Darrell Royal
Darrell Royal
Darrell K Royalwas an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Mississippi State University, the University of Washington, and the University of Texas at Austin, compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5. In his 20 seasons at Texas, Royal's teams won three national championships, 11 Southwest Conference titles, and amassed a record of 167–47–5. He won more games than any other coach in Texas Longhorns football history. Royal also coached the Edmonton Eskimos of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 July 1924
CityHollis, OK
CountryUnited States of America
You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.
Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.
If everything had already been done, there would be nothing left for young people to accomplish. There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.
I don't even know how to go about that. Those best teams of all time will never play each other. That's the way to decide who's best. It's about the only way I know.
I'm as worked up and excited for this game as I can possibly be. But I know I'm not nearly as worked up as the coaching staff. This is a tremendous match, and I think everyone agrees it's the two best teams.
I'm amazed that there is any dissatisfaction or anything other than complimentary comments about coach Brown.
People were concerned about Vince's throwing motion. He's completed enough passes that I don't hear that anymore. He's got a strong arm. He can throw the deep pass without too much stepping forward.
People want to talk about the national championship, but there's a whole season left to play, that's getting the cart before the horse. There's lots of things that have to fall into place for that to happen.
I think Oklahoma feels a little more passionate about the game, ... They're a smaller state, with only the Red River separating us from them.
I thought it was a great pep talk. I wanted to hug him.
I was contacted a couple of times. But I didn't go for the interview (either time).
I feel like this hurts us and works to the advantage of Notre Dame, ... I think our problem for our fans, is to keep their feet on the ground. Like the old saying, 'A little perfume doesn't hurt you if you don't drink it.'
He looked like he was going to score every time he touched the ball. They probably could have beaten us every time we played them.
We were so elated about winning the big game, and to have the President of the United States (Richard Nixon) come into your locker room ? if you're not impressed with that, hoss, you just can't be impressed.