“On the fatal third time, Santa Anna breached the wall and he killed them one and all”
By Oregon wins. When I arrived at the University of Oregon in the autumn of 1992, Nick Aliotti was the linebackers coach. He was shortly promoted to defensive coordinator, and after several years of tumult settled into the job permanently in 1999. Tonight he retired, after his defense scored 14 against the Texas Longhorns while allowing only seven.
Goodbye Coach Aliotti, and thank you.
[EL]: This is a good time to remind everyone that in fact the Mexicans did not kill everyone in the Alamo. The women and Tejanos were spared, the slaves set free. It is only in Texas mythology that everyone dies. I love telling my students this. Even in Rhode Island, they all think everyone was slaughtered. Also, Hook ’em Ducks!
[RF] Loomis is well known to be an apologist for Texian behavior in Texas’ First War of Treason in Defense of Slavery.
[EL] Farley reminds me of some of my favorite times blogging. Josh Trevino, in between shifts as a foreign agent for Malaysia and who know what other governments, used to go ballistic when I said that slavery was the major reason for Texas secession. Of course he was partially right–anti-Catholicism, racism, and white supremacy were also major reasons. Anyway, I wrote this back in the day.