Texas State ‘80s photos show big hair prevailed with Bobcat pride

SWT vs. SHSU 1989/11/04 SWT vs. SHSU 1989/11/04 Photo: Texas State University Flickr Commons Photo: Texas State University Flickr Commons Image 1 of / 83 Caption Close Texas State ‘80s photos show big hair prevailed with Bobcat pride 1 / 83 Back to Gallery

Before Texas State, there was Southwest. The San Marcos school has flipped its name multiple times through the years, like evolving student fashions, but those of a certain age still call the rowdy campus Southwest.

All the same, Bobcat pride decked in maroon and gold dates back well over 100 years, and prevails today at every wild tailgate party. With a nod to nostalgia, Texas State posted a number of albums from its archives to a Flickr Commons feed.

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Featured in the 1980s throwback gallery above are photographs from a time when Dep mousse, Maybelline Great Lash, a butane curling iron and AquaNet were all necessary items in every Strutter's Caboodles. The hair was big — Texas big, and football players weren't the only ones to don shoulder pads.

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