Not so OT: Willis Wilson is retiring

[AuricGoldfinger]

Only a handful of older members of this board will recall Willis Wilson, the current coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi who, when he was at Rice, publicly stated he was "irked" at not being considered for the vacant Vanderbilt job after VBK was fired in 1999. Thus began a meme that endured for many years.

Farewell, Willis.

[Doreknox]

Willis Wilson can go irk off in the sunset.

[commadore]

I'm irked that he didn't consult us before retiring. We might have had some good suggestions. Woody's old job comes to mind.

[dallasdore]

Yep, remember it well.

The big joke about it all is that his resume (at the time, anyway) was a total joke. He had been at Rice for several years and only had a couple seasons where he had even a winning record, if I remember correctly. They were a weak team in a very weak conference.

[buffy]

You know you're an OG if you were here during the irked ones comments. OGs representing y'all!!

[dorepleganger]

You know you're an OG if you were here during the irked ones comments. OGs representing y'all!!

And if you remember Shaun Igo having a career game at Memorial when Rice defeated Vanderbilt by 1 point at Memorial, what does that make you?

[commadore]

And if you remember fussing about VBK after signing on to that God awful eeeeoooooow, eeeeeooooow, eeeeeeoooow sound of connection, I guess that makes you like me.

[buffy]

You know you're an OG if you were here during the irked ones comments. OGs representing y'all!!

And if you remember Shaun Igo having a career game at Memorial when Rice defeated Vanderbilt by 1 point at Memorial, what does that make you?

I remember being at that game. He was just all world that night.

[AuricGoldfinger]

You know you're an OG if you were here during the irked ones comments. OGs representing y'all!!

And if you remember Shaun Igo having a career game at Memorial when Rice defeated Vanderbilt by 1 point at Memorial, what does that make you?

I remember being at that game. He was just all world that night.

That was also the game where we managed to lose both Malik Evans and Howard Pride to serious injury.