Troy Aikman:Ring of Honor

[fgoodwin]

Originally Posted by Doomsday101

I still have the video tape of that game. I agree Dallas would have drafted him had Landry been the HC. I never saw Landry meet a college player at mid-field right after a game like he did that day and it seem clear to me that Troy would be our guy.

Not trying to rain on anybody's parade, five years after the fact. Just trying to set the record straight. According to this AP article in the LATimes, dated January 4, 1989, Coach Landry watched the game on TV:

Aikman was closely watched by members of the downtrodden Cowboys' organization, who are thinking about making him the first pick in the NFL draft.

Dallas Coach Tom Landry watched on television but scout Gil Brandt was in the press box.

http://articles.latimes.com/1989-01-..._1_cotton-bowl

Maybe it was Brandt or Schramm that fans saw on the field after the game? The news articles don't mention anything about Aikman shaking hands with anyone, but that's not to say it didn't happen. But it probably was not Coach Landry, if we are to believe a contemporaneous account of the Associated Press.

[lwehlers]

Originally Posted by lurkercowboy

Good one. I saw that and thought at the time that it was a good sign. Had Landry stayed, he would have drafted Aikman first overall.

if landry had drafted aikman he would not have started a game until his second or third year. landry did not like playing rookies that much in there first year. we probaly would not have a won a superbowl in aikmans third year.