The Year, 1957, their coach Bear Bryant. I looked up what was going on in 1957 Average Cost of new house $12,220.00 Average Monthly Rent $90.00 Average Yearly Wages $4.550.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas 24 cents Bacon per pound 60 cents Eggs per dozen 28 cents HI FI Portable Record Player $79.95 Average car sold for $2,749. The Soviet Union launched the first space satellite Sputnik Number 1. Movies included "Twelve Angry Men" and "The Bridge Over the River Kwai" Top TV shows: "Perry Mason" and "Maverick" Most popular music was Rock and Roll with artists like "Little Richard". The popular toys were Slinkys and Hula Hoops. Wham-O releases the first Frisbee The popular Philadelphia television show “American Bandstand” makes its national television debut Soviets tests the H-Bomb Elvis buys a mansion and names it Grace land.
And life was good then. I was 8 and in the third grade. A man named Darrell K. Royal was in his first year as head coach at UT.
You forgot two of the most important events: 1) Darrell Royal coached his first game at The University of Texas. 2) Texanne was born.
One of them commented prior to kickoff that it 'it wasn't that the aggies joined the SEC but it was like they had been there all the time!!!???? another kept saying they look like an SEC team and play with SEC toughness...
Of course. all the SEC teams beat the **** out of 1-AA opponents. And if the SEC wants to claim those goobers so badly, well, be my ever lovin' guest!
Couldn't watch the red noggined cousins last night ... caught FS1 and Okie Lite though ... let a listen to this ... (my phone recording, so no rocks ... )
THE aggys will declare FAKE NEWS when someone else is presented the trophy at the end of the season....
