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We also closed with UMass in a Black Friday game back in 2001 after the original September 15 date was postponed following 9/11. Hadn't remembered that.
 
We also closed with UMass in a Black Friday game back in 2001 after the original September 15 date was postponed following 9/11. Hadn't remembered that.
Thanks for picking me up. I didn’t see it when I looked, or remember it.

Go Spiders!
 
There is obviously a W&M person there to steal the trophy. How else does one account for the yellow and green vehicle parked beside the trophy. Theft is the #1 (only?) means of W&M getting the coveted trophy.
That's why all such vehicles at Oregon State are Kubota. Orange, not green and yellow duck colors. My family's three rival teams (UO, Colorado State, W&M) all wear green & gold.
 
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Barty Smith was freight train rolling down hill also.
Yes, back when Barty was in school, there were wooden signs with metal polls that identified the dorms. One Saturday night Barty decided to test his prowess by running through and breaking 5 of those signs. Barty was one tough football player. He was a Spider great. He is a class guy.
 
Yes, back when Barty was in school, there were wooden signs with metal polls that identified the dorms. One Saturday night Barty decided to test his prowess by running through and breaking 5 of those signs. Barty was one tough football player. He was a Spider great. He is a class guy.
Will never forget the beatdown he gave to the WM defensive backs when he ran through them in the 1973 game at WM.
 
Barty was the rare athlete. During one Greek Week, expanded to allow non-Greeks to participate, he set a school record in the shot put, besting everyone who had ever participated for Richmond's Olympic sports teams. Although he hadn't thrown the shot in a couple of years, in fairness, he had thrown the shot in high school. Came to my HS once to play baseball (excelled there too) and in between innings would run over to thrown the shot....which he won. An all round sports rarity in his era. One of the all time great Spiders.
 
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