September 6, 2024 • 11 mins
Craig opens Hour 3 with a history lesson as we remember the Longhorns win over Michigan in the 2005 Rose Bowl.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On Sports Radio Am thirteen hundred The Zone as we
Come Your Way from Michigan Stadium in ann Arbor, Michigan.
Craig Way joined by Cameron Parker back in the studios
thanks to Andrew Jim Will also who joined in in.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
The first half of the program.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
The first hour and a half of the program, As
we come your way from the Big House as they
call it here in ann Arbor, It's a beautiful day. Hey, Cam,
I was going to tell you something else too. Just
because there are no team walkthroughs here inside the stadium
this afternoon on the day before the game, that doesn't
(00:39):
mean there isn't a beehive of activity going on. First
of all, I'm guessing looking across that it's Fox's big
noon kickoff set. They would probably have the entree into
that over college game day being inside the state.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
I'm just guessing. I could be wrong about that.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
But but I'm I'm thinking maybe that's the crew for
Fox's big nowon kickoff because they're both here, and I
think ESPN.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Radio has a crew here.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
It's also being broadcast on national radio from Westwood One,
so there's a lot of agencies being represented.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
But in addition, to that. Here was the other thing
I was going to tell you, Cameron.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Just because the football teams aren't on the field, it
doesn't mean that nobody's going to use the field.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
I think because I.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Just saw a big and I do mean big dude
walk out of the tunnel with a big tuba.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
So you know, big sousophone, big big tuba.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
So there might be a band practice that's gonna happen
here at some point.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
I don't know when.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Uh, there's no there's nobody else but just the one
guy came out with the big horn and it's kind
of cruising around the side. I you know, I don't know.
Maybe maybe we'll have a van about that.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, you might have a might have an inside show
at the Michigan band preparing for the game tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I could probably, you know, look for it and see
if see if I get a little preview of the
show tomorrow, it's gonna it'll be a lot of fun.
And that that leads me to talking about this matchup.
Yes it's number three against number ten, and yes, uh
there's you know, the the.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
The absolute.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Patented nature of these two iconic collegiate football programs. Michigan
not only of course, is the defending national champion.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
The Wolverines have won.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
One thousand and five college football games all time.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
That leads all.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
In CIA affiliated programs one thousand and five on that,
So the logboards are in access of nine hundred.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
But uh, and it's two iconic programs.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
But like we said, Michigan with one thousand and five
all time Whens and of course they've been playing football
here a long, long, long, long long time. I think
the longhorns first ever Bowl appearance was nineteen forty three,
maybe in the Cotton Bowl, and they played Randolph Field.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Do you know what that is?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Cam when Texas opponent the nineteen forty three Cotton Bowl
Randolph Field. I do not well remember where we were
in nineteen forty three. We were a world at war,
and what used to happen was you had a lot
of military installations have their own teams, be it college
(03:53):
or professional teams that played a lot of games and
played against jimate college teams, and also some that played
some games professionally against teams, especially in baseball. There was
a team called Great Lakes Naval Air Station and it
(04:16):
was loaded with future Hall of famers. Bob Feller was
pitching for the team because these were guys who were
in the military, So Bob Feller was in it, Joe
Demaijio was in briefly, Ted Williams, Hank Greenberg had all
of these future Hall of famers who were playing baseball
for military installation affiliated teams. It is the same thing
(04:39):
the college football with Randolph Field. Now Randolph Field itself
is what we now know as Randolph Air Force Base,
which is on the northeast side of San Antonio. In fact,
it's very very close the school district bumps up with
in the town of Universal City. I think you've probably
(04:59):
heard to that Avenue Cam Universal City roundoff.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Of course the Rowhawks. Yeah, all right, well that's where
it came from originally. In fact, our.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Engineer on the Long Warn Radio Network football broadcast, Greg Clingonsmith,
a military kid himself, is a graduate of Randolph High School,
the Rowhawks, and they had some They were a playoff team,
I think, and won a district title a year ago.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
But they've had they've had some big moments.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
They got all over the state championship once lost a
Plano back in nineteen sixty seven, and a two a
state championship game which, by the way, Cam, just for
your knowledge and edification, that two A state championship game. Yeah, Plano,
a large population six A school now won a two
A state championship over Universal City Randolph in nineteen sixty seven.
