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HORNS DOWN TO THE GEORGIA BULLDOG
TLSN received an excellent suggestion from Toby Stolhandske. He said, “This “down horns” thing is horse hockey. When the horns are up, it’s majestic. But when the horns go down, a bull/steer is fixing to hurt somebody. Maybe TLSN would be a good place to change the narrative on horns down.
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TLSN Board of Directors Meeting October 19, 2022
TLSN moved the donor-driven checking account to Frost Bank. Pat Frost has been a special friend to Longhorn sports for decades, and he was instrumental in all the Logistical phases of developing the 4 National championship Longhorn quarterback busts.
The TLSN Board also voted to add three more members to the Board of Directors. Presently, 5 T-ring recipients- a trainer, a student manager, two football players, and one volleyball player are on the board of directors. In addition, TLSN wants to add one former Longhorn football player from the 1985-2005 era, a basketball player from any era, and either a softball or baseball player from any era. The Board seat requires minimal time allocation. The commitment includes:
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one or two Zoom Board meetings a year ;
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monitoring compliance with the TLSN mission statement;
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Due diligence qualifying those who request temporary financial assistance;
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Informing former student-athletes, managers, trainers, and their immediate families of the TLSN mission.
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When possible, procure tax-deductible funds to support the TLSN mission.
If interested in joining the TLSN Board of Directors, please contact Billydale1@gmail.com. No resume’ is required—just an interview. Please forward your name, sport, scholarship, or walk-on years at Texas, and contact information.
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If the Longhorns beat Kansas State, the TCU game the following week will be an important barometer for the state of Longhorn football. Professor Carlson shares the history of the TCU and Texas football series.
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COCKROACHES RAID LONGHORNS
by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu )
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It’s long been said that cockroaches and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards will be the last creatures standing or crawling on earth. And especially in these dystopic times of outrageous inflation, high crime, Covid variants, and TikTok, many folks are not optimistic about the years ahead.
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Then again, if you’re a Longhorn football fan, maybe the future looks to improve semi-soon. In the SEC, Texas won’t have to play TCU, the original creepy spoilers. Decades before fictional gangster Tony Montana weighed in on what he called “cock-a-roaches” in Al Pacino’s “Scarface,” Darrell Royal compared the Horned Frogs of 1961 — a motley band with only two wins before taking down top-ranked Texas in Austin — to everyone’s least favorite insects.
The 2022 case of Horns v. Frogs reveals a setting that — compared to at least the past 81 years — shows the world to have spun topsy-turvy. It’s as if a covey of post-Halloween witches have “spelled” DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium into a nether world of blazing perdition, with all things going bump in the night, or day, depending upon the whims of the TV moguls.
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Did helmets give athletes and Coaches a false sense of security that led to heads being used as battering rams?
The “ Head Trauma Trilogy +1” articles cannot answer the question definitely, but the statistics suggest a relationship between the two.
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However, there is no question that helmets changed football blocking, defense, running, and tackling techniques. Leading with the head sometimes resulted in what was euphemistically called getting your “bell rung.” A bell ringing was never considered a life-altering event until the 21st century. in 2022, we know that ringing sound conceals dangers that can manifest themselves decades later.
This trilogy + 1 articles are located in the CTE section of the History of Longhorn sports. This section is dynamic, not static, and will always be a work in process. TLSN will continue to focus on the never-ending story of Neurodegenerative disorders that have resulted in the horrific quality of life and untimely deaths of athletes who have built the Longhorn brand.
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Part I of “The Head Trauma Trilogy + 1 “
1895 – 1939.
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Part II of the “Head Trauma Trilogy +1” discusses the 1960s and early 1970s.
(Information on the 1940s and 1950s neurodegenerative diseases in sports is a work in process.)
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The Tommy Nobis story is at:
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the top photo is a healthy brain, and CTE plagues the bottom photo.
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Greg and Deb Ploetz. The family suffers as much as the victim of this ugly disease.
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Dr. Dan Terwelp shares the story of Larry Webb.
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Part III of the “Head trauma Trilogy+1” publishes two in-depth articles on the head traumas incurred by Shane Dronett and Jevan Snead.
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+1 of “the Head Trauma Trilogy +1” discusses a DKR Research Grant to study neurodegenerative diseases. If you qualify, please participate in this study.
As a high school and college football player, Coach Royal took many punishing hits. It may be one of the reasons Alzheimer’s crept into his later life.
Most fans remember DKR for his coaching ability but were unaware of his focused heartbeat
“to help youth whose feet must pass this way. This chasm, which has been naught to me to that young man, may a pitfall be. He, too, must cross in the twilight dim. Good friend, I am building this bridge for” them.
This poem by Will Allen Dromgoole inspired Coach Royal to focus on building symbolic bridges for youth to cross safely, preparing them for their life journey.
Coach Royal is gone, but he is still building bridges for athletes through his DKR research fund. The fund’s primary goal is to increase national awareness of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. Coach Royal’s name gives a voice, a face, and credibility to researching a disease that has too long been hidden behind closed doors.
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In 2022 the leadership of the DKR research fund approved a grant of $500,000 to the
UT Southwestern Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute CLEAATS Study of Later-Life Brain Wellness in College Athletes.
This Study needs men and women volunteers who are over 50 and who played in any NCAA-approved collegiate sport BUT never played professional sports. Anyone from any college or University who meets the qualifying standards can participate, so please share information about this Study with your friends from other schools.
Participants will complete an online survey and a brief telephone interview about their athletic participation history, their current wellness, mood, and cognition.
I completed the questionnaire and took the cognitive test. I will admit I did very poorly on the cognitive portion.
On the other hand, Bill Catlett, who also played for DKR, said :
I participated in the study, and the researcher told me that 500 participants are needed in order for the research results to be considered statistically valid. To date they are well short of the needed 500 participants. Please enroll and participate! It takes a minimum amount of your time, and is not invasive at all. ????
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Those who volunteer for this study will help build a bridge for the next generation to cross safely.
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TLSN is an independent organization celebrating Longhorn Sports History and assisting qualifying Horns who need temporary financial assistance. The TLSN website and newsletter are free, educational, historical, and insightful, sharing Longhorn sports history through the eyes of those who created it.
TLSN is not associated with the UT Athletics Department or any organization closely aligned with UT.
Https://texaslsn.org
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