October 3Oct 3 Popular Post I have seen information that Scott Wilson, my dear friend and the greatest fan in history, suffered a massive heart attack in a Florida airport and is currently in ICU, Not sure exactly what is going on but if you believe in prayer please pray for this guy. He is The Legend.
October 3Oct 3 Popular Post Long time superfan of University of Texas sports Scott Wilson had a heart attack in the Jacksonville Airport and has been hospitalized. Scott, is I think 74 years old. He has a very long streak of attending UT football games and was on his way for the game against Florida on Saturday in Gainsville. This is all I know at this point. There should be more information tomorrow as to how severe it is.
October 3Oct 3 Fuck. I never took a class at Texas, but I spent time with Wilson on more than one occasion. He and I went drinking in San Diego before a Holiday Bowl, and he totally cockblocked me with the beautiful bartender. I'm not kidding. What a cool cat. I hope he's OK. He always drove to Cali in an old Ford Pickup that looked like it had seen better days.
October 3Oct 3 I'm sure we had a few together at multiple Holiday Bowls, and twice in Pasadena. Godspeed Scott!
October 3Oct 3 18 minutes ago, Gil Bang said: and he totally cockblocked me with the beautiful bartender.
October 3Oct 3 Looks like one of my grandfathers, but with a bunch of Texas stuff. Get well soon and I hope that the hospital room has ESPN. 🙏 Let’s have the boys win one for the superfan. 🤘
October 3Oct 3 3 minutes ago, ztejas said: it's true. She was a beautiful Blackfoot Indian. 1 minute ago, Napoleon said: Looks like one of my grandfathers, but with a bunch of Texas stuff. Get well soon and I hope that the hospital room has ESPN. 🙏 Let’s have the boys win one for the superfan. 🤘 seriously, this guy deserves a mention on Gameday.
October 3Oct 3 Popular Post 8 hours ago, Gil Bang said: He and I went drinking in San Diego before a Holiday Bowl, and he totally cockblocked me with the beautiful bartender. 8 hours ago, Gil Bang said: it's true. She was a beautiful Blackfoot Indian. Cool story, Stands With Dick in Hands
October 3Oct 3 Popular Post I consider Scott to be a very good friend. Ive known him since either 1993 or 1994. My buddy was literally sitting next to him on the plane to Jacksonville yes and he said there was no distress on the flight, and had just passed him off to another friend of Scott and it was sudden, happening in baggage claim after my buddy had left. Scott is a fucking legend. Lets hope he gets through it with minimal damage Edited October 3Oct 3 by AUS-97HORN
October 3Oct 3 Jacksonville is a pretty big medical hub. Plenty of good hospitals to make sure he gets the right care. Hopefully, he's back on his feet soon
October 3Oct 3 Author Popular Post Just got an informative update from a friend in Gainesville … Wilson is stable, but he is sedated and intubated right now. Not able to speak. Doctor’s are determining path forward, bypass surgery vs. multiple stents. Friends at the game are there to support around the hospital, and he has family currently flying in from Texas. I’ll pass more details as I have them.
October 3Oct 3 2 hours ago, Noozak said: Jacksonville is a pretty big medical hub. Plenty of good hospitals to make sure he gets the right care. Hopefully, he's back on his feet soon Thank goodness we aren't playing Mississippi State this weekend.
October 3Oct 3 22 minutes ago, LonghornSean said: What’s his current football streak? this was going to be game 597. so, due to the obvious hospitalization it will end at 596 baseball is 1500+ He missed a series back in 1999 or 2000 otherwise that streak would have been close to 3,000 Edited October 3Oct 3 by AUS-97HORN
October 3Oct 3 Is he at UF-Shands Hospital? Would he be the type to find the irony funny in a UF doctor taking care of him?
October 3Oct 3 11 hours ago, Gil Bang said: it's true. She was a beautiful Blackfoot Indian. Username does NOT check out.
October 3Oct 3 1 hour ago, Lamar said: Thank goodness we aren't playing Mississippi State this weekend. To be fair (Letterkenny quote protected), I would think Mississippi would be the prime location to have a heart attack considering how frequently their medical facilities are required to treat them.
October 3Oct 3 4 minutes ago, Vanilla Strange Gato said: To be fair (Letterkenny quote protected), I would think Mississippi would be the prime location to have a heart attack considering how frequently their medical facilities are required to treat them. They don't appear to be very successful.
