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Bobby Giles- Longhorn football letterman, entrepreneur, and creative Blue Grass musical artist.
1972 – Bobby Giles played a key role on a successful Longhorn football team. I initially wanted to share the story of Bobby Giles because AI said he was a walk-on football player at Texas who neither played nor lettered. Garbage in, garbage out with AI, so be careful and don’t believe everything you…
Building the Brand by Stephen Ross July 13, 2016
Texas Longhorns football today is the most valuable program in the game. The foundation was built over 50 years ago. By Stephen Ross Jul 13, 2016, 12:57pm CDT It’s being called “The Greatest Opening Weekend of College Football Ever.” The college football orgy starts with Kansas State at Stanford on Friday Sept. 2nd, then moves…
1976 – Royal – Texas Recruits and the NFL
The photo is from Ken Capps’s Hook’em Hut – A home dedicated to volumes of Longhorn memorabilia- Second only to the North End Zone at DKR Stadiums chronicling the history of Longhorn sports. Steve Ross writes For most of Coach Royal’s career, the NFL was an afterthought in terms of a full-time career. Most…
Texas, Rice and JFK’s Space Race ByLARRY CARLSON Sep 12, 2019
Texas, Rice and JFK’s Space Race ByLARRY CARLSON Sep 12, 2019 It was this week in September 1962 when President John F. Kennedy addressed a large crowd at Rice Stadium in Houston. The Space Race was on, and America was not about to lose to Russia. “We choose to go to the moon,” Kennedy boomed,…
September 14, 2018 photos of some great players from the Aker’s years
Lawrence Sampleton Reunion of Akers players prior to the September 15th, 2018 USC game. Lawrence Sampleton, Mike Chapman, Eric Holle, Mike Babbs, and John Haines at a party on September 14th team before the USC game. The shortest of these Towers is 6’4” . Coach Akers, Billy Dale (1969 team), Ham Jones Mike Baab and wife…
DKR Texas recruits and the NFL
Steve Ross writes For most of Coach Royal’s career, the NFL was an afterthought in terms of a full-time career. Most NFL players had off-season jobs. When that started to change, so did coach. Just look at his last 4 or 5 recruiting classes – that’s when more NFL-caliber players began showing up on campus:…
