Today's Tidbit... Getting Married Bowl Game Morning
It is bad luck to schedule a wedding on a Saturday during football season, largely because some of your best friends may choose to attend the game rather than your wedding. Few couples whose friends are sports fans make that mistake, but in at least one case, a three-time All-American said his wedding vows the morning of a bowl game.
The Centre-Texas A&M game in the 1922 Dixie Classic is best known to college fans today as the day Texas A&M's 12th Man tradition began. Teams did not dress many players back then, and after Texas A&M suffered several injuries, their coach, Dana X. Bible, signaled to the press box for E. King Gill to come on down. King, an Aggie basketball player and former football player, was working as a spotter. Upon arriving on the field, Bible instructed him to get dressed, swapping his civvies for A&M's injured captain's playing gear. King never entered the game, though he stood on the sideline ready to go if and when Bible and his school needed him.
The Aggies' opponent that day had gone through some things themselves. Centre did not have a national football reputation most years. However, in the years following WWI, they happened upon several stellar players, including their quarterback, Bo McMillin; Red Roberts, an All-American end; and a coaching staff that included Charlie Moran and Tiny Thornhill.
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