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Anyone read "Horns, Hogs, & Nixon Coming: Texas vs. Arkansas in Dixie's..."
Posted on 12/11/14 at 10:44 am
Posted on 12/11/14 at 10:44 am
...Last Stand?
It's a book that came out about 2002. Saw some guy reading it at an airport an looks interesting.
not trying to promote (have no reason to) but curious.
It's a book that came out about 2002. Saw some guy reading it at an airport an looks interesting.
not trying to promote (have no reason to) but curious.
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From Publishers Weekly
Sportswriter Frei's first book is a decent account of the December 1969 gridiron clash between the Texas Longhorns and the Arkansas Razorbacks, a dramatic, all-white affair played out before Pres. Richard Nixon and a war-torn American public, and often considered the finest game in the history of college football. Frei, a reporter for the Denver Post, covers all the bases in a wistful, sepia-toned "when it was a game" vehicle that has become the male version of the chick flick: translucent irony, fleeting ethical conundrums, black and white (sometimes literally) views of right and wrong, reverence for authority figures and a nod and a wink's worth of boys-will-be-boys lead up to the "Big Shootout" (as the game was later dubbed), complete with a healthy amount of blood, guts and glory. The author does his best to invoke the atmosphere of two very different Southern college towns during that turbulent juncture in American history (down to the Neil Young reference in the title). He's mostly successful, although the subtitle promises far more analysis of the dying days of segregation than Frei delivers. One shortcoming: the overuse of pointed if tacit connections, most notably Pres. Bill Clinton's relationship to Arkansas, the ROTC and his clumsy avoidance of the war in Vietnam. While Frei fills his narrative with descriptions of interrelated smalltown events and people in Fayetteville, Ark., bringing Clinton into the picture does nothing to advance the story. Still, Frei's target audience-fans of Southern college football-will enjoy this history.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
The December 1969 college football match between undefeated Texas and Arkansas was memorable, one for the record book. However, Frei's often humorous telling is much more than a rehash of the game. Attended by both President Nixon and future leader Bill Clinton, the game was also memorable for its combination of Southern pride and anti-Vietnam War protests. Frei's treatment also serves as a larger history of the social and political climate surrounding the competition. Frei, who currently writes for the Denver Post and contributes a weekly column to ESPN.com, is familiar with the mayhem of campus life in the Sixties; during this time his father was the head football coach at the University of Oregon. This delightful, well-researched chronicle of a turbulent era also includes an index, bibliography, rosters, and the 1969 results. Libraries should buy where demand warrants. Larry R. Little, Penticton P.L., B.C.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
This post was edited on 12/12/14 at 8:33 am
Posted on 12/11/14 at 11:38 am to Ghostfacedistiller
Yes. Great book if you give a shite about either team. Otherwise it'd be like me reading about an Iron Bowl from '69 between 2 great Auburn/Bama teams. Cool, but my heart wouldn't be in it so not as emotional. My father was at the '69 game. He's 70 now and can barely finish a sentence when discussing it. The hate of Texas and their BS arrogance and what-not was growing by then but that game cemented it forever.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 11:40 am to Hog Leg
They play the clip of Nixon in DKR during their intro video, which is pretty cool I have to admit.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 11:44 am to Draconian Sanctions
If you've ever been to Razorback stadium... to the south endzone where your team probably ran onto the field from - was open. Beyond it where our football facilities are now was basically an open field. Nixon came in on Marine One and landed right outside the stadium. Pretty damn cool for '69. You can imagine that scene was jumping.
This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 11:45 am
Posted on 12/11/14 at 11:45 am to Ghostfacedistiller
glad you asked this- i just added it to my amazon wish list. i wanted to read it for a good while now.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 11:46 am to Ghostfacedistiller
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not trying to promote (have no reason to) but curious
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Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:00 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
Seems to me like the entire country was watching the game at the time. It was on December 6 and back in those days, most major college regular season games were already over, so most people who liked watching college football were watching. It was a helluva game and a the book is a good read for sports fans.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:04 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
I scanned through it back during the 2012 offseason looking for ammunition to support my crusade to get Arky fans on here to admit the SEC move killed what once was a top 15 program.
Damn I was hogsessed back then. Glad LSU fans have taken that torch.
Damn I was hogsessed back then. Glad LSU fans have taken that torch.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:08 pm to cardboardboxer
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Arkansas and A&M are basically equals historically, but one is on a much higher trajectory - Pettifogger
How do you figure that shite?
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:08 pm to cardboardboxer
It's a heat book and it unknowingly exposes the Broyles Curse.
The black student shot on campus the night before the game was one of the first to try and integrate the football team as a walkon and Broyles treated the guy like complete dogshit and singled him out for abuse from the team.
It really should be a movie. Frank Broyles is a racist bigoted POS.
The black student shot on campus the night before the game was one of the first to try and integrate the football team as a walkon and Broyles treated the guy like complete dogshit and singled him out for abuse from the team.
It really should be a movie. Frank Broyles is a racist bigoted POS.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:15 pm to cardboardboxer
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I scanned through it back during the 2012 offseason looking for ammunition to support my crusade to get Arky fans on here to admit the SEC move killed what once was a top 15 program. Damn I was hogsessed back then. Glad LSU fans have taken that torch.
wat
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:15 pm to Hog Leg
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How do you figure that shite?
Are you asking me to explain a quote someone else made?
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:16 pm to GeorgeReymond
I didn't say my crusade was a success, or even a just cause. Just that it had me cross paths with that book.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:27 pm to cardboardboxer
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Damn I was hogsessed back then. Glad LSU fans have taken that torch.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:31 pm to GeorgeReymond
Here you go Killz. I thought you knew your shite?
AP poll appearances from inception to 1990
AP poll appearances from inception to 1990
This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:34 pm to cardboardboxer
Back in the 60's and 70's and until the time of SEC expansion, I always wondered how SEC teams got away with playing less teams within their own conference than other major college teams across the country. For example, in 1968, how many conference games did LSU play? They played Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, and Mississippi State. How many teams from the Southwest Conference did they play? They played Texas A&M, Rice, Baylor, and TCU. They also played Miami and Tulane OOC and Florida State in a bowl game but they played 4 SEC games total.
6 OOC regular season opponents, 4 from SWC
4 SEC games
1 Bowl game
SEC expansion upped the ante.
6 OOC regular season opponents, 4 from SWC
4 SEC games
1 Bowl game
SEC expansion upped the ante.
This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 12/11/14 at 10:58 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
Good to hear and I story I wish I knew more about.
Oddly enough there was a documentary on Fox Sports SW (38 BR cox) called the Big Shootout tonight. Interesting stuff for sure.
LINK
This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 10:59 pm
Posted on 12/11/14 at 11:51 pm to Porky
Back then, schedules were made years and years in advance. When Georgia Tech and Tulane chickened out of the SEC, it screwed up everyone else's conference schedules for years afterward.
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