October 3Oct 3 Popular Post As Steamboat has mentioned Scott has been stabilized and a path forward is now being considered as to what procedures to take. We have a very large group email that consists of nearly every Wild Bunch person and others from UT Baseball and UT Football. It keeps us informed on each other pretty well. Steamboat and I are a part of this group email, and we know each other. I have known and traveled with Scott and before his passing Jose Pena to so many games in the past. It started with my first year as a student at UT and one of my professors was also a college umpire that had done games at Disch-Falk. He taught production for doing live sports. He also did that kind of work and was still doing that for CBS for the Sun Bowl in El Paso each year. We talked about baseball, and I told him I had followed Texas sports since I was a kid and couldn't wait for baseball season. He told me he wanted me to meet some people when the season started, and I said ok. When opening day at that the Disch came that season I met him at the front gate, and he led me around to section 2 and down the steps where Wilson and others were. I didn't know any of them. He just addressed the whole section and said that this guy belongs with you. He loves UT, he knows his baseball, and he is a real smartass. I have to go work a game and I leave him for better or worse in your hands. He turned and left and after a period of time I became a part of this motley crew for so many years. Through my student days and after graduation. I have told some of the stories in various UT Baseball threads and some included Scott, such as the picture I posted of several of us with a hog head before a game with Arkansas in Omaha. I have known him for I believe 48 years now and hope to share more stories from the past and the future. Please pray for Scott to return and start a new streak! Edited October 3Oct 3 by NBHorn7
October 3Oct 3 1 hour ago, Lamar said: Thank goodness we aren't playing Mississippi State this weekend. As someone with a lot of family near Starkville, you ain't kidding. Dad was over there several years ago visiting and had chest pains. He got sent to Tupelo. Then there is the whole Leach thing. RIP pirate.
October 3Oct 3 Author 18 minutes ago, NBHorn7 said: As Steamboat has mentioned Scott has been stabilized and a path forward is now being considered as to what procedures to take. We have a very large group email that consists of nearly every Wild Bunch person and others from UT Baseball and UT Football. It keeps us informed on each other pretty well. Steamboat and I are a part of this group email, and we know each other. I have known and traveled with Scott and before his passing Jose Pena to so many games in the past. It started with my first year as a student at UT and one of my professors was also a college umpire that had done games at Disch-Falk. He taught production for doing live sports. He also did that kind of work and was still doing that for CBS for the Sun Bowl in El Paso each year. We talked about baseball, and I told him I had followed Texas sports since I was a kid and couldn't wait for baseball season. He told me he wanted me to meet some people when the season started, and I said ok. When opening day at that the Disch came that season I met him at the front gate, and he led me around to section 2 and down the steps where Wilson and others were. I didn't know any of them. He just addressed the whole section and said that this guy belongs with you. He loves UT, he knows his baseball, and he is a real smartass. I have to go work a game and I leave him for better or worse in your hands. He turned and left and after a period of time I became a part of this motley crew for so many years. Through my student days and after graduation. I have told some of the stories in various UT Baseball threads and some included Scott, such as the picture I posted of several of us with a hog head before a game with Arkansas in Omaha. I have known him for I believe 48 years now and hope to share more stories from the past and the future. Please pray for Scott to return and start a new streak! Man I remember we roasted that hog and ate it before the game. Then someone put the head an a spike and took it into Rosenblatt. By the fourth inning the smell was getting pretty nearly.
October 3Oct 3 Popular Post A close friend of Scott invited me to go with them to a game in Fort Worth against TCU several years ago. We rode in his Cadillac. The only necessities were a big bucket of fried chicken and lots of whiskey. During the game, some TCU pricks had broken the horns off the hood of the car. I was the only one sober enough to drive us back to Austin. He wanted the Doug Supernaw song "Red and Rio Grande" on a loop all the way home. When we got back, Scott gave me a t-shirt that said, "I drove the caddy home." That was my first and only trip with them, but it was a blast. I hope he has a speedy recovery.
October 3Oct 3 35 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said: Man I remember we roasted that hog and ate it before the game. Then someone put the head an a spike and took it into Rosenblatt. By the fourth inning the smell was getting pretty nearly. Nearly what?
October 3Oct 3 Nearly what?It is a severed hog head. What do you think? Nearly took turns fucking the ocular cavity?
October 3Oct 3 I think the word Steamboat was going for was narly. It did get quite ripe after a while. It was warm that day and the flies did start coming around. The guy in the dark red shirt is Wilson and the guy in the jeans would be me.
October 3Oct 3 31 minutes ago, Nivek said: It is a severed hog head. What do you think? Nearly took turns fucking the ocular cavity?
