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Don Meredith died this week at the young age of 72. You younger visitors to thins site might not remember Don. He was a star quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, and a legendary broadcaster with Howard Cosell on Monday Night football. He was the guy who made Monday night a glitzy, energetic a special time that made the ratings soar. Fans know him as “Dandy Don,” but I knew him as Joe Don.
 I spend my freshman year in college at SMU in Dallas, and Joe Don talked me into joining the Phi Delta Theta fraternity where he was a member. He took me under wing, pushed me to make my grades and razzed me constantly about working out more if I wanted to be a great athlete. When I told him I was not all that happy at SMU and was considering transferring to North Carolina, he simple told me: “Follow your dream. Do what you think is best for you.” I saw him a few years ago on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. He asked me: “Well Jimbo, did you follow your dream?” Dandy Don was a class act and passed away much too young. A video tribute below. Time to “turn out the lights” Joe Don.
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