Dan Hays – Walk-on

Don Hays

In 1988 I was a walk on DT for Texas. We were not on the travel squad for OU game. Instead we were given tickets in the Texas section.

There was a group of older gentlemen sitting behind us and all wearing burnt orange. We struck up a conversation with them during timeouts, injuries, etc…the man sitting to my upper right excused himself and went down beneath the stadium.

When he returned, four concession workers followed him, carrying a smorgasbord of hot dogs, corn dogs, peanuts, Hershey bars, and chips.

Dr. Cooley knew how to treat economically disadvantaged walk-on athletes.

Great guy

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