In 1950 he helped them win the Southwest Conference Championship and go to the 1951 Cotton Bowl Classic where they lost to Tennessee on a late game touchdown.

He was stationed in San Diego and played football for the Navy, making the All-Service Team.

But he turned to Big Daddy and said, 'I'm gonna get you, you dirty bastard.

"Every year the Colts would play an intrasquad exhibition game for the benefit of various Baltimore charities—the Boys' Club and whatnot—and sixty-two thousand fans would fill Memorial Stadium.

He butted Big Daddy—broke his face mask, shattered his nose, and knocked a couple of teeth out.

And when he woke up on the bench, he began mumbling, 'I'm gonna kill that Texas bastard.

"Jackson heard about it, went over to Big Daddy on the sideline, and told him, 'I hope you come back in for more.