It will never be DKR Texas Memorial Stadium for me It my will always be Memorial Stadium. I loved what coach Royal did for the University of Texas football team. I remember how I excited I was to meet him in person. But Memorial Stadium was dedicated in 1924 to honor the sons of Texas who gave their lives in WW1. It's almost the 100th birthday for Memorial Stadium and it should go back to Memorial Stadium by then. And other states have done that as well. OK and KS have also done this. They built their Memorial Stadium's to honor their sons who gave their lives in WW1. But somebody threw a bunch of money at the athletic department and the schools without regards to history complied.
And speaking of Coach Royal. I have strong opinions about the culture problem with TX fb and that's putting it mildly. I don't think there's many people on here who went to the games when coach Royal was here. But when it came to TX fb coach Royal Drew his line in the sand with TX fb and everyone else and he made it clear that they didn't cross it or they world face the consequences. And nobody not even a political animal like Frank Erwin or Joe Jamail dared to cross it. I wish he were still here to put that runt Kevin Etifl in his place. Unlike Tom Herman he would handled the Eyes of Texas issue perfectly. Football at the University of Texas desperately needs men like Darrell Royal now and I'm not seeing any.
What to make of the Big XII's future. We are now the top hoops conference in the country. But why did it take the Big XII 25 years to be the top conference in a significant sport and now it may be too late. There's numerous opinions about what went wrong with the Big XII but in 2014 they went with the one true champion and it was an unmitigated disaster. They stopped the conference title game when CO and NB left the conference and it cost them dearly. That year Baylor and TCU were truly among the top 5 teams in the country and a title game would have been epic and the winner would have been in the playoffs. But there wasn't and both teams were left out. And then the Big XII footprint became isolated and here we are 8 years later. There are some good choices to replace TX and OK but where as the other P5 conferences have at least one blue blood the new Big XII will not. Baylor and TT athletics have a promising future and that's sad that it won't get noticed. The new commissioner needs to arrive asap and negotiate a fantastic contract for the Big XII but it may be to late. We are looking at a group of 6 and the P4 conferences and for that I'm sorry.
Oh and @clob94 I'm sure you met Coach Royal what were your impressions of him?
And speaking of Coach Royal. I have strong opinions about the culture problem with TX fb and that's putting it mildly. I don't think there's many people on here who went to the games when coach Royal was here. But when it came to TX fb coach Royal Drew his line in the sand with TX fb and everyone else and he made it clear that they didn't cross it or they world face the consequences. And nobody not even a political animal like Frank Erwin or Joe Jamail dared to cross it. I wish he were still here to put that runt Kevin Etifl in his place. Unlike Tom Herman he would handled the Eyes of Texas issue perfectly. Football at the University of Texas desperately needs men like Darrell Royal now and I'm not seeing any.
What to make of the Big XII's future. We are now the top hoops conference in the country. But why did it take the Big XII 25 years to be the top conference in a significant sport and now it may be too late. There's numerous opinions about what went wrong with the Big XII but in 2014 they went with the one true champion and it was an unmitigated disaster. They stopped the conference title game when CO and NB left the conference and it cost them dearly. That year Baylor and TCU were truly among the top 5 teams in the country and a title game would have been epic and the winner would have been in the playoffs. But there wasn't and both teams were left out. And then the Big XII footprint became isolated and here we are 8 years later. There are some good choices to replace TX and OK but where as the other P5 conferences have at least one blue blood the new Big XII will not. Baylor and TT athletics have a promising future and that's sad that it won't get noticed. The new commissioner needs to arrive asap and negotiate a fantastic contract for the Big XII but it may be to late. We are looking at a group of 6 and the P4 conferences and for that I'm sorry.
Oh and @clob94 I'm sure you met Coach Royal what were your impressions of him?
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