Dateline: Tampa, FL SEC Media, Day By Larry Carlson Tampa isn’t Gainesville, doesn’t have “The Swamp.” But this IS Gator Country and Florida’s new head coach was comfortably at home with the media this morning. Jon Sumrall, 44, came off as an outlier at SEC Media Days in one way: He’s the first SEC coach…
Bum Phillips said, “Fuller was the best football player I ever had at any level.” That would include Earl Campbell. Bum Phillips introduced Fuller to Bear Bryant and the Alabama Crimson Tide and Fuller did not disappoint Bear Bryant. In his first year, Fuller made the All-Southeast Conference team at safety, and during his senior…
Good, Bad, and Ugly theme song is in the link below. https://youtu.be/LdLQf1Ef9Ns Dig out a time capsule from sixty years ago, and you’ll be reminded that one of the biggest movies came from rugged Clint Eastwood. It was entitled “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly.” Texas football would sample some of all those things…
Those Pesky Lists by Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org Lists of “bests” or even “favorites” can be fun. Also troublesome, in that it’s hard to get people to agree. And I’m not talking politics or religion. We’re not even taking sides on whether Michael McDonald’s voice…
Subject: Horns Are “America’s Team” UT: America’s College Baseball Team By Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org There’s no other program like that Longhorn baseball program. Most trips to the College World Series. Check. It’s now at 39, as the Horns head to Omaha for big steaks and bigger stakes. Biggest representation in the College Baseball Hall of…
Billy Dale says, ” As promised to all on this Facebook site, if you share special moments about the History of Longhorn sports , I will publish them in some form.” Here is Craig Muennink’s story about his dad. A SONS PRIDE- Craig says, “Hi, Billy! My dad, Jerry Muennink, played for Darryl Royal 56-60….
You might wonder why this story matters in the history of Longhorn Sports, but read to the end and you’ll see why it’s a key moment in Longhorn history. Metzenthin is remembered as the head football coach for Texas in 1907 and 1908, posting a solid 11-5-1 record. But from 1910 through the 1930s, he…
Roy Miller 2005- 2009 ALL ROADS LEAD THROUGH MACK BROWN ALL ROADS LEAD THROUGH MACK BROWN As a boy living in Virginia, he loved the ACC, particularly Mack Browns and North Carolina’s Tar Heels. A decade later, destiny called, and Roy got his wish to play for Mack Brown as a Longhorn. However, the…
Longoria, who received his master’s degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio, is a training specialist for an insurance company in San Antonio. He said the lack of answers to his question about Latino professional football players started his quest for a few answers and then more answers, which he eventually compiled into…
Michael Brown has passed away, Brown, a versatile player who was tried at several skill positions during his career in the early ’80s at Texas, was well-liked by teammates and had been assisted my them in recent years. He came to the Forty Acres as part of Fred Akers’ 1980 signing class out of Lake…