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LSU TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S COACHES CARAVAN WITH ED ORGERON -- Ed Orgeron will speak to the TD Club at noon, Mon., June 3, at the Bayou City Events Center. Come and hear about what will happen in Death Valley this year.
Tickets are $50 each. Tables are 10 Seats each. Tables cost $500 (regular table), $750 (bronze sponsor), $1,000 (silver sponsor), $1,500 (gold sponsor) and $2,500 (platinum sponsor). To purchase tickets, go to the PayPal site near the bottom of this page.
For questions about tickets, or to pay with a check, please call the TD Club's Neal Farmer at 713-849-9860, or e-mail houtdclub@att.net.
JACOB GREEN GOLF TOURNEY -- A golf tournament honoring Jacob Green being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and a reception after the tournament will be on Thur., June 6. The event is sponsored by Opportune and Montelongo's Jewelry.
Golf starts at 10 a.m. at Wildcat Golf Club, and the reception is at 4 p.m. at the Bayou City Event Center, 9401 Knight Road, about 10 minutes from Wildcat Golf Club. You do not have to play in the golf tournament to attend the reception.
Each golf foursome is $1,400, and each foursome will play with a football Hall of Famer to make five players in each group. A&M Hall of Famers who have committed to be at the golf tournament are: Bubba Bean, Phil Bennett, Mark Dennard, Dave Elmendorf, Edd Hargett, John Roper, Jackie Sherrill, R.C. Slocum, Pat Thomas, Shea Walker, Mickey Washington and Robert Wilson. Other Hall of Famers scheduled to appear are: Charles Alexander (LSU), Lawrence Elkins (Baylor), Chris Gilbert (Texas), Dan Pastorini (Houston Oilers) and Don Trull (Baylor). You do not have to be a member of the TD Club to attend. For more information, call the TD Club’s Neal Farmer at 713-849-9860 or email houtdclub@att.net.
The reception is set up like a tailgate before a football game. There will be stations where you can sample food or drinks, and each station will have at least one of the Hall of Famers for you to talk to and get autographs. If you played in the golf tournament, you can attend the reception for free. Cost to attend only the reception is $50 per person. Tickets are available at the door, or you can call the TD Club’s Neal Farmer at 713-849-9860, or email houtdclub@att.net for other arrangements.
The TD Club is the Houston chapter of the National Football Foundation, which runs the College Football Hall of Fame.
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'Fight 'em until Hell freezes over, and then fight ‘em on the ice.'
-- TCU’s Dutch Meyer
'Three things happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.'
-- Texas’ Darrell Royal
'Never been licked.'
-- Movie about Texas A&M's Corps of Cadets
'I didn't think anything of it at first. Then I thought to myself, 'My God, he's coming out here to hit me.' '
-- Rice’s Dick Maegle before Alabama’s Tommy Lewis came off the bench to tackle him in the 1954 Cotton Bowl.
'He could take his'n and beat yours'n, and then he could take yours'n and beat his'n.'
-- Former Oilers head coach Bum Phillips on Don Shula
'I've found that prayer works best when you have big players.'
-- Knute Rockne, Notre Dame
'They beat us like a tied-up goat.'
-- Texas Tech's Spike Dykes
'Always remember that Goliath was a 40-point favorite over David.'
-- Shug Jordan, Auburn
'We didn't tackle well today, but we made up for it by not blocking .'
-- John McKay, USC
'Football is not a contact sport, it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.'
-- Duffy Daugherty, Michigan State
'In Alabama, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in Bear Bryant.'
-- Wally Butts, Georgia
'Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, beat Texas.'
-- church sign in Arkansas before 1969 Shootout
'Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel.'
-- Bobby Bowden, Florida State
'My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor.'
-- Bowden Wyatt, Tennessee
‘Because I couldn’t go for three.’
-- Ohio State’s Woody Hayes on why he went for a two-point conversion late in a game against Michigan with the Buckeyes already up by several touchdowns.
'Gentlemen, it is better for you to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.'
-- John Heisman, Rice
If these phrases get you thinking about great football moments you have experienced, then maybe the Touchdown Club of Houston is for you.
2018 PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS WINNERS
Presented by the Hildebrand Foundation and Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, the sixth annual Private High School Awards Dinner recognized the top Greater Houston private high school football players. Winners were Offensive Player of the Year: Grant Gunnell, St. Pius, and Peyton Matocha, St. Thomas (tie); Defensive Player of the Year: Jordan Wells, Episcopal; Lineman of the Year: Ameer Mustafa, Kinkaid; Ironman of the Year: Colin Howard, Concordia Lutheran; and coach of the year: Terry Pirtle, Second Baptist.
Helping hand out the awards were two Texas High School Hall of Fame coaches -- Ray Seals and Mike Johnston.
2018 UIL HIGH SCHOOLS AWARDS WINNERS
The 2018 UIL High School Award Dinner winners were Defensive Player of the Year, Tony Bradford of North Shore; Offensive Player of the Year, Kenyon Green of Atascocita; and Coach of the Year, Jon Kay of North Shore. The Ron Stone Sports Media Excellence Award went to Ch. 11 sportscaster Matt Musil.
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS
The TD Club assists area high schools through community-service projects. The Club has awarded approximately $220,000 in scholarships to more than 315 high schoolers in Greater Houston in the past 20 years, and has given out approximately $215,000 in weights and weight equipment to 42 Greater Houston high schools in the past 17 years.
The high schools which received weights were Booker T. Washington, Forest Brook, Reagan, Smiley and Houston Sterling in 2002; Kashmere, Madison, Scarborough, Wheatley and Worthing in 2003; Milby, Northbrook and Westbury in 2004; Furr, Sharpstown and Houston Austin in 2005; Willowridge, Jones, Sam Houston, Aldine and Yates in 2006; Eisenhower, Houston Lamar, Pasadena and Scarborough (again) in 2007; in 2008, Dulles, Furr (again) South Houston and Spring Woods; in 2009, Booker T. Washington (again), Hightower, Spring and Waltrip; in 2010, Alief Hastings and Jeff Davis; in 2011, Alief Elsik, Reagan (again) and Bellaire; in 2012, Humble, Houston Lee, and Madison (again); in 2013, Hightower (again), La Marque and Lutheran North; Westbury Christian in 2014; Aldine (again), Madison (again) and Scarborough (again) in 2015; Saint John XXIII, Northbrook (again) and Sam Houston (again) in 2016; Heights, Lutheran South, North Forest (again) and Kipp-Sunnyside in 2017; and C.E. King, Terry and Frassati Catholic in 2018.
TEXAN'S SHOES
The TD Club has teamed up with the Houston Texans to distribute excess shoes and clothing to needy high schools. Schools assisted so far are in HISD, Aldine ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Humble ISD, Lamar Consolidated ISD, Anahuac, Goose Creek ISD, C.E. King, Bridge City, Cy-Fair ISD, Tomball ISD, Stafford and Spring Branch ISD.
SENIOR SHOWCASE
We helped start the Senior Showcase in 2009 with the Houston Texans and with Houston ISD co-founders Phil Camp and Coby Rhoden, during which more than 800 high school kids have been offered almost $80 million in scholarships and grants from NAIA and NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III schools. The event takes place in the Methodist Training Facility on the Texans campus (the practice bubble).
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