A Good Story

[Gasilla]

This was emailed to me today from an old friend, it's a pretty cool story...

Since I am sending this to so many of you, I feel I need to set this

story

up. Some of you may be unaware of what glorious event took place last

Saturday at Texas Stadium, and for those who already know what happened,

I'm sure you will enjoy reading this again.

I'll try to be brief: On Saturday, Abilene High took down the mighty

Southlake Carroll Dragons in the playoffs at Texas Stadium. I was lucky

enough to witness this historic event. It was a close game and came

down

to the wire. With 10 seconds to go and Abilene up by just one point,

Southlake had the ball on the Abilene 10-yard line with the clock

running.

Southlake's starting QB got hurt in the first half and so the backup QB

was

playing (and he played well the whole game). All Southlake had to do

was

kill the clock and kick a very short field goal to win the game.

However,

as the backup took the snap from the center, he fumbled the snap and AHS

recovered, and thus won the game.

While I was extremely glad to see the arrogant Carroll team lose, I did

feel sorry for this poor high school kid who fumbled away the game. So

last night, I was talking to my parents on the phone. My dad's boss,

Gary

Galbraith of American State Bank in Abilene , is the brother of Gerald

Galbraith, who runs the A.G. Edwards Investments branch in Abilene .

The

person who runs the A.G. Edwards branch in Southlake happens to be the

father of the backup QB, and this is how my dad came to tell me the

following story.

Sunday afternoon (remember, the Cowboys played on Thursday night so they

were off this weekend) the phone rings at the backup QB's house in

Southlake. The father answers. The voice on the other end of the line

says, "Hi, this is Tony Romo, and I was wondering if I could speak to

your

son." Tony went on to tell this kid that he knew what he was going

through

because he too had dropped a snap in a playoff game against the

Seahawks.

He told him that there would be other games and to keep his head up and

to

allow this event to make him a stronger person. He told him to come

back

next year and have the same kind of year at Southlake Carroll that the

Cowboys are having this year following their unexpected playoff loss.

I still hate Southlake, and I'm glad they lost. But I have to remind

myself that this is a 17-yr-old kid with the weight of a tradition-rich

program on his shoulders. And to think...Romo nearly lost his roster

spot

to Quincy Carter!

H. Allen Botkin, PGA

Abilene Country Club

4039 South Treadaway Blvd.

Abilene, TX 79602

[KFDM COOP]

I did hear about that!! Awesome story!!

[PURPLE 4EVER]

I did hear about that!! Awesome story!!

Romo is a class guy...

We need more class guy's in sports that the kids can look up to.

[NedDog]

What a great story!  Thanks for sharing. 

[jmspears3]

Tremendous story

[MikeEast]

Very Cool.

So far I like Tony Romo a LOT... He seems to be like a kid out there, just having fun but playing his heart out. I really like that about him.

[NAZERATH]

That's compassion for another when a situation that you see brings the same feelings you felt at the time; then one comforts the other!  GREAT MAN! Tony Romo!  GO COWBOYS!

[kville_extreme]

wow, that's crazy?

that is probably one of the best things i've heard in a long time. i'm impressed by the class of Tony Romo. he's one hell of a guy for sure. not many pro's out there like him in any sport.

[dav-joel]

I got the goosebumps.

[3ABirdMan]

Romo is a class guy...

We need more class guy's in sports that the kids can look up to.

SO TRUE!  Didn't MLB just put out a list for us?  >

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

wow, that kid's jaw probably dropped. 

[82 5A State Champs]

while losing the game must have been tough for that kid, it says something about a team and their tradition that a Pro QB for the Cowboys thought enough of him to call him and tell him that 'everything's gonna be OK!' Neat story. Romo is a stand up guy! ;D