Back To The Old Order For Lean and Mean Aggies
Tom Murray reviews Texas A&M football lore, noting Dave Campbell’s Texas Football tribute and the Bear Bryant era. The piece recalls 1955 Texas A&M losses, Stallings’ optimism, and the hot coaching climate as Gene Stallings faces pressure to outdo Texas and Bryant’s shadow at Kyle Field.
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Homer Norton
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University of Texas
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Texas A&m
Bear Pryont
TCU
Kyle Field
John David Crow
Jack Pardee
Charlie Krueger
Gene Stallings Crew
Jess Neely
Rice
Houston
Walter Fondren
Gene Stallings
Bryant
Harry Stiteler
Ray George
Jim Myers
Hammerin
Hank Foldberg
Darrell Royal
Bevo
Memorial Stadium
Trotliners Tie Lines to Limber Trees for Salt Water Erosion
Trotliners secure lines ashore to limber trees to brace against strikes from Orange Tower and related hazards. In regions without branches they use large rubber bands from inner tubes fastened to stakes. Plastic cement on reels reduces erosion of metal surfaces from salt water.
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Bryant
Junior
Silencing a Bow String With Rubber Bands
Instructions describe using rubber bands cut from an inner tube to mute a bow string. Bands should be at least six inches long and tied top and bottom to the string about two inches from the tip.
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