(05:53):
The game was played at I I. Nelson Field. That's
where the state'schampionship. Wow Nelson Field. Apropos of nothing on that,
But Randolph Field itself the precursor to Randolph Air Force Base.
Randolph Field, just like Bergstrom Air Force Base was called
(06:15):
Bergstrom Field before it became Bergstrom Air Force Base and
now of course is the site of Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
But Randolph Field had a college football team in a
good one and they played Texas and the Cotton Bowl.
I believe it was nineteen forty three, and I think
(06:35):
it was the Long Orange's first ever bowl appearance. The
point of all this was the point out how Michigan
has been around playing football for so long that Michigan
played in the very first Rose Bowl back in nineteen
oh two. So they've been around a long long time,
(06:56):
is the point. And these are two of the iconic
programs of all of college football, and so for them
to be meeting on a college campus for the first time.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
With more than one hundred years of.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Football for each of these programs, it's pretty amazing to
think about these two great, great programs. But they will
meet tomorrow for the first time on a college campus,
and then in three years they will meet in Austin
and they play on In between time, the long Worns
will play the Ohio State Buckeyes. Now Texas has played
(07:32):
Ohio State just a little more often than they played Michigan.
They had a home and a home with the Buckeyes,
you know five and six, the memorable low five game
in the Horseshoe with Vince Young hitting Limas Swede with
the touchdown pass late in the game, and Texas won
that contest of Ohio State. Then the Buckeyes came in
the next year when the long Worns were the defending
(07:53):
national champions. Ohio State had the Heisman Trophy winner to
be Troy Smith, and they and Koy was starting his
first game as a red shirt freshman, and he and
the Loghorns were taught a lessener too by those Ohio
State Buckeyes, who won that game twenty four to seven
and went on to win the national championship. They met
one more time, and that was two years later, the
(08:15):
famous two thousand and eight season. Some log worn fans
might refer to it as infamous two thousand and eight
season because of that antiquated tiebreaker that the Big twelve
views that no other conference in the nation used, with
Texas and Oklahoma Texas Tech all finishing tied for the
top spot. Texas had beating Oklahoma when the Sooners were
(08:37):
number one. Texas Tech, of course, to Michael Crabtree catch
had the exhilarating home win against the Loghorns, and then
what was a week or two after that, Oklahoma just
destroyed Texas Tech. So it was a three way tie,
and under the tie breaking rules of the BCS, the
(08:59):
way that it that worked for all the other major conferences,
the Big Ten, the PAC ten or PAC twelve by then,
the SEC and the ACC, all of the other power
conferences used the tie breaking system that if there were
three teams tied and they all defeated each other in
round robin fashion, as Texas, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma had
(09:21):
done that season, then if there was one school of
the three separated by more than five spots in the
BCS rankings.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
They were already taught.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
They were automatically tossed out, and then you went so
they had to head winner. Well, Texas and Oklahoma were
both up in the top five and Texas Tech was
way down around I think ten or twelve something like that.
They were down pretty far, but they would have been
tossed out in any other league on that, but the
Big Twelve had kept that tiebreaker. So then it went
(09:55):
to some more formulaaic things and I think it was
four thousandths of a point. They got Oklahoma past Texas
and into the Big Twelve Championship where they beat Missouri
and then of course we're beaten by USC and the
Orange Bowl fifty five to nineteen. The Longhorns, who were
left out of that went to the Fiesta Bowl played
(10:17):
Ohio State.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Incredible game.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Kwan Cosby, our friend and colleague, scored the game's game
winning touchdown on a pass from Colt McCoy with I
think twenty six seconds to go.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
And that was the last time that Texas and.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Ohio State played, so they played three times and they'll
renew that series next year when Texas plays in Columbus
at Ohio State and then in twenty twenty six, the
Buckeyes returned the game to Austin, and then in twenty
twenty seven, Michigan will play in Austin in the return
of this game. So the little history lesson for you
(10:54):
there on this college football stuff. All right, Coming up,
we're gonna visit with Gene Watson talking some major league
based when we continue on sports Radio AM thirteen under
the Zone and the iHeartRadio app.
