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tion in one
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ket to Sat-
Jday’s Texas
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owdown in
tie other, pat yourself on the
lick. You are a part of history.
■ The end of Southwest Con-
fe mce football is upon us, and
44-124ntingly enough, the Long-
hlrns and Aggies will be there
tl duke it out for the final
ciampionship.
■ Sure, Rice and the Universi-
tl of Houston will really turn
tie lights out on the final
gpme, but what would you
rjther see, a championship
game between two old rivals or
allame clash for the rusty old
B; /ou Bucket?
■ Since the late 1980s, talk of
lams bailing out of the confer
ence for greener pastures has
gen the norm.
Rumors had Texas and
Al&M going to the SEC, the
P; j-10 and just about every
Iher conference in the nation.
1
Icbruary 1994 and the subse-
gjicnt deals to move Southern
ethodist University, Texas
[hristian University and Rice
the WAC and the University
!0| Houston to the newly-
1470.’firmed Conference USA, the
r, MaeJealization finally hit a lot
ill Leaflj people.
h Steele] The SWC was on its death
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withtfl A staple in Texas since 1915
)OOtoi] as much a part of the state
k red-hot summers and con-
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he wo]- the conference did the state
on. iroud by showcasing its finest
lesaid pung men week after week,
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play in
The first
time I saw a
SWC team play
was when my
family attend
ed the 1977
Bluebonnet
Bowl between
Texas A&M
and the Uni
versity of Southern California
at the Astrodome.
The No. 17 Aggies were
powered at the time by run
ning backs Curtis Dickey and
George Woodard. Unfortunate
ly the No. 20 Trojans had a
certain Heisman Trophy win
ner named Charles White, who
sealed A&M’s fate.
But the game took on very
special meaning when my fa
ther stood up in a crowd and
speared an A&M football.
A&M became the team of my
heart — watching the SWC,
"Saturday's title tilt at
Kyle Field is the kind of
game that captures the
attention of the nation."
my favorite weekend activity.
As I grew up in the 1980s,
there was a fresh new race
each year for the right to go to
the Cotton Bowl. Sure, the Ag
gies were always my favorites
through the years, but I was
always cheering for the teams
from Texas.
My family would go to
games at least once a season,
either at the Astrodome, Rice
Stadium or Kyle Field. With
the grim reaper bearing down
the conference this weekend, I
have taken some time to re
member what the conference
meant to me.
It meant a perfect ending to
every Thanksgiving Day, with
the Aggies and Longhorns
throwing out records and rank
ings to beat the crap out of
each other for the ultimate
bragging rights as the best
football team in Texas.
That changed when ESPN
got the rights to the games,
and since we didn’t have cable,
I was reduced to listening to
Dave South call the games.
The games were nearly as
enjoyable simply because
of the competition, but the
feeling that the conference was
selling out was starting
to grow.
As I entered high school and
began considering where I
might continue my academic
pursuits when I graduated, I
became even more obsessed
with the SWC.
I got to see some of the great
est stars of the last 15 years —
Andre Ware, Darren Lewis,
Bucky Richardson and Trevor
Cobb — the list goes on. And
once, even though I’ve tried to
bury it deep in my subconscious,
I once saw the University of
Houston beat the Aggies, 36-31.
Although the conference’s
national standing has declined
greatly in recent years, Satur
day’s title tilt at Kyle Field is
the kind of game that captures
the attention of the nation.
If you’re a college football
purist, you know what I’m
talking about when I envision
the first mighty rumble when
the seniors are introduced Sat
urday, or the first bloodthirsty
cry from the Twelfth Man
when A&M’s Keith Mitchell in
troduces UT quarterback
James Brown to a new kind of
pain with a bonecrushing sack.
If you’re not looking for
ward to the game or you aren’t
excited about being in that
kind of atmosphere, then you
never understood what SWC
football was about anyway.
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