North Tejas 1989

[Ira Hayes]

And also, those guys in green shirts running around with balls are all recruits.

[Dr Rick Daris]

And also, those guys in green shirts running around with balls are all recruits.

lol. not true.

[Dugout DickStone]

And also, those guys in green shirts running around with balls are all recruits.

lol. not true.

They are friends

[Ira Hayes]

And also, those guys in green shirts running around with balls are all recruits.

lol. not true.

townie recruits and donors' kids.

[Dr Rick Daris]

And also, those guys in green shirts running around with balls are all recruits.

lol. not true.

townie recruits and donors' kids.

they were all just mhs townie highschool football players. obviously some were recruited and some were donors kids. most weren't. i'm good friends with one who was neither, but whose job was to microwave fballs on cold days and then send them on the field when it was sean snyders turn to punt.

[POWL]

Chad Faulkner ringing the bell.......that dude was in my fraternity.........he was alright, i guess 

[Ira Hayes]

Chad Faulkner ringing the bell.......that dude was in my fraternity.........he was alright, i guess 

Thought it was very fitting that the bell broke.

[SkinnyBenny]

           

Turner Gill was a closet     all the way back in 1989!

http://www.fanbase.com/North-Texas-Mean-Green-Football-1989/roster

Sleuth-y second post!

 

[SleepFighter]

That game was the most angry I ever got at SleepMom in my whole life.  When NTSU scored their late TD to take the lead SleepMom let out with a huge gale of nervous laughter.  15yo me did not understand/approve of her coping mechanism and was pissed. 

Carl Straw and Frank Hernandez probably prevented me from running away from home that night.

Thanks fellas!

[Emo EMAW]

That game was the most angry I ever got at SleepMom in my whole life.  When NTSU scored their late TD to take the lead SleepMom let out with a huge gale of nervous laughter.  15yo me did not understand/approve of her coping mechanism and was pissed. 

Carl Straw and Frank Hernandez probably prevented me from running away from home that night.

Thanks fellas!

I really love these stories of young EMAWs.  Love them I tell you.  One of the many reasons I read goEMAW.

[pissclams]

yeah. i thought about that colorado game too. i was so mad at the time but kind of understood. tying colorado was an accomplishment. that one handed lockett catch. 

Yes, it was the oddest mixture of disappointment and happiness that I have ever had after a K-State game.

hmm, was that the same game?

yeah.

http://www.bing.com/search?q=one+handed+kevin+lockett+catch&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=one+handed+kevin+lockett+catch&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=

i remember the catch, was there.  (icat). 

[RightMeow]

Would be nice if someone could put together a film solely about the 89 wild wildcats and do a "where are they now" type of deal, kind of like the end of Friday Night Lights or something.
Like show Hernandez catching the ball for the winning score, then show him pushing papers at a used car dealership and get a few quotes from him, etc.   I neeeed to know what Straw is doing with himself now. Like really really need to know. TIA.
 

[Katpappy]

Would be nice if someone could put together a film solely about the 89 wild wildcats and do a "where are they now" type of deal, kind of like the end of Friday Night Lights or something.
Like show Hernandez catching the ball for the winning score, then show him pushing papers at a used car dealership and get a few quotes from him, etc.   I neeeed to know what Straw is doing with himself now. Like really really need to know. TIA.
 

GOOGLE... we don't need your books, newspapers, land lines or TV's; we got the internets.

[SkinnyBenny]

Frank Hernandez:
http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hernandez_frank00.html

[Katpappy]

Frank Hernandez:
http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hernandez_frank00.html

Find that little nugget using google? 

[SkinnyBenny]

 

[RightMeow]

Need documentary style video with at least 5 players from this team.  TIA.

[Barry McCockner]

I almost got killed by that goal post.

Was on the crossbar as it came down...sorry if I landed on you.

[420seriouscat69]

I'm really happy we broke our losing streak against these dorks (North Texas). However, _FAN please break down Straws 5 step drop for me. It looks so awkward.

[420seriouscat69]

Also, 17-14 we were down. Fourth and 4? No kicking a FG? Am I showing my age? Was there no overtime back then? I see the highlight real over and over at the stadium as the start of Bill's greatness, but I guess I don't know why we didn't kick a FG, unless we were so sick of losing and didn't want to go to OT.

[p1k3]

Never seen this. We've come a long way.

And lol the Wabash being played as the students are hustling off the goal posts.

[Stevesie60]

The part I chuckled at the most is how 84 just stands at the end of the o-line with his hands on his hips and gassed. He could not look less ready to make an athletic play.

[p1k3]

Pretty sure there was no OT back then Fanning.

[Stevesie60]

Also, 17-14 we were down. Fourth and 4? No kicking a FG? Am I showing my age? Was there no overtime back then? I see the highlight real over and over at the stadium as the start of Bill's greatness, but I guess I don't know why we didn't kick a FG, unless we were so sick of losing and didn't want to go to OT.

Yeah, I believe daris is the one who explained. After losing that many games in a row, you don't go for the tie (there was no OT).

[Tobias]

Also, 17-14 we were down. Fourth and 4? No kicking a FG? Am I showing my age? Was there no overtime back then? I see the highlight real over and over at the stadium as the start of Bill's greatness, but I guess I don't know why we didn't kick a FG, unless we were so sick of losing and didn't want to go to OT.

i was six at the time and had never even heard of kansas, but i'd imagine you answered your own question