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Roger Staubach! Just say his Football Life special. Enough said. Wow!
One of the best A Football Life's.

Loved the part when he announced his retirement and Landry is standing in the back of the room, stoic, but doing everything he can to hold his emotions in check (you can just see it looking at Landry's eyes) while Staubach tears up talking about him.

Good stuff, Coach. I've seen that one a couple times. Such a great show on NFLN.
 

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Aikman had the best I ever seen.

This guy would've been considered worse than TO in his latter years the way he went off on the sidelines. He was trashing coaches, cursing left and right...definitely a side of Troy nobody knew back then. I understand his frustration completely, I'm just thankful for him that social media and instant sports media didn't exist then.
 

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Aikman had the best I ever seen.

This guy would've been considered worse than TO in his latter years the way he went off on the sidelines. He was trashing coaches, cursing left and right...definitely a side of Troy nobody knew back then. I understand his frustration completely, I'm just thankful for him that social media and instant sports media didn't exist then.
I thought the same thing when I saw Aikmans story.
 

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Aikman had the best I ever seen.

This guy would've been considered worse than TO in his latter years the way he went off on the sidelines. He was trashing coaches, cursing left and right...definitely a side of Troy nobody knew back then. I understand his frustration completely, I'm just thankful for him that social media and instant sports media didn't exist then.
His frustration only started after Jimmy left and the club became less disciplined. Troy wanted to win and many of his team mates were satisfied.
 

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Great stuff. The hail mary still makes me smile. There is a reason why the Cowboys have so many fans. It started with Roger and big Bob Lilly. Landry really was extraordinary and had such a football vision.
The Hail Mary game against the Vikings, is the first game I can remember watching. I was 9 years old. 1975 was also the first year I played football. Lotta years.
 

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The Hail Mary game against the Vikings, is the first game I can remember watching. I was 9 years old. 1975 was also the first year I played football. Lotta years.
I remember that game like it was yesterday. Roger, in fact, threw 2 Hail Mary passes in that game! The look on old Bud Grants face walking off the field is still one of my fondest Cowboy memories.
 

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His frustration only started after Jimmy left and the club became less disciplined. Troy wanted to win and many of his team mates were satisfied.
One of the best A Football Life's.

Loved the part when he announced his retirement and Landry is standing in the back of the room, stoic, but doing everything he can to hold his emotions in check (you can just see it looking at Landry's eyes) while Staubach tears up talking about him.

Good stuff, Coach. I've seen that one a couple times. Such a great show on NFLN.
Damn, I love football. I gonna miss it, coaching, leading a staff and most of all walking the sidelines on Friday night. Oh well, I hope the mall walking at 7 in the morning can fill the void. LOL
 

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My first memories of the Naval Academy, on a National Scale, was Joe Bellino. He had calves the size of thighs...

In the fall of 1957, Bellino entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland along with his former high-school teammate, Frank Dattilo. During his freshman year, the Plebes matched up against the Penn State freshmen. Penn State won the game 23–13, but Bellino took a lateral from his Columbian teammate Harry Dietz and scored on an 85-yard kickoff return.

He was an outstanding baseball player at Navy, but his legendary exploits occurred on the football field. In his senior year, he rushed for 834 yards, caught 15 passes for 264 yards and three touchdowns, threw two touchdown passes, averaged 47.1 yards as a punter, and returned kicks and punts. He won the 1960 Heisman Trophy by a wide margin, garnering the most votes in each of the five national voting regions. In Bellino's final college football game, Navy's loss to the University of Missouri in the 1961 Orange Bowl.

Roger Staubach rekindled my interests in the Academies.

He attended the U.S. Naval Academy where he won the 1963 Heisman Trophy, and after graduation he served in the U.S. Navy, including a tour of duty in Vietnam.

In his second class (junior) season of 1963, he won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the Walter Camp Memorial Trophy[6] while leading the Midshipmen to a 9–1 regular season record and a final ranking of No. 2 in the nation. On New Year's Day, the Midshipmen lost the national championship to No. 1 University of Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

Bill Parcells was head coach at the US Air Force Academy... In 1978, he became the head coach at the Air Force Academy for one season.

