Littrell Played Against UNT for Oklahoma in 1998

[rcade]

Seth Littrell played against UNT in 1998. It was Darrel Dickey's first season as head coach and we lost 37-9 to a John Blake-led Sooners team. Blake's team went 5-6 and he was fired.

You can see Littrell get a carry around the 7:20 mark of this video.

Edited December 5, 2015 by rcade

[Cr1028]

14:00, 17:10 and 19:28 also. 31:00 mark is his best run. He is taken down by former Mean Green great and coach Ramon Archie.

Edited December 5, 2015 by Cr1028

[rcade]

Thanks for finding those. I couldn't watch any more jibber jabber of Blake sharing his coaching expertise.

[Cr1028]

Thanks for finding those. I couldn't watch any more jibber jabber of Blake sharing his coaching expertise.

Happy to help Rogers.

[CaribbeanGreen]

First road game I went to as an undergrad. I remember going just flat NUTS when Hut Allred popped that long TD run off. 

[Cerebus]

Isn't this the game we snapped the ball to a non existent punter? 

[oldguystudent]

At a glance, that North Texas team looks a WHOLE lot better than the 2015 North Texas team.

[Cerebus]

I just realized we're recruiting HS players that were born that season... o_O

[All About UNT]

change of plans.....fire him immediately 

[risinggreen]

I just realized we're recruiting HS players that were born that season... o_O

We're recruiting?

[greenminer]

So we're 0-1 when he's on the field with us?

:ninjaface:

 

[THOR]

Isn't this the game we snapped the ball to a non existent punter? 

Yep...I was at this game with the band...guess the team tried to quick punt it and surprise ou....at least it surprised someone...

[Marty]

At a glance, that North Texas team looks a WHOLE lot better than the 2015 North Texas team.

that '98 team would've beat us soundly this season.

[UNTexas]

Isn't this the game we snapped the ball to a non existent punter? 

No.

Yep...I was at this game with the band...guess the team tried to quick punt it and surprise ou....at least it surprised someone...

Your memory is a bit off.

1995 is the year of that awful play. The absent punter was already in the NFL in 1998. The kicker, punter, and I were bs-ing with each other on the sideline next to the kicking net when the snap went out of the endzone with no punter. It's a long story. No one on GMG has ever gotten this story remotely correct. I know the situation like the back of my hand and have never told it either. Not online anyway.

 

that '98 team would've beat us soundly this season.

Any team of the 90s would have embarrassed this year's team. 

[Cerebus]

1995 is the year of that awful play. The absent punter was already in the NFL in 1998. The kicker, punter, and I were bs-ing with each other on the sideline next to the kicking net when the snap went out of the endzone with no punter. It's a long story. No one on GMG has ever gotten this story remotely correct. I know the situation like the back of my hand and have never told it either. Not online anyway.

[oldguystudent]

No.

Your memory is a bit off.

1995 is the year of that awful play. The absent punter was already in the NFL in 1998. The kicker, punter, and I were bs-ing with each other on the sideline next to the kicking net when the snap went out of the endzone with no punter. It's a long story. No one on GMG has ever gotten this story remotely correct. I know the situation like the back of my hand and have never told it either. Not online anyway.

 

Any team of the 90s would have embarrassed this year's team. 

So you played on the Big West 1-A Independent teams?  That's waaaay before my consciousness of UNT, but it's really cool.  

[97and03]

What the F is a fullback?

[UNTexas]

Now that's funny. 

So you played on the Big West 1-A Independent teams?  That's waaaay before my consciousness of UNT, but it's really cool.  

I played on the 1994 Southland Conference Championship team, 1995 Independent team and two seasons of the Big West.

The reason I know the situation so well is because I was the starting long snapper for North Texas in 94, 95, 96 & 97 minus 2.5 quarters during the Oklahoma game in 95. I was benched by Matt Simon before the Oklahoma game for reasons never explained to me. I was told Chuck Mills fought like hell to keep me as the starter but Simon wanted the #2 guy to start. Needless to say I got my job back in the 3rd quarter in Norman after a second bad snap that went over the punters head.

I'll leave the names out even though it doesn't matter now and give y'all the readers digest version. OU pinned us on our own goal line. On 3rd down our tailback fumbled on a run up the middle. It appeared it was OU ball. It wasn't, the tailback recovered. OU ran their offense on the field. Our defense and punt team both started running on the field. Half our team realized it was still our ball. The defense returned to the sideline. OU still had their offense on the field. 10 members of our punt team lined up, minus a future All American/NFL punter. It's the up backs job to count players and he didn't. OU was switching out personnel so it should have been an easy free punt. The up back was screaming "snap the ball" over and over. The long snapper had never been on the field before and absolutely not in front of a sold out OU crowd. He did what the up back told him to do. He snapped the ball out of the endzone, minus a punter, for a safety.

So, who do you think was the long snapper in the media guide? Yours truly. ESPN ran it all year. Letterman called me the dumbest player in college football. My answering machine was full for weeks. My friends make fun of me to this day, although they know what happened.

So, where was I. Truth be told, the punter, kicker and I thought it was a fumble and we had been admiring a couple of OU coeds a couple of feet behind us. Crucify us for checking out girls/cheerleaders but that is standard operating procedure no matter what is going on at 20 years old. The punter saw what was happening and tried to run out. The long snapper should have taken the delay of game and backed up two feet but lacked experience, especially in the craziness of a large crowd.

