Garozzo began to advertise on Chiefs radio and even recited the jingle that appeared on pregame and postgame shows. “My friends say they had had it, which is bullcrap. Garozzo moved to Kansas City in 1979 to help a friend run a restaurant and eventually opened his own. Garozzo, a devout Catholic, says that Jesus was Italian: lived at home until he was 33, ran around with the same 12 guys and His mother treated Him like He was God. Garozzo’s natural charm and Italian persona add to the allure of his world-class restaurant. Louis, on the Hill, the famed Italian neighborhood that begat Yogi Berra and Joe Garagiola. Garozzo sent his daughter to OSU, for its superb hotel/restaurant management program, and he annually hosts teams in town for the Big 12 Tournament. Soon enough, I began writing about Garozzo’s in my travelblog, I met Mike Garozzo, and he’s always treated me fantastic. I learned of Garozzo’s a quarter century ago, courtesy of radio partner Jim Traber, who discovered Garozzo’s on road trips with the Orioles, when he playing baseball. loves Garozzo’s as much as I do, and owner Mike Garozzo regaled us with the Garozzo’s story. If you’re not throwing it, the defense knows you’re not going to throw it, down your throat, you know. Which is why we moved the ball as well as we did. We were a much much more pass-oriented team than anyone has ever given us credit for being. So the statistics never include what option was there. Half the time or more, when the option was better running than throwing. “About 45 percent of our plays called for passes, but they were all option to pass/run. “One of the things that probably is interesting – when I say this, some people don’t believe it – all the time that we were running the split-T, we were always talked about as a team that never threw the ball. Smith shared the transcripts with me, and I’m sharing them with you.
#Big 12 conference basketball tournament 2022 series
The ScissorTales continues a series of Wilkinson interviews conducted by Georgia historian Loran Smith some four decades ago. Great linemen, great halfbacks, great linebackers. On occasion, his quarterbacks didn’t even lead the Sooners in passing for a particular year. All became successful head coaches.īut Wilkinson’s teams were little known for quarterbacks. Tramel's ScissorTales: KC travelblog includes secret tunnel & war heroes at Park U.īud Wilkinson had three all-American quarterbacks during his 17 seasons as the OU football coach – Jack Mitchell (1948), Darrell Royal (1949) and Eddie Crowder (1952). The Big 12 invited BYU into the conference, knowing the Cougars’ stance on avoiding Sunday competition. The women would need to start the previous Thursday. Those two first-round games could be played Tuesday afternoon, before the Tuesday night women’s championship game. That format requires five days of competition. That leaves the bottom four seeds playing first-round games. In the Big Ten, the top four seeds don’t start playing until the quarterfinals, and the next six seeds get a bye into the second round. I assume the Big 12 will adopt the Big Ten’s bracket, since the Big Ten has 14 members. But BYU’s presence means nothing can be scheduled on a Sunday, so while the men would keep a Wednesday-Saturday format, if the women move to T-Mobile, they would need to start on Friday, play Saturday, take off Sunday, then resume Monday with the semifinals.īut a couple of years with a 14-team league would be wild. Just four games instead of two in the opening round. With a 12-team format, the Big 12 Tournaments wouldn’t change much. A conference source said the move is likely, with a schedule that includes a Tuesday night conference championship game, followed by the start of the men’s tournament the next day. So expect the Big 12 to soon move its women’s tournament to the ultra-modern T-Mobile Center. Municipal has the amenities and comforts of a building constructed in 1935. Going back in time is problematic, though. The art deco design takes you back in time.
Municipal Auditorium is a fabulous, historic venue. It’s a novel concept, great for fans of both sports and university administrators who don’t have to make tough decisions on which event to attend.īut the format is not sustainable. The events start only a day and 0.3 miles apart, the men at the T-Mobile Center and the women at Municipal Auditorium.
The men and the women playing at mostly the same time, in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Big 12 has returned to congruent basketball tournaments.
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