I played under Ben Martin, at the US Air Force Academy...and they went to the Sugar Bowl, against Tennessee.
Sugar Bowl L 34–13 January 1, 1971 /1970 (season) Tennessee Ben Martin 9–3

I then played for Gil Steinke at Texas A&I - His winning records in NAIA were as follows, (victories)

December 12, 1959 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 12–1 Lenoir-Rhyne Bears W 20–7
December 13, 1969 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 11–1 Concordia-Moorhead Golden Bears W 32–7
December 12, 1970 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 11–1 Wofford Terriers W 38–7
December 14, 1974 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 13–3 Henderson State Reddies W 34–23
December 13, 1975 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 12–3 Salem Spirits W 37–0
December 11, 1976 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 13–3 Central Arkansas Bears W 26–0


Ranching, Roger Staubach took his Cadet Honor Code to heart, the rest of his life: 'I will not lie, steal, or cheat.'

He was forged in fire and and was humbled by no obstacle. He truly was a great Cowboy as well.

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I remember that game like it was yesterday. Roger, in fact, threw 2 Hail Mary passes in that game! The look on old Bud Grants face walking off the field is still one of my fondest Cowboy memories.
This is inside The STAR. It's the exact replica of that hail Mary drawn up by Staubach.
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My first memories of the Naval Academy, on a National Scale, was Joe Bellino. He had calves the size of thighs...

In the fall of 1957, Bellino entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland along with his former high-school teammate, Frank Dattilo. During his freshman year, the Plebes matched up against the Penn State freshmen. Penn State won the game 23–13, but Bellino took a lateral from his Columbian teammate Harry Dietz and scored on an 85-yard kickoff return.

He was an outstanding baseball player at Navy, but his legendary exploits occurred on the football field. In his senior year, he rushed for 834 yards, caught 15 passes for 264 yards and three touchdowns, threw two touchdown passes, averaged 47.1 yards as a punter, and returned kicks and punts. He won the 1960 Heisman Trophy by a wide margin, garnering the most votes in each of the five national voting regions. In Bellino's final college football game, Navy's loss to the University of Missouri in the 1961 Orange Bowl.

Roger Staubach rekindled my interests in the Academies.

He attended the U.S. Naval Academy where he won the 1963 Heisman Trophy, and after graduation he served in the U.S. Navy, including a tour of duty in Vietnam.

In his second class (junior) season of 1963, he won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the Walter Camp Memorial Trophy[6] while leading the Midshipmen to a 9–1 regular season record and a final ranking of No. 2 in the nation. On New Year's Day, the Midshipmen lost the national championship to No. 1 University of Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

Bill Parcells was head coach at the US Air Force Academy... In 1978, he became the head coach at the Air Force Academy for one season.

I played under Ben Martin, at the US Air Force Academy...and they went to the Sugar Bowl, against Tennessee.
Sugar Bowl L 34–13 January 1, 1971 /1970 (season) Tennessee Ben Martin 9–3

I then played for Gil Steinke at Texas A&I - His winning records in NAIA were as follows, (victories)

December 12, 1959 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 12–1 Lenoir-Rhyne Bears W 20–7
December 13, 1969 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 11–1 Concordia-Moorhead Golden Bears W 32–7
December 12, 1970 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 11–1 Wofford Terriers W 38–7
December 14, 1974 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 13–3 Henderson State Reddies W 34–23
December 13, 1975 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 12–3 Salem Spirits W 37–0
December 11, 1976 NAIA Championship Game Gil Steinke 13–3 Central Arkansas Bears W 26–0
December 15, 1979 NAIA Championship Game Ron Harms 12–1 Central Oklahoma Bronchos W 20–14

Ranching, Roger Staubach took his Cadet Honor Code to heart, the rest of his life: 'I will not lie, steal, or cheat.'

He was forged in fire and and was humbled by no obstacle. He truly was a great Cowboy as well.

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Agree 100%. But, I really envy that you played for the great Gil Steinke. What an honor! Go Hoggies!
 

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Aikman had the best I ever seen.

This guy would've been considered worse than TO in his latter years the way he went off on the sidelines. He was trashing coaches, cursing left and right...definitely a side of Troy nobody knew back then. I understand his frustration completely, I'm just thankful for him that social media and instant sports media didn't exist then.

No. Troy was a three-time champ with more credibility and the ability to command more respect than most of his coaches at the time. His outbursts on the sidelines gave voice to the frustration that anyone who had seen the great years was feeling as things unraveled. Nobody would have viewed him in the same light as a malcontent like TO that wasn't a leader, never won a thing and created turmoil on every team for which he played.
 

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My love is unconditional. Like a winner of a naked man fight there is no victory in winning that scrap
 
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