DOG ASIDE: Some of the very most valuable music videos in our treasure chest of vintage music in our Ima Sportsphile library are recordings from Austin City Limits between 1975 and 1989….for we would be remiss if we did not give credit where credit is due for this awesome collection ….so, here to each and…
DOG ASIDE: Leading up the the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics….and prior to a “peanut farming US President” decision to dash the hopes, dreams and sacrifices of so many US athletes by boycotting the Games due to the USSR’s presence in Afgahnistan….I mean after all….isn’t the US sending more troops into Afgahnistan in 2017… some 37 years later….but…
DOG ASIDE: One of the truly great rivalries in college basketball was the one between Coach Abe Lemons of the University of Texas mens basketball verses Coach Eddie Sutton of the University of Arkansas mens team….as there were many articles about Abe vs Eddie written between 1977 and 1983. Eddie Sutton took over the helm…
DOG ASIDE: This winners bracket 1st round game was played on May 30, 1987 between the University of Texas Longhorns verses the University of Arkansas Razorbacks….which featured two legendary college baseball coaches…..Norm DeBriyn of Arkansas…. who as the winningest coach in Arkansas history compiled a record of 1161 wins and 650 losses over a 32…
The rubber on the wheel is faster than the rubber on the heel. …
DOG ASIDE: It has been mentioned several times lately….that after having now posted 1800 vintage videos here at Ima Sportsphile….we have come to the conclusion that the many various advertisements from all kinds of companies and corporations that were also recorded on Bone Daddy’s videos….have a great deal of interest and attractions to them. …
DOG ASIDE: The 1979 – 80 Texas Longhorn mens basketball starting five including G Fred Carson, G John Danks, G Ron Baxter (the Horns played a 3-guard tandem), F Bill Wendlandt and C LaSalle Thompson….along with 6th man F/C Rob Cunningham….were a really close-knit group who enjoyed coming together as a group to The Sports Place, Madison…
DOG COMMENTARY: Coach Gus, boy does that name bring back memories…..for to Bone Daddy’s way of thinking….Coach Cliff Gustafson was the “creme de la creme” when it comes to college baseball coaches….who at least on The Forty Acres….as the campus of the University of Texas in Austin is known…..every bit as popular and legendary as Head…
DOG ASIDE: In 1979, the Texas Longhorns mens basketball team had four starters coming back from a team that “took New York City and Madison Square Garden by storm”….as they came from way down deep in the heart of Texas to the Big Apple….and blew away the competition in the N.I.T. (National Invitation Tournament) that…