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By Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Major Applewhite is a storied quarterbackin’ figure in UT history, a record-setter and cucumber-cool finisher who already qualifies as polished top brass among the ranks of Longhorn fan favorites. But how much brighter would his star shine, had he been provided with a few more opportunities at Texas? What if…
ALWAYS ON THE RUN: THE BAKER’S DOZEN OF UT RB’S by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) If you’re honest, even though you’re burnt orange-blooded, you can’t really contend that UT is RBU. There’s a case for Southern Cal. Five Heisman winners among the Trojan hosses at running back. So what if one ended up…
(TLSN’s Larry Carlson teaches news and sports media classes at Texas State University. He is a member of The Football Writers Association of America.) MORE WILL BE LESS Opinion by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org I’m gonna miss the four-team college football playoff that we can still cling to for just a moment longer. Maybe I’m…
Texaslsn.org By Larry Carlson Major Applewhite is a storied quarterbackin’ figure in UT history, a record-setter and cucumber-cool finisher who already qualifies as polished top brass among the ranks of Longhorn fan favorites. But how much brighter would his star shine, had he been provided with a few more opportunities at Texas? What if he…
MAJOR ADVICE FOR SARK? By Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org TLSN’s Larry Carlson teaches sports and news media classes at Texas State University. He is a member of The Football Writers Association of America. Major Applewhite stands tall among Longhorn QB legends. He played in two Big XII title games for Texas. Neither turned out right,…
THE ENDURANCE OF KINDNESS by Larry Carlson Hero worship is loosely defined as excessive admiration for someone. Most of us, as kids, had heroes in sports or music or movies. Or all of those. Nothing wrong with it. But how many of us got to break through that sometimes impenetrable wall between the worshiper…