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campdavid23

campdavid23

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My brother and I used to hang out in that locker room with some of the players in the early 60's before the games (we were 8-9 years old at the time) and they were great... we had to leave when the coaches started showing up, but I do remember it was a small room.
 
Big Frog II

Big Frog II

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Ticket prices I believe for a number of years were set by the SWC.

Back to the old stadium. Whoever the architect was for the original west stands did not use much common sense. The dressing room was built in a way that people sitting on the far south side could not see the entire end zone. The person who decided or was the architect for the original upper deck was just as bad. It was too high and too steep. The press box was way too far away from the field. Just don't know what they were thinking back then.
 
Paint It Purple

Paint It Purple

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FroginBedford68 said:
Other than running out of money, does anyone know why the matching tower was never built on the north end?
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The tower housed different things over the years. Home locker room, later the visitor locker, athletic training, ticket office (there was a huge walk in safe/vault), up stairs were offices, which later became equipment storage (an unnamed freshman was once locked in up there overnight and the lights turned off...spooky place. West side and south side each had heavy stainless steel doors with Latin engravings above. One was "MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO". Can't remember the other engraving.
 
BrewingFrog

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Big Frog II said:
Ticket prices I believe for a number of years were set by the SWC.

Back to the old stadium. Whoever the architect was for the original west stands did not use much common sense. The dressing room was built in a way that people sitting on the far south side could not see the entire end zone. The person who decided or was the architect for the original upper deck was just as bad. It was too high and too steep. The press box was way too far away from the field. Just don't know what they were thinking back then.
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Heh. There was a phone up in the press box that was left on all year long. People used to sneak in and call their folks long distance.
The view from the top northwest corner was lovely!
 
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FroginBedford68

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Big Frog II said:
Ticket prices I believe for a number of years were set by the SWC.

Back to the old stadium. Whoever the architect was for the original west stands did not use much common sense. The dressing room was built in a way that people sitting on the far south side could not see the entire end zone. The person who decided or was the architect for the original upper deck was just as bad. It was too high and too steep. The press box was way too far away from the field. Just don't know what they were thinking back then.
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But I think the upper deck (and resultant press box) altitude was because of the proximity to the creek crevice behind the statdium....No place to go backwards and then up for more seating...so go up until you hear celestial singing....
 
HFrog1999

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Paint It Purple said:
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Paint It Purple

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PurpleBlood87 said:
When I was a SID Intern I had to go get opposing team player quotes. That place visiting lockerroom was tiny.
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It was tiny. After a TEXAS game in 73 or 74, I walked through that old locker room, and I swear I could not count all of the discarded syringes just left strewn on the floor.

Texas had the best player from every Texas high school on their roster and they regarded those kids in the manner I described above.

I know personally one of those guys. Played high school football with him. He admits to playing with ligamentous damaged knees injected with pain killers. He Still bleeds that putrid burnt orange.
 
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FroginBedford68

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Paint It Purple said:
I wish some old fart had an idea what to do with thing. I don't want to keep it, but don't want to just throw it away. It's museum grade photo and frame. Just don't know anyone at TCU that might see in value in the piece.
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I don't know for sure, but seems as though the school might have/should have an archives section in the library....Most archivists readily receive accessions....
 

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