photo credit: ABC / Craven Whitlow“I don’t know what Darrell Royal did to Arkansas back in the day, but they absolutely hate our guts. And I think we learned that the first time around when we went there.” — Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian
I have a good friend who worked for the elected attorney in Fayette County, which is smack dab in the middle of the Austin-San Antonio-Houston triangle, in the mid-80s. On Friday afternoons, he would climb into his boss’ pick-up truck and drive across the county line (so as not to be seen) and buy a six pack of beer. Then they would drive way out in the country and his boss would turn up “I’m Going Down” by Bruce Springsteen full blast. At which point…
