Well, there are a lot of dudes that didn't make the list that could have if that was the bar.
Then Orakpo makes the list. Or Big. Or Rogers.
You had to have a special kind of rep to make this list and he never really had that.
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Well, there are a lot of dudes that didn't make the list that could have if that was the bar.
Then Orakpo makes the list. Or Big. Or Rogers.
You had to have a special kind of rep to make this list and he never really had that.
I've said the same, but that's pretty much the minimal bar for firing/hiring. If he can't even do that, then the rep of not having the taste to take action becomes more fair than the one with Shaka IMO.I think unless Aston simply doesn't want to return she is going to be extended/new deal for 2-3 years.
can't like this enough!(Sell) Personally, I'd swap out the 2011 game against A&M and replace it with the 1995 game against the Aggies, as that game ended an era of dominance by the Aggies, while the other merely ended the rivalry. I might also rank the 1996 game against the Aggies and the 2005 game against Ohio State over the 2011 game.
Those not around to endure the aggies on a cheating binge just steam rolling us for years have no idea the importance of the the 1995 game at kyle stadium. It is only topped by the 06 Rose Bowl on my list of games I have attended in person and I have been to almost every home game since 85 and a lot of road games / bowl games. It still holds true, there is nothing worse than a&m with even a little success in football, they are just insufferable.
I think I was there. It was in 1963. I don't specifically remember Diron, he may have been a freshman at the time, but I remember the fight. Seems there was a group of aggies that had pre-planned to walk in mass across the floor at the end of the game and start a fight. The fan group they walked in to just happened to be a bunch of the football players. Hell of a fight. Watched it all from the upper stands. Took 20 minutes and a ton of cops to break it all up. I remember a couple of ambulances pulling out as we were finally leaving.In the early 60s I watched Diron Talbert whip 5 aggy core guys all at the same time in Gregory gym following a basketball game. 5 on 1 ..............they didn't have a chance!
6. 1995 at Texas A&M
7. 1996 vs. Texas A&M
The Talbert brothers are among the biggest hell-raisers that ever walked the campus.I think I was there. It was in 1963. I don't specifically remember Diron, he may have been a freshman at the time, but I remember the fight. Seems there was a group of aggies that had pre-planned to walk in mass across the floor at the end of the game and start a fight. The fan group they walked in to just happened to be a bunch of the football players. Hell of a fight. Watched it all from the upper stands. Took 20 minutes and a ton of cops to break it all up. I remember a couple of ambulances pulling out as we were finally leaving.
I don't know how that's possible.Totally blanking on these games for some reason.
Thanks Ketch another good one. That’s two back to back.You’re welcome.
I had Diron in a class one semester. He was a Neanderthal. I sat behind him. I don't think he could spell cat.Not sure what a list of bad asses means since none of our best players made the list, but imo Diron does not belong on it. I was in school when Diron, Barney Giles and Pete Lammons beat up the kid at the Villa Capri and DKR and Larry Franks' dad, the Dean of Men at the time, swept it under the rug. He was out of bounds at Texas for sure, but he was not even a very good player. He improved enormously once he was being paid.
Will do!Thanks Ketch another good one. That’s two back to back.
Keep up the good work.
I do my best work in pandemics.Thanks Ketch another good one. That’s two back to back.
Keep up the good work.
I want stories!I had Diron in a class one semester. He was a Neanderthal. I sat behind him. I don't think he could spell cat.
You made the Tiger King thread truly special.Will do!
I had a fraternity brother who tried to make the team as a halfback. Coach Royal assigned Nobis to tackle each of the wannabees one day in practice. None of them returned for day two. He stills talks about what it was like to get hit by a Greyhound bus.Nobis was probably my last cut. He was on it for most of the day.
You made the Tiger King thread truly special.
I hear he was a good guy that has a reputation for holding it down when the moment called for it.I had a fraternity brother who tried to make the team as a halfback. Coach Royal assigned Nobis to tackle each of the wannabees one day in practice. None of them returned for day two. He stills talks about what it was like to get hit by a Greyhound bus.
Totally blanking on these games for some reason.
I don't know how that's possible.
for real
Yup. That 1996 game had a lot of 1990 Houston in it, except instead of a half-decade's worth of frustration out, JB and Co. took out a decade's frustration out in that ass-kicking.That '96 game was greatness because it was a sheer ass-kicking to the point the whole aggy team, save for Dat, literally quit. And quite simply, that '95 game ended aggy's greatest decade and ushered in a still going 20+ years of mediocrity save for a a couple of seasons. That's how monumental the '95 game was.
It was a tough class for me. I really didn't like the subject and I struggled. On the day of the final, Diron sat in front of me. Honestly, he looked like he had just gotten out of bed and had hair growing on his teeth.I want stories!
Any top 10 bad ass list without Jeff Leiding is erroneous. Difficult choice on who to take off, but he has to be on that list.
You sure do, you’ve been on fire.I do my best work in pandemics.
Diron's reputation as a hell-raiser is why he's on the list.
Diron's reputation as a hell-raiser is why he's on the list.