BILLY SCHOTT REMEMBERS FREDDIE STEINMARK Bower, as you know, Freddie was always a big brother to me, and his influence still surfaces in my life almost daily. When I’m asked what my greatest moment was as a Texas Longhorn football player, it’s putting the first points on Freddie’s scoreboard on the night it was dedicated…
50 years after the Big Shootout, one Longhorn player said, “He felt a real spiritual bond among the Arkansas players. You could feel a lot of our players (Longhorns) had developed that same feeling. In some ways, it seemed like the Razorbacks were looking for what I had—a championship ring, and I was looking for…
Today’s Longhorn athletes have traversed the bridge built by their predecessors, whose victories profoundly elevated the value of the Longhorn brand and enhanced the NIL value of present Longhorn athletes. “The Board of Directors of TLSN hopes for good health, good luck, good families, good jobs, and goodwill to all Longhorns. However, the TLSN Board…
BETSY MITCHELL is one of the first female athletes to benefit athletically from the Title IX law. Mitchell’s college experience in the mid-to-late 1980s was right on the cusp of NCAA women’s swimming as we know it today. Mitchell’s first year of NCAA swimming was 1983-84, only a couple of years after the first NCAA…
Mike Roach wrote a book titled “The Road to Texas.” The book shares how Mack Brown was able to convert young boys from Texas who grew up in the 1990s dreaming of playing for any school but Texas. In the 1960s, middle and high school boys dreamed of wearing the Longhorn helmet and playing in…
Spanky Stephens, the Longhorn trainer from 1967- 1999 and a Hall of Honor inductee The banner photo above was taken in 1994 when Spanky was inducted into the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame. It is a significant photo because there are no other photos I know of that capture all 4 head coaches…
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Before Title IX, the AIAW, and the NCAA, women’s sports at Texas had already built a strong foundation at the Intramural level. The slide show below represents the long but successful climb for Women’s equal rights in intercollegiate sports. 1941 1943 1952 1967 Golf Betty Ferguson, Barbdver Beck…
To Larry Carlson – 2024 Watching the 1 Jan 65 Orange Bowl game as a kid growing up in Midland, Texas, changed my life, and Ernie Koy, Jr. has been a hero to me ever since. His blazing 79-yard touchdown, quick openers up the middle, and quick kicks on third down were totally inspirational. It’s…
The Texas Longhorns baseball team has a rich history, with a tradition of excellence that spans over a century. Here are some highlights: *Six National Championships*: Texas has won six College World Series (CWS) titles, the most recent one coming in 2005. The other championships were in 1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, and 2002….