re: Offseason Thread - Why Was Jackie Ran Off?

You had to be there I guess. Jackie always said he did A&M a great favor by leaving. He was right. I don't know all the inside details-- I was just a kid-- but I do remember that "DEATH PENALTY" was a very real concern and then he left and we were still alive. It's noteworthy that he laid out for a year or two (bought a car dealership iirc) before going to Mississippi State.

He deserves a lot of credit, a lot of praise. Ags may not admit, or even realize, how much we owe him. Maybe ultimately we will. He inherited a hell of a mess (Emory Bellard -> Tom Wilson -> Dumpster Fire) and then did what he had to do to right the ship. Not at all unlike what Bear Bryant had done 30 years earlier.