I watched an emotional roller coaster of a movie last night - "We Are Marshall". I highly recommend this movie to any sports enthusiast. Although this movie had nothing to do with my beloved Horned Frogs, but it made me dig a little deeper into its rich school history. I never knew that Russel's TT team and Hanson's A&M team played a big part in where TCU is at today. They were all part of the SWC, but it disbanded in 1994-95 because the Texas teams were scared of the Horned Frogs; therefore joined the Big 8, which then became the Big 12. I now have new found insight into Texas Tech and Texas A&M. Both of these schools produce a bunch of pre-Madonnas! I almost feel bad for Russel and Pete to have such pathetic teams that they were so scared of the Horned Frogs that they had to change conferences.
We Are TCU!
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Ouch. Russell, Pete, anything to say to that? Until I hear a good argument otherwise I'd have to say, Go Horned Frogs!!!
ReplyDeleteWe are Marshall is a great movie. While I appreciate Steve's historical investigation he failed to include two interesting tidbits about Texas Tech. First-the former chairmen of Tech's athletic department, Dr. J. William Davis was the inventor of the national letter of intent, which was adopted in 1964. And second, Tech's first mascot, a black calf, was slaughtered and eaten by the football team in 1925.
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