The last time the State Fair played host to not one but two head coaches making their debuts, it got a little ugly. Bottles and seat cushions rained near the end of Texas' 34-14 win, its eighth straight in the series. But if Blair Cherry thought 1947 was a sign of good times to come, he didn't know his own Texas fans. Or Bud Wilkinson.
Before the '50 season had come to an end, Cherry, only 49, savaged by fans and racked by ulcers, announced he was so sick of football that he was leaving it for the oil business.