1980 boycott of the Moscow Olympics
In 2002-2003. Texas became the first division I team in NCAA history to have: football in the top 10 Basketball in the Final 4 Baseball in the CWS Swimming and diving place 2nd nationally Golf was 9th Tennis reached the sweet 16 Indoor track was 9th Outdoor track was 21st Cross Country was 23rd. Every…
Sports pioneers are risk-takers whose vision makes new beginnings possible. They move programs forward through determination and a focus on the future. Where others fall short, pioneers can introduce new ideas and remove barriers that stand in the way. Coaching pioneers face the same challenges as any coach—budgets, recruiting, and internal turf battles—but they must…
The collective record for the Longhorn baseball, football, and basketball team in 1922-1923 season was 60-1-1. That record will never be beaten. 1923-1924 BasketBall 23 Wins 0 losses Baseball team 29 and 1 1923 Football team 8 -0-1 1924 1924 is one of the best years ever for Texas Sports. football
T-Ring by Edith Royal https://youtu.be/vlldDCJ7UXU Before the T_Ring there was an organization formed called the “Order of the T” and the “T” Association the origins of the T-Ring and the importance of the ring to recipients are shared in the following article . The T-Ring was first introduced to Texas athletics during Coach Royal’s first…
I had coffee with Jay Messer. He’s not a Longhorn football player, but he sounds like one since he knows everyone from the 1967 and 1970 teams. He was at Bill Catlett’s celebration of life event. Jay has lived an interesting life, but so has his father. His dad wanted to be a Longhorn, but…
https://youtu.be/7ccJRRNGoho the story of the Eyes of Texas by Walter Cronkite The Eyes of Bevo are upon you. This whole discussion is quite simple for me. No one sings the Eyes of Texas to salute racism. Over the last 55 years, I had no clue that the words might be indirectly perceived as racist….