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They also regularly beat all-male squads -- including the A&M Corps of Cadets rifle team before they converted it to an exclusively combat-related Marksmanship Unit in 2011. Guess they got tired of getting out-shot by TCU girls.

Mostly Tucker. A very fine man, but he strongly believed in scrimping on expenditures to sock money away into the university endowment. Hard to fault him much for that. In 1988, I remember hearing another college president say, "In 10-15 years, there will be only two kinds of universities...

Also Billy Tubbs.

Great novel by Kinsella. Read it 2-3 times. Much better than the movie (also seen 2-3 times), which was also pretty darn good.

"Pig!" --Sappho of Lesbos

What acute comment.

Sloppiest game we've played since Nevada.

Oklahoma spelling of "Bronco." Nobody north or east of the Red River has a clue about the Spanish language. I once spent a 3-day vacation at an Arkansas lake, staying at the Buena Vista Lodge. The locals pronounced it "B-you-na" Vista.

Houston is a very handsy -- check that , they're downright grabby. Their defense is usually as good as the degree to which the refs allow that much physical stuff. For about 2/3s of the 1st period last night, the zebes swallowed their whistles vs Houston and the Coogs got with almost any kind...

Probably one of the nicest men I have ever met. The guy was a real prince.

I remember circling the place with ol' Addison and Randolph in my covered wagon -- looking for a place to park.