Rather than wait for Tuesday’s upset edition of “Tidbits from the College Gridiron“, I decided to present this story to you now. Steve and I have followed Mike Flynt’s story each game so it’s only fitting that we continue.
At the 11:03 mark of the first quarter, the 59-year-old Flynt made his second “debut” on special teams as he was the left end on the kicking unit. He took part in nine plays during Sul Ross’ 45-42 win over Texas Lutheran on Saturday.
Flynt was pretty ecstatic after the game as you could imagine,
“We won this tonight for each other; that’s what matters,” Flynt said. “I’m glad my family was able to be part of this and see this. That’s important to me personally. From a team standpoint, it’s their victory.”
“I’ve been at a lot of great schools and experienced a lot of this stuff,” said Flynt, who was a strength coach at Nebraska, Oregon and Texas A&M. “These guys, they’re learning every bit of this.”
Flynt hopes to back to his old position of linebacker but I am pretty sure that he was happy just getting some playing time in front of his family and friends. Does anyone sense another Disney movie in the near future.
