Worster,
There are the obvious treats like Stonie's hit, Earl's run, Hadnot's great game, and a multitude of others, but here's a couple for you:
1963, was my first Texas/OU. My best friend was Don Meredith's cousin, and Don got us tickets to the Friday night SMU/Navy game, the Saturday afternoon Texas/OU game, and the Sunday Cowboys game, All three Texas teams were underdogs and all three won. Aside from the excitement of Texas/OU. I remember Carl McAdams hit on Ernie Koy about the two yardline in the Southeast hashmark. To this day, that is the best form tackle I have ever seen.
Richard Peavy's hit on Marcus Dupree which was Dupree's last play in college football, and broke both of their helmets. We were home team, and the hit occurred about the 20-25 yd line on the northwest sideline. Dupree got up and started to cross he field, to the OU sideline. The clock was running and Barry was screaming for him to get back in the huddle. Barry went charging out onto the field waving and screaming when he got to the end of the cord of his headset. Instant whiplash. I'm surprised he has ears left.
Melancon shutting out Busted Rhymes.
Ernest Lee in 1976. We had completely dominated the game but only had a 6-0 lead. We held OU and forced them to punt. One of the Johnson boys fumbled and OU recovered o inside our 10. The Sooners scored and only needed an extra point to win for the sixth year in a row. Ernest, a DL from Tyler John Tyler, lined up over the center and told him, "You're gonna snap the ball clean over the kicker's head". Earnest totally intimidated the snapper and got inside his head. The snap landed back between the 15 & 20 yd line, preserving 6-6 tie, and preventing DKR from losing to OU in his last year. Coach Royal would later say that tie was a major factor in his decision to retire.
One that I'm sure no one will mention is Al Dowden, longtime SWC referee, who had a deal with the SWC office that he would never do the Texas/OU game. Dowden owned the funeral homes in Poteau and Heavner, and didn't want to do any games that would cost him business. His last year as an official, he agreed to do his one and only Texas/OU game. Just one of the little sidebars of this country's great sports spectacle.
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