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« Reply #3038 on: November 26, 2021, 06:50:38 PM »
Erk Russell

I always mispell his name.  I have watched him butt heads with his players before a game, and his head would get bloody.

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« Reply #3039 on: November 29, 2021, 12:55:44 PM »
I went to high school with a guy named Eric Russell.  

Not the same person, of course.
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« Reply #3040 on: November 29, 2021, 02:14:57 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on November 29, 2021, 12:55:44 PM
I went to high school with a guy named Eric Russell. 

Not the same person, of course.
I think everybody went to school with a guy named Eric Russell.  I'm pretty sure I can dig up an old year book and find at least one or two. ;)  
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« Reply #3041 on: November 29, 2021, 04:25:34 PM »
There was an Eric Harris, too.

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« Reply #3042 on: November 29, 2021, 05:12:44 PM »
Texas Memorial Stadium, Thanksgiving Day, 1940.  Texas vs. A&M.


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« Reply #3043 on: November 29, 2021, 05:15:44 PM »
Texas Memorial Stadium on its opening day, 1924, similar angle but closer:


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« Reply #3044 on: November 29, 2021, 05:17:39 PM »
From the same corner of the stadium, this time 2009:



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« Reply #3045 on: November 29, 2021, 06:50:17 PM »
Looking to the NE, right?
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« Reply #3046 on: November 30, 2021, 12:20:32 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on November 29, 2021, 06:50:17 PM
Looking to the NE, right?
That's actually from the NE, looking to the SW.  The larger upper deck is on the stadium's west side.
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« Reply #3047 on: November 30, 2021, 07:03:28 AM »
I recall thinking the upper deck is really high up there as it all starts at ground level.

I didn't go to the game, Gator and I watched the WLOCP on your TV with Pearl.
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« Reply #3048 on: November 30, 2021, 10:05:45 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on November 30, 2021, 07:03:28 AM
I recall thinking the upper deck is really high up there as it all starts at ground level.

I didn't go to the game, Gator and I watched the WLOCP on your TV with Pearl.
Yes, the west-side upper deck is massive, and tall.  The upper decks on the east side and in the north endzone (which are contiguous to one another) are maybe half the height.

I couldn't find a recent picture from the same angle of the latest 2021 renovations, all in the south endzone.  Instead of bowling it in to match the north endzone, they built it out with a lot of club seating, luxury suites, and "party loges" which I'd never even heard of until they started advertising them, but apparently they're all the rage in new stadium design, at least for NFL clubs anyway.
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« Reply #3049 on: November 30, 2021, 10:37:27 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on November 30, 2021, 12:20:32 AM
That's actually from the NE, looking to the SW.  The larger upper deck is on the stadium's west side.
OK.  My esposita and I drove around there on a summer day about 10 years ago after dropping off the kids (my stepkids) at a summer camp south of Austin.  I guess I'm misremembering the street layout.
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« Reply #3050 on: November 30, 2021, 11:07:59 AM »
I'm familiar with the 2009 version
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« Reply #3051 on: November 30, 2021, 11:30:20 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on November 30, 2021, 10:37:27 AM
OK.  My esposita and I drove around there on a summer day about 10 years ago after dropping off the kids (my stepkids) at a summer camp south of Austin.  I guess I'm misremembering the street layout.
In the 1924 pic you can clearly see the Capitol building in the background, in fact it's the only downtown building standing tall enough to see in that pic. The Capitol is south of the stadium by 8 bocks or so, and west by 3 blocks.

And in the 2009 pic you can see much of the downtown area, south of the stadium, with only the rotunda of the Capitol peaking out amongst the other buildings.

And now 12 years later, downtown already looks much different than THAT.
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