The View from the Bleachers

To celebrate my joining the Bleachers, the Reverend has kindly allowed me to pick this week’s Saturday Classic.  After trawling the depths of the Youtube dungeons, I found this tribute to a legend for both my beloved Longhorns and Oilers (RIP) Earl Campbell, the Tyler Rose.

Although I don’t actually remember Campbell playing (I was just seven years old when the Oilers traded him to the Saints), older friends still talk about him like he was a god (that could’ve been Vince Young if the Texans had drafted him - sorry, that’s a gripe for another time).  Unfortunately, the Rose was so battered by the hits he took that his career ended prematurely, and he now has to spend a lot of his time in a wheelchair due to a back condition.  Despite this, Campbell is one of the true legends of Texas football, and a worthy member of both the Pro and College Halls of Fame.

Here’s it is, complete with fuzzy video and terrible 70s music: