I had many conversations with Billy. He was the only thing Big Time at TCU for a while when we really needed it. I attended the press conference in the lettermans lounge when he came from OU. It was between games of a baseball DH with Texas when we won that last SWC baseball title with Reid Ryan and his dad Nolan in TCU uni’s. For the next few years only Billy kept the Frogs on the map. Without him the move to CUSA and the separation from SMU would not have happened imho. Besides all of the winnng, I loved his men’s breakfast speeches at UCC each pre-season. He said “I always have one guy on the team I call “the hugger”. He sits by me during games. He must have a high grade point average to help the team average. When we win I always hug him during the celebration because he isn’t sweaty”. When asked how many games he predicted we would win he always said “all of them. If I say we are going 28-2, the team starts thinking about which 2 we will lose”. His best moment was at OU when the fans were throwing things on the court because of referee calls. The refs ask Billy to address the crowd on the PA to calm down the situation. Billy went to the mic and said “please for everyone’s safety do not throw anything on the court no matter how bad the officiating is !” He got T’d on the spot.