October 3Oct 3 3 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said: Just got an informative update from a friend in Gainesville … Wilson is stable, but he is sedated and intubated right now. Not able to speak. Doctor’s are determining path forward, bypass surgery vs. multiple stents. Friends at the game are there to support around the hospital, and he has family currently flying in from Texas. I’ll pass more details as I have them. *Doctors
October 3Oct 3 37 minutes ago, NBHorn7 said: I think the word Steamboat was going for was narly. It did get quite ripe after a while. It was warm that day and the flies did start coming around. The guy in the dark red shirt is Wilson and the guy in the jeans would be me.
October 3Oct 3 It’s hard to see the silver lining right now, but it’s fortunate he had the heart attack at the airport after landing. If this happened during the flight, they get diverted to who knows where and maybe they don’t have the same quality of healthcare facilities.
October 3Oct 3 *DoctorsRead the fucking room, you pedantic putz. Nobody gives one flying fuck about a stray apostrophe.Dork
October 3Oct 3 Just now, Player said: Read the fucking room, you pedantic putz. Nobody gives one flying fuck about a stray apostrophe. Dork Read the board, bitch! There’s no need for name calling, you fucking regard! Did you not see the multiple fucking posts on how “gnarly” is spelled? Perhaps you should take some time to get acquainted with how things are done around here. In the meantime…
October 3Oct 3 Author 3 hours ago, NBHorn7 said: I think the word Steamboat was going for was narly. It did get quite ripe after a while. It was warm that day and the flies did start coming around. The guy in the dark red shirt is Wilson and the guy in the jeans would be me. I was behind the billboard smoking weed with RD.
October 3Oct 3 57 minutes ago, Player said: Read the fucking room, you pedantic putz. Nobody gives one flying fuck about a stray apostrophe. Dork 52 minutes ago, Napoleon said: Read the board, bitch! There’s no need for name calling, you fucking regard! Did you not see the multiple fucking posts on how “gnarly” is spelled? Perhaps you should take some time to get acquainted with how things are done around here. In the meantime… Yeah, that was a stupid post after all the hog head discussion. Chill, skippy.
October 3Oct 3 6 hours ago, lemonandaturd said: A close friend of Scott invited me to go with them to a game in Fort Worth against TCU several years ago. We rode in his Cadillac. The only necessities were a big bucket of fried chicken and lots of whiskey. During the game, some TCU pricks had broken the horns off the hood of the car. I was the only one sober enough to drive us back to Austin. He wanted the Doug Supernaw song "Red and Rio Grande" on a loop all the way home. When we got back, Scott gave me a t-shirt that said, "I drove the caddy home." That was my first and only trip with them, but it was a blast. I hope he has a speedy recovery. I feel like Wilson made a lot of those shirts.
October 3Oct 3 19 hours ago, Gil Bang said: Fuck. I never took a class at Texas, but I spent time with Wilson on more than one occasion. He and I went drinking in San Diego before a Holiday Bowl, and he totally cockblocked me with the beautiful bartender. I'm not kidding. What a cool cat. I hope he's OK. He always drove to Cali in an old Ford Pickup that looked like it had seen better days. Did he bang the bartender?
October 4Oct 4 56 minutes ago, VRHorn said: I feel like Wilson made a lot of those shirts. He did. If I had gotten one of those shirts for every time I drove the Caddy home, I could supply all the kids in third world nations with them better than those losing sports teams shirts.
October 4Oct 4 Great article on Scott from The Daily Texan... https://thedailytexan.com/2018/07/17/ultimate-longhorn-baseball-fan-continues-to-cheer-on-texas/ I loved "The Wild Bunch" -- always remember a guy coming into the Texas baseball games wearing a President Nixon mask and always accompanied by some Secret Service guys... 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I was a kid at a baseball game when the Houston Cougar players climbed into the stands and went after "The Wild Bunch" after one of the Coog players girlfriend threw a Coke on "The Wild Bunch". Pretty sure a guy in " The Wild Bunch" retaliated by throwing his spitcup contents back on her. My Dad and I were sitting only a few rows behind what went down. It was...
October 4Oct 4 FYI, the reason Scott can’t speak right now is the sedation. They will take the breathing apparatus out in the morning and they will drop the sedation. Doctors have assured that normal functions will resume at that time. He has a long recovery ahead, including more stents in a different artery. That will occur in Austin after recovering from this one. As mentioned, great treatment at the airport & UF Downtown Hospital were vital to his pulling through. Thoughts & prayers are appreciated and a win tomorrow would lift his spirits too. 🤘🤘🤘
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