t renew my plea. Get it done Steve. Your abilities and experiences are too unique to hoard.

By: The General

The General — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:35:14 +0000

By: dallascowpoke

dallascowpoke — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:59:53 +0000

Just to follow that up……..at another game in the 90’s I had a finer moment when I got so mad at our performance I blacked out while standing and screaming and landed in my chair……came too with a litlle old lady checking on me….how can some people not get it??

By: dallascowpoke

dallascowpoke — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:55:10 +0000

I hate these mother fuckers with every electron, proton, and neutron of my being…one of my finest moments and contributions to human kind was immediately after the 1989 game. I ran and jumped the wall at the Cotton Bowl and sprinted to the middle of the field right in front of the ou band and flipped double birds screaming at the top of my lungs. Luckily I was faster and more elusive than all of the Dallas PD chasing me and I jumped the wall and out of the stadium untouched.
It’s not that I like it…….I have to have it.

By: NorthDallasSooner

NorthDallasSooner — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:12:38 +0000

Great write up, sir. I travel 80% of the time for my job and it’s hard to get it through to people just how intense and unique this rivalry is. OU/TX gameday is simply my single favorite day of the year. I look forward to it like no other day of the year. Not Christmas, or my birthday or anything else, because, quite simply, a win over Texas makes me happier than any of those other things. Demented, perhaps, but I can write it here because I know that 90%+ of you agree. Even though I firmly believe I’m going to my beloved Cotton Bowl for an ass whipping on Saturday, there’s still no other place I’d rather be.

See you guys Saturday. Beer stands open at 8.