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re: How long have aTm fans been waving towels?
Posted on 9/16/13 at 2:37 pm to relapse98
Posted on 9/16/13 at 2:37 pm to relapse98
quote:For once, Wiki is right. The 12th Man kickoff team started a couple of years before that, but the towels didn't come around until several games into the '85 season, which was a breakout season for the team. Several players had been waiving towels to get the crowd into it on kickoffs, and some organization started selling towels to fans.
Wiki says 1985. And it really took off in 1988 during the Cotton Bowl when one of our 12th man kickoff team(*) took Tim Brown's towel and waved it around.
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Posted on 9/16/13 at 2:48 pm to twk
I thought the towels started my last year there which was '84 but I could be wrong. 12th man on the kickoff teams started either '81 or '82 which at the time caused quite a stir when the tryouts started. Those guys had nothing to lose (except their mobility) and went full-out kamikaze on the kickoffs!
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