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40 minutes ago, Glass Joe said:

Texas beat Nick Saban’s LSU team on Jan 1, 2003 that would go on to win the  National Championship the following season.

I was at that game.  Roy Williams thrashed the Tigers.

Also notable, that game was - actually played in the Cotton Bowl 🤷‍♂️

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7 hours ago, John F. said:

Hard to believe 2003 was the last Cotton Bowl for Texas. 

Thanks...I guess! I went to the 1970 Cotton Bowl as a high school junior and I graduated from UT in 1976 and 1978. So I qualify for being both old and an alum.

I've been to four Longhorns Cotton Bowl games...none at Jerry World.

I'm sentimental about it and wish the game was still at the old stadium. I think the Texas-Nebraska ( the Huskers were in the Big 8 conference  then) and the Houston -Notre Dame Cotton Bowls were played in unusually cold weather and those games laid the groundwork for the game to be played at Jerry World decades later.

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20 minutes ago, Bevo72 said:

I'm really old. I was a JR at UT when we beat Notre Dame in the Cotton bowl.  Did you know that was the first bowl game the Irish played. 

I was a freshman. Texas All American DE Bill Atessis and I were neighbors for 20 years in Houston (96-2016).

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On 1/5/2025 at 2:00 PM, Bevo72 said:

I'm really old. I was a JR at UT when we beat Notre Dame in the Cotton bowl.  Did you know that was the first bowl game the Irish played. 

Their first was the 1925 Rose Bowl, after which they turned down all bowl invitations for 45 years.  Then they decided to accept the 1970 Cotton Bowl invitation against #1 ranked Texas.

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