In fact, one of the greatest hits in all Texas history was Robin Sendlein on Eric Dickerson in Texas Stadium. That game was hard hitting and very close. The SMU band would crank up their fight song as soon as they snapped the ball. Dickerson took the pitch to head around right end (going what I considered South to north).
Robin had him one on one and pulverized Dickerson. Bill Began from Houston was the referee, and not a friend of Texas but big buddies with Percy Penn, principal of Kimball HS. Began threw his flag and penalized us 15 yards for a personal foul, giving SMU a first down instead of 4th. The noise in Texas Stadium was so loud, no one heard the whistle, least of all the players directly in front of the SMU band.
I was so angry that the teeth on the zipper of my Wranglers separated. Good news is we won (thank you Rodney Tate) and that play and that call helped "retire" Began.
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