In the end, I never screwed up a snap in four seasons and snapped the ball to 2 All-Americans who both went on to the NFL. Thankfully, few ever knew my name.

[Cerebus]

My brother in law was a 96 Simon signee.  Big defensive end out of Permian who had to be moved to DT.  

[UNTexas]

My brother in law was a 96 Simon signee.  Big defensive end out of Permian who had to be moved to DT.  

Last name sounds like a room in every house?

Edited December 6, 2015 by UNTexas

[THOR]

no

Now that's funny. 

I played on the 1994 Southland Conference Championship team, 1995 Independent team and two seasons of the Big West.

The reason I know the situation so well is because I was the starting long snapper for North Texas in 94, 95, 96 & 97 minus 2.5 quarters during the Oklahoma game in 95. I was benched by Matt Simon before the Oklahoma game for reasons never explained to me. I was told Chuck Mills fought like hell to keep me as the starter but Simon wanted the #2 guy to start. Needless to say I got my job back in the 3rd quarter in Norman after a second bad snap that went over the punters head.

I'll leave the names out even though it doesn't matter now and give y'all the readers digest version. OU pinned us on our own goal line. On 3rd down our tailback fumbled on a run up the middle. It appeared it was OU ball. It wasn't, the tailback recovered. OU ran their offense on the field. Our defense and punt team both started running on the field. Half our team realized it was still our ball. The defense returned to the sideline. OU still had their offense on the field. 10 members of our punt team lined up, minus a future All American/NFL punter. It's the up backs job to count players and he didn't. OU was switching out personnel so it should have been an easy free punt. The up back was screaming "snap the ball" over and over. The long snapper had never been on the field before and absolutely not in front of a sold out OU crowd. He did what the up back told him to do. He snapped the ball out of the endzone, minus a punter, for a safety.

So, who do you think was the long snapper in the media guide? Yours truly. ESPN ran it all year. Letterman called me the dumbest player in college football. My answering machine was full for weeks. My friends make fun of me to this day, although they know what happened.

So, where was I. Truth be told, the punter, kicker and I thought it was a fumble and we had been admiring a couple of OU coeds a couple of feet behind us. Crucify us for checking out girls/cheerleaders but that is standard operating procedure no matter what is going on at 20 years old. The punter saw what was happening and tried to run out. The long snapper should have taken the delay of game and backed up two feet but lacked experience, especially in the craziness of a large crowd.

In the end, I never screwed up a snap in four seasons and snapped the ball to 2 All-Americans who both went on to the NFL. Thankfully, few ever knew my name.

thanks for the Correction. ..I was in the band from 95-97...remember a game at ou...guess I was a few years off...

[NorthTexan95]

Now

So, where was I. Truth be told, the punter, kicker and I thought it was a fumble and we had been admiring a couple of OU coeds a couple of feet behind us. Crucify us for checking out girls/cheerleaders but that is standard operating procedure no matter what is going on at 20 years old.

That's SOP for a 45 year old married guy with three kids.  You just gotta be much more careful.  

[UNTexas]

That's SOP for a 45 year old married guy with three kids.  You just gotta be much more careful.  

That is 100 percent truth. I'm 40 with 2 kids. It never, ever changes. Great correction spoken by a wise man.

[Cerebus]

Last name sounds like a room in every house?

Exactly.

[MeanGreenTexan]

Now that's funny. 

I played on the 1994 Southland Conference Championship team, 1995 Independent team and two seasons of the Big West.

The reason I know the situation so well is because I was the starting long snapper for North Texas in 94, 95, 96 & 97 minus 2.5 quarters during the Oklahoma game in 95. I was benched by Matt Simon before the Oklahoma game for reasons never explained to me. I was told Chuck Mills fought like hell to keep me as the starter but Simon wanted the #2 guy to start. Needless to say I got my job back in the 3rd quarter in Norman after a second bad snap that went over the punters head.

I'll leave the names out even though it doesn't matter now and give y'all the readers digest version. OU pinned us on our own goal line. On 3rd down our tailback fumbled on a run up the middle. It appeared it was OU ball. It wasn't, the tailback recovered. OU ran their offense on the field. Our defense and punt team both started running on the field. Half our team realized it was still our ball. The defense returned to the sideline. OU still had their offense on the field. 10 members of our punt team lined up, minus a future All American/NFL punter. It's the up backs job to count players and he didn't. OU was switching out personnel so it should have been an easy free punt. The up back was screaming "snap the ball" over and over. The long snapper had never been on the field before and absolutely not in front of a sold out OU crowd. He did what the up back told him to do. He snapped the ball out of the endzone, minus a punter, for a safety.

So, who do you think was the long snapper in the media guide? Yours truly. ESPN ran it all year. Letterman called me the dumbest player in college football. My answering machine was full for weeks. My friends make fun of me to this day, although they know what happened.

So, where was I. Truth be told, the punter, kicker and I thought it was a fumble and we had been admiring a couple of OU coeds a couple of feet behind us. Crucify us for checking out girls/cheerleaders but that is standard operating procedure no matter what is going on at 20 years old. The punter saw what was happening and tried to run out. The long snapper should have taken the delay of game and backed up two feet but lacked experience, especially in the craziness of a large crowd.

In the end, I never screwed up a snap in four seasons and snapped the ball to 2 All-Americans who both went on to the NFL. Thankfully, few ever knew my name.

This is likely the most enjoyable post I've ever read on here.  UNTexas has just jumped way up the list of favorite posters.

Thank you UNTexas.