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Texas played the Dallas Athletic Club on Thanksgiving Day in 1896 and 1898. There were also other Thanksgiving games in the 1890s, including matches against Arkansas and LSU. The first game between the Longhorns and the Aggies took place in 1900. This matchup became a well-known Thanksgiving tradition, disrupted only when Texas refused to play…
HOUDINI RIDES AGAIN: ANOTHER ESCAPE FOR UT by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org TLSN’s Larry Carlson is in his 36th year of teaching news and sports media at Texas State University. He is a member of The Football Writers Association of America. FORT WORTH — I’m typing this at just a few ticks before midnight in the…
TEXAS-OU WEEK FLASHBACK: BIG DEFENSE IN BIG D, 1976-77 BY LARRY CARLSON LOVING COLLEGE FOOTBALL AS I DO, I wistfully look back almost every week to the lost art of defense. Like most of my heroes — George Washington, Davy Crockett and Elvis, to name a few — defense is gone but hardly forgotten. And…
1971- Texas wins 34-14 By 1971, the Longhorn fans showed no interest in building a bonfire, while the Aggies continued to use engineering techniques and a passion that could light the fire to beat the Horns, but they continued to lose. Texas figured out they could win without a spirit fire. 1971 was Texa’s fourth…
The History of the Texas vs. Tide during the Modern Era by Larry for TLSN. BLUEBONNET BOWL 1960 Season Dec. 17, Rice Stadium, Houston Background: Ninth-ranked Bama went 8-1-1 and boasted the nation’s second-ranked defense. Texas, coming off Darrell Royal’s first SWC championship in ’59, had gone 7-3, with one-point losses to Nebraska and…
Longhorn author Jenna McEachern says the Cotton Bowl tunnel is the “last mile” of college football—a dark, narrow tunnel leading players toward daylight, frenzy, and the moment of truth. A link to the tunnel experience October 2022 is below. https://twitter.com/TexasFootball/status/1579460872334086145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1579460872334086145%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url= (outlook.com) 10.12.2012 | Football Bill Little commentary: Run it again Bill Little, Texas Media Relations It…