The season finale against Notre Dame was played in South Bend, IN, on Thanksgiving Day and was broadcast nationally by ABC-TV. Keith Jackson called the play-by-play. After beating us fairly handily, their next game was the Sugar Bowl in the New Orleans at Tulane Stadium. They beat Alabama 24-23 and were recognized without much dispute … Read more
During my sophomore season on the football season, we played the University of Arizona in Tucson. My uncle and his family lived there at the time and I left tickets for them. They waited for me after the game and I went to dinner with them.
The Falcons had a big second half to beat the gang from Hudson High, 43-10. Download the full program as a PDF (16 mb)
Penn St. under Joe Paterno came to Colorado for Homecoming 1973. The Nittany Lions brought the eventual Heisman Trophy running back, John Cappelletti, and beat the Falcons 19-9. Download the entire program (13 mb).
How many of us were privileged to know the Abel family in C-Springs? How many weekend afternoons were spent lounging around their house? I can remember during BCT summer we would get a lot of advice from upperclassmen and officers about how to get through the next four years. One of the frequent suggestions for … Read more
Contributed by Steve Stockdale, CS-39. My mother clipped this out of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal in February 1973. It shows the release of Maj. James R. Berger of Mansfield, Ohio, who is welcomed by Lt. Col. Richard Abel. More on Col. Abel and his family.
Letter to parents regarding the taxable implications of having their son among “America’s Finest.” Note: The IRS had previously determined that an Academy appointment did not constitute a “scholarship.” This seems at odds with the often-heard valuation that the Academy offered a “$100,000 education shoved up your ass a nickel at a time”