Jc Dobbs

Thanks MBHORNSFAN. I'll be 72 next month and I can truly say Scott Wilson was the most unique person and personality I ever met. He added to my joy at UT '72-'78. RIP Scott Wilson. My best friend and his wife used to sit with me and my family in Section 26U at DKR. At his insistence, his family and friends sang The Eyes of Texas to conclude his funeral service. RIP Mark and Wife Mary Scott and Mark were the best Longhorns fans I have ever known. Honored to have known them. Mark agreed that Scott was the #1 Texas fan. The last words Scott ever spoke to me were, "Don't Be A Stranger." Wow. God Bless Scott.

I was a UT student 1972-78. My freshman year Longhorns baseball played the final season at the old Clark Field which was across the street to the north of Memorial Stadium and east of the Art Building and south of the Law School. I saw Texas play the U of Minnesota Golden Gophers at Clark Field before the final home season of the Southwest Conference games began. Minnesota featured Paul Molitor at third base and Dave Winfield in center field. Winfield hit a line drive home run that was still rising when it flew over "Billy Goat Hill" in straight center and landed on the LBJ lawn. The day Winfield blasted the mammoth home run I met a young man at Clark Field who was an astute baseball fan. Scott Wilson was unique among Texas fans. Scott was unlike anyone else I met during my six years on the Forty Acres. He knew baseball and he loved the Longhorns. The following season when Texas opened the new baseball venue across I-35, Scott (very loosely) organized a group of his friends who were serious Longhorns baseball fans to sit together behind the first base dugout at "The Disch." Scott invited me to sit with him and his friends and I was honored. An invitation from Scott was special. You had to Know baseball and Love the Horns. My father had played minor league baseball for the St Louis Browns and had seen to it that I understood the game even if I wasn't talented enough to play past high school. Scott's group became known as "The Wild Bunch," because they cheered for the Longhorns rabidly and "Ragged" on the opponents and Umpires seriously all with a big dose of humor. In the summer of 2015 I was moving back to Texas from Wyoming to care for elderly family members. In going through old papers I found a newspaper clipping. It was a Sports column from The Daily Texan about Superfan Scott Wilson and his "Wild Bunch" at the Disch. The column was written by the Sports Editor Kirk Bohls. Lots of memories were made pulling for the Longhorns with Scott and his group but one really stands out...I think it was 1975. Texas won the College World Series after beating A&M for the Southwest Conference title. Scott hosted the group at his apartment to watch the games on TV and cheer enough to have the neighbors ask us to "cool it" more than twice. Texas had won the Championship game and we were watching the post-game coverage on TV and talking about what a great season it had been going all the way back to late January. The doorbell rang and Scott yelled out "I got it!" In walked Frank C. Erwin. Yes, THAT Frank Erwin. He who had occupied the highest offices of the University of (By God!) Texas. Scott had invited Frank Erwin and he had accepted. There he was in his bespoke business suit and tie from Sakowitz in Houston to party with a Wild Bunch of UT students wearing cargo shorts and Burnt Orange T-shirts. Mr. Erwin was the only attendee with a Security guard. Scott Wilson was connected and liked and respected. By everyone. Including The Man they changed the name of The Superdrum to honor for his contributions to The University. Over the years I got transferred around the USA working for a Big Oil company and when I went to Texas football games in places like Arkansas, Mississippi, the Meadowlands and California among others I almost always heard my name shouted out in the crowd before, during or after the game. I immediately knew it was Scott Wilson doing the shouting. Hook 'Em, Scott!

"If You Know You Know!"* GO GERRY GO !!! * Proceed with extreme caution when only "Recalled" Corn Dogs are available. And, as always, Hook 'Em!

I wasn't expecting this, but it makes sense. Texas fans hear from Sark after Spring football and August camp how excited he is, yada, yada... Team never has looked right after Ohio State. Something's seriously "off," because it's hard to fathom such a precipitous fall by the Offense and the whole thing is collapsing. Sark is great with great roster and playing in the final four, etc.. Not so great when things got difficult this season. Wasn't expecting this, but it might explain a lot. Hook 'Em!

Interesting take. Fwiw I retired from one of the Big Oil companies and over 35 years worked for 3 of them. Of the many supervisors/bosses I worked for, the brightest, most talented one I had was a BS and MS from Notre Dame (and a Golf scholarship) and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Florida. He liked ND, but he loved UF. Best wishes and Hook 'Em!

What to make of that? My feeling (I rarely say feeling because I prefer thought and analysis) was D Cooper should have been pleased with what he witnessed. Hook 'Em!

What to make of that? My feeling (I rarely say feeling because I prefer thought and analysis) was D Cooper should have been pleased with what he witnessed. Hook 'Em!

What to make of that? My feeling (I rarely say feeling because I prefer thought and analysis) was D Cooper should have been pleased with what he witnessed. Hook 'Em!

A love/hate relationship tilted to one side! Hook 'Em!

Hate to say it but Aggy looks way more solid than Zero U 's one man band.

Conventional wisdom might want an early kickoff but I think playing on the road at night in front of a juiced up crowd in Kain-tuck might be helpful to the Longhorns. Why? Because it's easier to be flat the week after OU in afternoon games. For years Texas played afternoon games in Arkansas and dropped quite a few the week after drilling the Sooners. Hook 'Em!

Longhorns 17 Okies 13

Prayers WAY up for Scott Wilson. When I was a UT student in the '70s I met Scott through his amazing status as the #1 Longhorns baseball fan. He graciously invited me to sit behind the first base dugout with him and his group known as The Wild Bunch. Been a friend ever since. All blessings and best wishes out to Scott and his family. And his huge Longhorn family.

FONG is never WRONG! Hook 'Em!

Longhorns 17 Alligators 13 Hook 'Em! In the rain and wind...