Thanks Gerry! "Scooter" was a regular on Saturday mornings.
Watching Coach Corso has been a little like we have watched our own Grandpa, Dad, Uncle, Neighbor or even our favorite Old Coach as they have aged a bit every season.
As the games melt into seasons, we forget to savor single Saturdays. Then we wake up and realize it's all coming to an end.
For me, it goes back to Sunday evenings in Longhorns football seasons, watching Coach Royal's TV show hosted by Cactus Pryor. And going to the games with my Dad and hearing Wally Pryor as the Voice of Memorial Stadium.
Great seasons for Texas were crowned by Lindsay Nelson calling the Cotton Bowl game from Fair Park, where the Longhorns had battled the Sooners when the grass field was green and the temperature at kickoff was warm.
With Lindsay Nelson's voice came the brown grass of the field in Dallas just bitten by the first frost. Some years the Cotton Bowl game was really special when the visitor was Navy or Notre Dame or Bear Bryant's Alabama with a National Championship on the line or the star player had already been awarded the Heisman.
Those are my memories of growing up loving the Longhorns and then going to the games with a student ticket. Followed by decades of Season Tickets as a Texas Ex Life Member.
Now I mostly watch the Horns on TV. Just like with Cactus and Wally, Chris Schenckel, Lindsay Nelson and Keith Jackson, I'm going to miss Lee Corso's Saturday morning schtick as the Longhorns march to their next Natty!
Hook 'Em Horns!