Blowing a call didn’t bother this tech quarterback

(In honor of the recent passing of Phil Robert-

son, I found this article I wrote about him 45 years

ago on February 7, 1980 when I was outdoors edi-

tor for the Shreveport Journal.)

Joe Aillet should have realized earlier that he

was fighting a losing battle. Phil Robert-

son, his promising quarterback, had other

things on his mind and football was not

number one on his list. This fact is best il-

lustrated by the account of an incident still

circulating around the hallowed halls at

Louisiana Tech.