Originally Posted by
MICKEYS14
Mike Barber was truly one of the most gifted athletes I have ever seen. In the Texas HS All-Star game, he played QB & MLB--strong, & very, very fast. He could have started at Tech in FB, BB, & Baseball as well as being a premier member of the track team.
Here is what 68 is referring to. We did not allow Mike to train for track during spring training. He spent the entire spring with football, not working with the track team. After the spring game ended on a Saturday afternoon, he accompanied the track team over to Jackson, MS the following Monday for a track meet. He WON the High Jump that day with a jumb of 6'7" (I know that doesn't sound like much today but, back then, it was BIG). He WON the 440 Intermediate Hurdles & ran a leg on two of the relay teams, both of which WON. It was truly a remarkable performance by a guy who was coming out of spring training & his FIRST DAY on the track with his track team.