On Sports Radio Am thirteen hundred The Zone as we
Come Your Way from Michigan Stadium in ann Arbor, Michigan.
Craig Way joined by Cameron Parker back in the studios
thanks to Andrew Jim Will also who joined in in.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
The first half of the program.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
The first hour and a half of the program, As
we come your way from the Big House as they
call it here in ann Arbor, It's a beautiful day. Hey, Cam,
I was going to tell you something else too. Just
because there are no team walkthroughs here inside the stadium
this afternoon on the day before the game, that doesn't
(00:39):
mean there isn't a beehive of activity going on. First
of all, I'm guessing looking across that it's Fox's big
noon kickoff set. They would probably have the entree into
that over college game day being inside the state.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
I'm just guessing. I could be wrong about that.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
But but I'm I'm thinking maybe that's the crew for
Fox's big nowon kickoff because they're both here, and I
think ESPN.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Radio has a crew here.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
It's also being broadcast on national radio from Westwood One,
so there's a lot of agencies being represented.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
But in addition, to that. Here was the other thing
I was going to tell you, Cameron.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Just because the football teams aren't on the field, it
doesn't mean that nobody's going to use the field.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
I think because I.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Just saw a big and I do mean big dude
walk out of the tunnel with a big tuba.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
So you know, big sousophone, big big tuba.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
So there might be a band practice that's gonna happen
here at some point.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
I don't know when.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Uh, there's no there's nobody else but just the one
guy came out with the big horn and it's kind
of cruising around the side. I you know, I don't know.
Maybe maybe we'll have a van about that.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, you might have a might have an inside show
at the Michigan band preparing for the game tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I could probably, you know, look for it and see
if see if I get a little preview of the
show tomorrow, it's gonna it'll be a lot of fun.
And that that leads me to talking about this matchup.
Yes it's number three against number ten, and yes, uh
there's you know, the the.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
The absolute.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Patented nature of these two iconic collegiate football programs. Michigan
not only of course, is the defending national champion.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
The Wolverines have won.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
One thousand and five college football games all time.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
That leads all.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
In CIA affiliated programs one thousand and five on that,
So the logboards are in access of nine hundred.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
But uh, and it's two iconic programs.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
But like we said, Michigan with one thousand and five
all time Whens and of course they've been playing football
here a long, long, long, long long time. I think
the longhorns first ever Bowl appearance was nineteen forty three,
maybe in the Cotton Bowl, and they played Randolph Field.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Do you know what that is?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Cam when Texas opponent the nineteen forty three Cotton Bowl
Randolph Field. I do not well remember where we were
in nineteen forty three. We were a world at war,
and what used to happen was you had a lot
of military installations have their own teams, be it college
(03:53):
or professional teams that played a lot of games and
played against jimate college teams, and also some that played
some games professionally against teams, especially in baseball. There was
a team called Great Lakes Naval Air Station and it
(04:16):
was loaded with future Hall of famers. Bob Feller was
pitching for the team because these were guys who were
in the military, So Bob Feller was in it, Joe
Demaijio was in briefly, Ted Williams, Hank Greenberg had all
of these future Hall of famers who were playing baseball
for military installation affiliated teams. It is the same thing
(04:39):
the college football with Randolph Field. Now Randolph Field itself
is what we now know as Randolph Air Force Base,
which is on the northeast side of San Antonio. In fact,
it's very very close the school district bumps up with
in the town of Universal City. I think you've probably
(04:59):
heard to that Avenue Cam Universal City roundoff.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Of course the Rowhawks. Yeah, all right, well that's where
it came from originally. In fact, our.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Engineer on the Long Warn Radio Network football broadcast, Greg Clingonsmith,
a military kid himself, is a graduate of Randolph High School,
the Rowhawks, and they had some They were a playoff team,
I think, and won a district title a year ago.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
But they've had they've had some big moments.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
They got all over the state championship once lost a
Plano back in nineteen sixty seven, and a two a
state championship game which, by the way, Cam, just for
your knowledge and edification, that two A state championship game. Yeah, Plano,
a large population six A school now won a two
A state championship over Universal City Randolph in nineteen sixty seven.
