Longhorn Legend Tommy Nobis was the first-ever draft pick of the Atlanta Falcons in 1965.
There is something haunting about the sound of a solo saxophone, and as Texas Longhorn defensive lineman Don Talbert watched an artist named Mike Phillips play the National Anthem prior to the final NFL game ever in the Georgia Dome, it was the distant sight of a jersey on the television screen that got him. It was almost like a "God thing."
Perhaps few will remember, but there will be those who care that as Phillips held that signature note near the end of the song, the image Talbert saw over his shoulder, hanging high in the rafters of the stadium, was a simple jersey:
"NOBIS," it said.