In one of my glorious memories of SMU, I was the “Doll” of the SMU “96 Guys and a Doll” Mustang Band! Vividly, I remember lining up with the band to play and cheer the football players out of their locker room and on to the field. Leading the group was our Coach Hayden Fry with a great big smile coming toward me. He always gave me a little “pinch” on my upper arm with a wink from his eye! I later learned that he was a very superstitious man and he was doing this to bring luck to the team!
Curby Conoley
When Tudey and I were seniors at Austin High, the football team had a game against Corpus Christi Ray High School, in Corpus Christi. I was a Red Jacket, and both the Red Jackets and the cheerleaders were on one bus to go to the game, while the football team was on another -- little did we know, Tudey and some of his friends had chartered their own bus to the game as well. The weather was very rainy that day, and our bus arrived late to the game, which had already started by the time we got there. We disembarked to find Tudey and his friends had taken our place on the sidelines, acting as cheerleaders for Austin High, leading chants, and pumping their fists in the air. It was hilarious, and had us all laughing. Unfortunately, the Austin High principal got wind of their escapades, which may or may not have involved the generous consumption of adult beverages, and didn't find them quite as funny. That Monday, he summoned Tudey and Peter Barbour to his office via the all-school intercom and gave them a serious tongue-lashing. Truth be told, though, he probably thought it was funny, too!
Deborah Teten