(05:53):
The game was played at I I. Nelson Field. That's
where the state'schampionship. Wow Nelson Field. Apropos of nothing on that,
But Randolph Field itself the precursor to Randolph Air Force Base.
Randolph Field, just like Bergstrom Air Force Base was called
(06:15):
Bergstrom Field before it became Bergstrom Air Force Base and
now of course is the site of Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
But Randolph Field had a college football team in a
good one and they played Texas and the Cotton Bowl.
I believe it was nineteen forty three, and I think
(06:35):
it was the Long Orange's first ever bowl appearance. The
point of all this was the point out how Michigan
has been around playing football for so long that Michigan
played in the very first Rose Bowl back in nineteen
oh two. So they've been around a long long time,
(06:56):
is the point. And these are two of the iconic
programs of all of college football, and so for them
to be meeting on a college campus for the first time.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
With more than one hundred years of.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Football for each of these programs, it's pretty amazing to
think about these two great, great programs. But they will
meet tomorrow for the first time on a college campus,
and then in three years they will meet in Austin
and they play on In between time, the long Worns
will play the Ohio State Buckeyes. Now Texas has played
(07:32):
Ohio State just a little more often than they played Michigan.
They had a home and a home with the Buckeyes,
you know five and six, the memorable low five game
in the Horseshoe with Vince Young hitting Limas Swede with
the touchdown pass late in the game, and Texas won
that contest of Ohio State. Then the Buckeyes came in
the next year when the long Worns were the defending
(07:53):
national champions. Ohio State had the Heisman Trophy winner to
be Troy Smith, and they and Koy was starting his
first game as a red shirt freshman, and he and
the Loghorns were taught a lessener too by those Ohio
State Buckeyes, who won that game twenty four to seven
and went on to win the national championship. They met
one more time, and that was two years later, the
(08:15):
famous two thousand and eight season. Some log worn fans
might refer to it as infamous two thousand and eight
season because of that antiquated tiebreaker that the Big twelve
views that no other conference in the nation used, with
Texas and Oklahoma Texas Tech all finishing tied for the
top spot. Texas had beating Oklahoma when the Sooners were
(08:37):
number one. Texas Tech, of course, to Michael Crabtree catch
had the exhilarating home win against the Loghorns, and then
what was a week or two after that, Oklahoma just
destroyed Texas Tech. So it was a three way tie,
and under the tie breaking rules of the BCS, the
(08:59):
way that it that worked for all the other major conferences,
the Big Ten, the PAC ten or PAC twelve by then,
the SEC and the ACC, all of the other power
conferences used the tie breaking system that if there were
three teams tied and they all defeated each other in
round robin fashion, as Texas, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma had
(09:21):
done that season, then if there was one school of
the three separated by more than five spots in the
BCS rankings.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
They were already taught.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
They were automatically tossed out, and then you went so
they had to head winner. Well, Texas and Oklahoma were
both up in the top five and Texas Tech was
way down around I think ten or twelve something like that.
They were down pretty far, but they would have been
tossed out in any other league on that, but the
Big Twelve had kept that tiebreaker. So then it went
(09:55):
to some more formulaaic things and I think it was
four thousandths of a point. They got Oklahoma past Texas
and into the Big Twelve Championship where they beat Missouri
and then of course we're beaten by USC and the
Orange Bowl fifty five to nineteen. The Longhorns, who were
left out of that went to the Fiesta Bowl played
(10:17):
Ohio State.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Incredible game.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Kwan Cosby, our friend and colleague, scored the game's game
winning touchdown on a pass from Colt McCoy with I
think twenty six seconds to go.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
And that was the last time that Texas and.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Ohio State played, so they played three times and they'll
renew that series next year when Texas plays in Columbus
at Ohio State and then in twenty twenty six, the
Buckeyes returned the game to Austin, and then in twenty
twenty seven, Michigan will play in Austin in the return
of this game. So the little history lesson for you
(10:54):
there on this college football stuff. All right, Coming up,
we're gonna visit with Gene Watson talking some major league
based when we continue on sports Radio AM thirteen under
the Zone and the iHeartRadio app.
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