1982 I’m sitting in the stands watching New coach Jackie Sheryl who just signed the largest at the time contract in history (reportly 287k per year)..
First play from scrimmage Herkie Walls goes 87 yards for a score. The aggies sitting two rows in front of us who had informed us earlier that they were standing the whole game as was their tradition looked at each other and made their way to the stairs and exited their seats.
I never saw them the rest of the game. I did see Jackie start yelling at his DC. Hilarious. Right then and there I knew aggys would start paying their players, and years later Sheryl was dismissed under a cloud.
I call Bullshit on Notre Dame not having to even belong to a conference and still gets consideration to the playoff.
Now lets test the new websites surlyness.