Barry Zietz

Long-time friends Tali Blumrosen and Barry Zietz are all smiles at the Bellaire Recreation Center before a game.

RANCH DAYS Best friends for 40 years, this group of UT pledge brothers gets together every November at Billy Freed's ranch in Hondo. Pictured (at their inaugural ranch reunion in 2009) are back row, from left: Eric Blumrosen, Ralph Robinson, Lenny Davis, Richard Seline, Billy Freed, Barry Zietz, Alfie Meyerson and Michael Rubenstein. Front row, from left: Jeff Genecov, Alan Luskey and Stephen Berkman. Not pictured: Robert Glass and Brad Hacker.

THROUGH IT ALL These college friends attend all of each other's milestones. Here, they are at Polly and Ralph Robinson's daughter's wedding last year. Pictured, from left, are: Eric Blumrosen, Richard Seline, Jeff Genecov, Barry Zietz, Brad Hacker, Alfie Meyerson, Ralph Robinson, Stephen Berkman, Michael Rubenstein, Lenny Davis and Billy Freed.

FRIENDS AND FOOTBALL The Freeds - Doris and Sol - have been instrumental in keeping their son Billy's college friends together by hosting an annual Texas-OU dinner for them. Pictured (front row, from left) are Ralph Robinson, Doris Freed, Sol Freed; (back row, from left) Stephen Berkman, Alan Luskey, Alfie Meyerson, Barry Zietz, Lenny Davis, Richard Seline, Michael Rubenstein, Robert Glass, Michael Glazer, Eric Blumrosen and Kenneth Lewis.