Searching the Internet for stuff about past TCU football greatness, I came across this 1999 article about the Sun Bowl in the TCU magazine. Enjoy.
http://www.magarchiv...?issueid=199901
When that story mentioned Josh Harbuck, it brought a smile to my face.
When Josh was in HS, we lived down the street from his uncle (Hal's younger brother), aunt, and their kids -- just two or three blocks over from Wes, in fact. The Harbucks had a teen daughter and a pair of twin boys almost exactly my son's age (TCU class of 2010). During those years, the Harbuck twins and my son became tight running buddies. The twins were constantly in and out of our house, and my son was constantly in and out of theirs. In fact, our two families became friends. Went on a ski vacation together to Angel Fire, NM.
Teen-aged Josh used to come over to visit his relatives from time to time during those years. He always played with the twins and my son, who hero-worshipped him. When we learned Josh was TCU-bound on a football scholarship, that only cemented the boys' hero-worship.
Flash forward about 5 or 6 years to 2003. The twins and my son are now in middle school, and Josh is a young TCU alum and letterman. TCU was playing at Army that year, and we went to West Point for the game. Because of post-9/11 security, we had to park off-campus and take buses to the stadium. These were elementary school buses, and the seats were very close-spaced. I'm not a tall man (only 5'8"), yet my knees were doubled up to my chin. The buses were SRO, and Josh was standing in the aisle, hovering over our seats. As we traversed the campus of the United States Military Academy, he suddenly exclaimed, "Man, the kids at this school must all be rich!"
Startled, I looked up at him and asked, "What do you mean, Josh?"
He grinned and said, "They're all driving Hummers!"