Lunch at the Bluebonnet Darrell Royal and Mack Brown at the Bluebonnet Cafe, Marble Falls, Texas Essays One through Four A standing Tuesday appointment Lunch at the Bluebonnet Essay One: A New Day, and Other Things Coach Royal Cannot Abide Marble Falls, Texas The Bluebonnet Cafe sits on the main drag in Marble Falls,…
The Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease (DKR Fund) is dedicated to raising awareness and funding research initiatives throughout Texas for Alzheimer’s disease. The epilogue to the book of life of Darrell and Edith Royal’s love story is never-ending. A Longhorn cultural stamp that represents the compassionate heartbeat of the Longhorn Nation. Their legacy lives on…
REMEMBERING BOOGER BROOKS October 15, 2022 Commentary The unusual story of a blue-chip quarterback hanging up his cleats with the Texas Longhorns to become a welder & rodeo bull rider Every coach I have ever known has a story to tell of a certain athlete they will never forget. I just happen to have a…
ABC’s For Sark, Vol. II by Larry Carlson (lc13@txstate.edu) Last spring I flippantly tossed out advice for Texas Coach Steve Sarkisian on this website, in the form of “The ABC’s for Sark.” I made it a take-off of actor Alec Baldwin’s classic cuss-fest as he tore into slacking employees at a real estate…
Some have forgotten Darrell Royal’s edict: “We don’t want any candy stripes on our uniforms. These are work clothes.” Captains Eddie Phillips, Jim Bertelsen, Stan Mauldin, and Tommy Woodward at work. Fall Fashion uniform preview FALL FASHION PREVIEW FOR ‘HORNS by Larry Carlson When a new coach takes over at most college football programs,…
A BAD HABIT: WHEN WINNING ISN’T EVERYTHING Commentary by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) Fan Allegiance It’s long been said that while football allegiance is somewhat of a benevolent mistress, she can still be a demanding damn dame. A cruel one, too. Least ways, that’s the way hardboiled mystery writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond…
UTNY: Four Longhorns helped Namath back up Super Bowl guarantee By LARRY CARLSON Feb 3, 2019 Imagine four players who sweated and soared on a college championship team together, then moved on to one pro team and played key roles in a Super Bowl win, against the biggest odds there will ever be. The fairy…
IS UT READY FOR IT TO MEAN MORE? 7/29/2022 by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) Professor Larry Carlson interviewing Randy McEachern in 1977 I will say this. It’s gonna be loud when Texas and Alabama tee it up in Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium on a crispy, not crisp, early autumn morning in…
GOLDEN ARCH TOPS BIG EASY MENU by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) Dateline: NEW ORLEANS, August 26 In the ol’ Crescent City, there’s always a checklist. Muffaletta and Pimm’s Cup at Napoleon House. Check Praline at Southern Candy. Check Staring out at barges on the Big Muddy. Check Mint Julep at The Columns. Check Walk…
Professor Larry Carlson FOOTBALL REVIEW/PREVIEW: 2022/2023 Commentary by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) It’s daunting to stare at eight months of no college football. Talk about a dry January. Especially tough when your Longhorns have lost at least five games for the eleventh time in thirteen years (the Horns went 10-4 in 2018 and 7-3…