Campus photos
1933 campus
1990 Michael Pollak
Michael Pollack was awarded a scholarship after kicking 3 field goals against Penn State.
Terry Frei- Ploetz Article
Terry Frei: tfrei@denverpost.com or @TFrei Autopsy: Ex-Texas Longhorns Tackle Greg Ploetz Had Stage 4 CTE Greg And Deb Ploetz Came To State Hoping Marijuana Oil Could Fight CTE By Terry FreiThe Denver Post Posted: 12/20/2015 05:12:47 PM Dec. 11, Deb Ploetz Took The Phone Call From Doctors And An Administrator At The Concussion Legacy Foundation…
Terry Frei- Greg Ploetz
By Terry Frei The Denver Post My story on Greg Ploetz, the former Texas defensive tackle from the Longhorns’ famous national championship team in 1969, is in the Sunday paper and here. I quote Greg several times in the story, simply noting he was speaking in 2001. Perhaps some wondered why I didn’t credit or…
Top 25 Longhorn players
IT’S MY OPINION- Anthony Snodgrass Here, in my opinion are the top 25 Texas Longhorns ( any position ) of all time. It’s been a tough few years, but Texas football has no shortage of candidates for the top-25 players of its long history. The Longhorns have come a long way since their first team…
The Walk-on Award
Brandon Burlsworth Award In 2010 a trophy was named after Brandon Burlsworth an All-American football player from the University of Arkansas who began his career as a walk-on. I think the University of Texas should also honor the best walk-on every 5th year. If there had been such an award in 1968, Stan Mauldin would…
1977-78 John Carsey basketball walk-on
John Carsey is #24 As a walk-on in 1975, John Carsey was the leading scorer on the last freshman team at UT. The next year there was a regime change at Texas. Coaching transitions are stressful for both players and coaches, and after Coach Black resigned and Abe Lemons was hired, the team was in…
Top 10 best Longhorns teams By Anthony Snodgrass
Videos of Longhorn Greatness are at the link below. /r/LonghornNation Game Archive – YouTube Top 10 texas football teams by Anthony snodgrass Here is a look at the Top 10 Football teams in Texas Longhorn history in opinion. Throughout the entire 118 year history of the Texas football program, there are four claimed national titles…
1967 – Stan Mauldin by Mark McDonald
Stan Mauldin “The Younger” A walk-on Stan Mauldin “the younger” stops short of saying he was banned from playing football. Just as Coach Darrell Royal was discounted for his lack of size, Stan Mauldin — the flyweight seventh grader — was discouraged from going out for Azle’s eighth grade team. “Why, son,” the junior…
2017 Garrett Graff walk-on
There is a whole section about Longhorn walk-ons. Garrett Graff’s story is one of them. Garrett was a walk-on who also possessed talented vocal cords. Words will never describe Garrett’s joy the moment Coach Herman surprised Garret at a team meeting with a football scholarship. A walk-on receiving a scholarship is a hallmark moment. A…