The introduction to Donnie’s interview is at DONNIE WIGGINTON https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ TLSN: What do you remember about the competition and challenges that came with playing freshman football with a lot of other highly-rated signees from across the state? How much did being ineligible for varsity as a freshman — and playing five games as Shorthorns —…
All-American Kicker Jeff Ward (Still) Speaks Out THE GAME CHANGER https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Comments from Jeff Ward Jeff ward says college football can teach you these outstanding lessons that come in very brutal ways. You start to learn what it’s all about. And that is the same people who would buy you beer on Friday are the…
https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ The last Longhorn to take home the Outland Trophy — some four decades ago — is allowing himself a short break from another busy workday to reminisce a little on this broiling summer afternoon. A framed poster of Vince Lombardi’s “What It Takes To Be Number One” credo is the only noticeable hint of…
https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Randy and Jenna at Hall of Honor installation In 2021 Jenna received the second most TLSN national listeners of 22 oral history productions produced in two years. Her link is https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/jenna-mceachern TLSN: You — and teammates from the signing class of ’74, such as Earl Campbell and Brad Shearer — had been freshmen when…
DKR the Dream Maker https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Edith and Coach Royal, Lise and Mac Davis, Jenna and Randy Royal’s high school coaches said he was too small to try out for the football team, but Royal continued to dream of greatness. No great activity starts without a vision, and as a young man, Royal dreamed of kicking…
Turk blocking for Peter Gardere Turk McDonald (UT football, 1988-1992) https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Look up “center” in your dictionary, and you find something like “around which anything relates to or revolves.” But the center position in football is seldom the center of attention. That other guy who also touches the ball on every play gets oversized expectations,…
Still Throwing Strikes by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) In his final UT season, Jungmann won the Dick Howser Trophy, the hardball equivalent of the Heisman, awarded to the national player of the year. https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ A capacity crowd of 350 had just been riveted for a presentation by Eddie Penney, a former Navy SEAL and…
https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ At least for a quarter-century spanning the early 1960s through the mid-1980s, dominant defenses at the University of Texas were a constant on the college football landscape. By the ’70s and certainly into the ’80s, it was common even for good defenses to give up more yardage and points than previously due to more…
Dad’s Interview with Longhorn Legacy Network The Professor and Pat Culpepper in New Orleans Q. You played linebacker and fullback at Texas in the last part of the era in which players were trained to “go both ways.” Looking back, what do you see as the key to how you and your teammates (and opponents)…
Professor Larry Carlson interviews Pat Culpepper by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ It had been my good fortune to enjoy one of the trademark mint juleps with the prettiest girl in the world out on the patio of The Columns Hotel on stately, oak-lined St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. It was just a…