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DaysOff

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  1. my grandma developed awful dementia in her late 60s.  I can’t believe she played football as a younger woman; nobody in the family knew. 
    It does make me wonder if we sawed open everyone's head will their brain show signs of CTE. Right now medicine only looks act selected athletes and combat vets.
  2. Dear Lord, I had forgotten about that. How about the time they made him show up to flip pancakes for fans/donors at some gathering. By then it was too late, everybody had formed their opinion of him and it usually wasn't good. His pride in his wine cellar would have been fine if he had ANY people skills. Instead, it just made him look like that much more of a snob.
    Two quick stories, at his introductory, " meet the coach" gathering at one of the hotels around 35 and 290 he seemed irritated to have to answer questions from the (mostly donor) crowd. Like Charlie, I hoped he would do well but as we left the building I just had a really bad feeling.
    Years later, a top 2% donor who is a really great guy but just couldn't stand Mackovic is at an away game. We are losing. and Mackovic pulls off his headset and goes back to a bench to look (stare) at his playbook. Big donor has a big voice and yells out in a sarcastic tone "OH JOHN,  OH JOHN... WHAT KIND OF WINE GOES WITH AN ASS WHIPPING?!" Mackovick actually tried to get the guy thrown out. I had a feeling we would have a new coach soon.
     
    Reminds me of the Pitt game in Austin at 140 degrees. I had good seats down low on the west side. As we fumble fucked along some guy yells out, "hey Mackovic we're sick of this shit". He had to hear because every player turned around to the stands to see who said it.

    Seeking shelter from the heat before the game I saw the Pitt team doing the same. Stretching underneath the west side to avoid the sun.
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  3. January 28, 1986 - never forget
     
    RIP - Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Michael Smith, Judith Resnik, Greg Jarvis, Ellison Onizuka and Christa McAuliffe
    Damn. I was in a stupid 1 hour credit Chem lab at UT (that was 4 hours long) when the useless nerd TA says, " hey if anyone cares the space shuttle just blew up."
  4. Haven't been back since our '89 game there. Can't imagine much has changed other than admitting more dunces and more chain restaurants.

     

    Speaking of Knox, he was hawking these in the Alcade in 1990. My parents bought me one for graduation. b1a30d8061f1a0806d248780ff0026ac.jpg

     

     

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