Game to watch if you're bored....

[WuDrWu]

Huh....I don't remember west texas. North Texas, Memphis, Louisville, St Louis, Cincinnati, Tulsa, Drake, Bradley........

Your memory is failing you 'pin. 70s and 80s...I think 84-85 or 85-86 was their last year in the Valley. I think they dropped immediately to D2 at that point.

[ShockTalk]

Huh....I don't remember west texas. North Texas, Memphis, Louisville, St Louis, Cincinnati, Tulsa, Drake, Bradley........

I don't remember North TX, when was that?

Gawd, you guys are making me feel old!!

[WuDrWu]

Did Slab Jones play for New Mexico State or West Texas State?

[WuDrWu]

For crying out loud Maurice Cheeks was a 3 time All Valley player at West Texas State.

Even more famous, Wichitan Brad Schreck roamed and dominated the paint in the Valley at WTSU.

[19SHOCKER76]

Did Slab Jones play for New Mexico State or West Texas State?

Is this a test?

[ShockTalk]

For crying out loud Maurice Cheeks was a 3 time All Valley player at West Texas State.

Even more famous, Wichitan Brad Schreck roamed and dominated the paint in the Valley at WTSU.

Sweet! :bball_spin:

[shocktown]

Huh....I don't remember west texas. North Texas, Memphis, Louisville, St Louis, Cincinnati, Tulsa, Drake, Bradley........

Your memory is failing you 'pin. 70s and 80s...I think 84-85 or 85-86 was their last year in the Valley. I think they dropped immediately to D2 at that point.

Who attended the NCAA game in 76 at the Kansas
Coliseum replica in Denton that was hosted by NTSU Mean Green? :( :cry:

:wsu_posters:

[Aargh]

A very good friend of mine, Mike Boyd, was a 6'3", 185 lb. TE as a SO at WSU when he got a start against North Texas in 1968. I think the year is right - I was in the military when it happened.

The starting DE on that side for North Texas was a guy nicknamed "Mean Joe Green". Yeah, that one. Here's Mike's description of how the game went.

"I tried to block him, but he just picked me up, threw me across his body and stepped into the hole. So, I figured I'd block him into the hole. I blocked him the wrong way and sure enough, he picked me up, threw me across his body, and stepped into the exact place I was supposed to block him. That worked twice. After that he just stood there and threw me back and forth across his body until he figured out which way the play was going".

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

Not for sure, but I think they left in the mid 80's

Interesting -- I learn something new every day. Did they bail when Tulsa did?

Tulsa bailed in the 90's

[WSUShokker]

"SLAB" Jones are you kidding me...and Brad "Schreck"

wow thats some great names...i dont know or remember them but man those or 2 awesome names.....

Slab and Shrek.....you gotta love that

thanks as always Doc!!!

[pinstripers]

My memory is not capable of being jogged.

[shocker3]

Diver, did you know that NMSU was in the Valley a few years back?

I didn't. How many is a "few"?

New Mexico St left the Valley for the Big West in 1984. They left after the ncaa divided division 1 footbal into 1-A and 1-AA.

After the split, Wichita St, Tulsa and New Mexico State were designated as 1-A while the rest of the Valley was designated 1-AA.

New Mexico state left the Valley to join another 1-A conference (the Big West was 1-A at the time). Tulsa and WSU decided to stay in the Valley at the time (for all other sports) and play as independents in football.

WSU didn't last long as a football 1-A independent but Tulsa went about 10 years as an independent before leaving the Valley all together to join the WAC (a 1-A football conference).

[ShockTalk]

Did Slab Jones play for New Mexico State or West Texas State?

New Mexico State. "Albert "Slab" Jones is the school's second leading scoring with 1,758 career points. He was a three-year letter winner from 1977 to 1980 and was an All-Missouri Valley Conference performer each season. In 1977, Jones averaged 12.8 points and 6.5 rebounds while being named the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year."

[Txlen]

I know this is not basketball, but West Texas State had a couple of fairly decent football players of yesteryear. One's name was "Mercury" Morris and the other was Duane Thomas. I think they did fairly well after college. <grin>

[Kung Wu]

Not for sure, but I think they left in the mid 80's

Interesting -- I learn something new every day. Did they bail when Tulsa did?

Tulsa bailed in the 90's

Ah, I was just trying to remember when I started with my season tickets, which was mid-nineties. I am thinking I faintly remember either hearing people ***** about Tulsa leaving, or remember when it happened. But I came too late to understand the rivalry so I didn't pay any attention.

Maybe I got my first season tickets during Thompson's last year? Or maybe I just caught a few games and got the season tickets during Smithson's first year. At any rate it was painful back then.