A special bond with dad As the 60-year reunion of Darrell Royal’s 1957 recruiting class approaches, my thoughts return to the special moments of Dad’s life as a Longhorn. Although he passed on April 2, 2005, and he is not able to attend this momentous reunion, his spirit is present in DKR-Memorial Stadium, in Moore…
Longhorns devastate a good Oregon team 71-7. Even without a bowl appearance, the 1941 Longhorns are one of the most important teams in Longhorn football history. They notched the programs’ first #1 ranking ever, and two Horns make the consensus All-American team. The Longhorns win the first-ever Golden Hat Trophy against OU. Texas coach Bible…
Steve Ross and Coach Akers Telling it like it is Flying back from a football road game is not fun. Cramped quarters for large bodies – bodies that are sore from the game. It really isn’t fun when you were the #1 team in the nation, and you lost 42-11 to Arkansas. That was the…
1901: The strange story of Kirksville’s ‘bone doctors’ By Gaylon Krizak “Quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum (What is food to one person may be bitter poison to others).” —Lucretius, “De Rerum Natura”. The whispers started early in the season; before it had even begun, in fact, for many teams (eventual national champion…
Texas Longhorns Football: Top 10 Coaches In University of Texas Football History JAMES HARRISON JR.FEBRUARY 3, 2011- SBNation The Texas Longhorns have had 28 head football coaches from 1893 through 2011. Many of these coaches have led Texas to great seasons, and only one coach, Jack Chevigny, has ever had a winning percentage below .500….
The Untold Story of the Desk of Texas’s AD and an Unfinished Bottle of Jack Daniel’s Ross Dellenger Sports Illustrated Sep 5, 2019, 10:20 AM AUSTIN, Texas — DeLoss Dodds spent more than three decades as the athletic director at the University of Texas, so he knows the hurdles that come with one of the…
Friends To The End. By Carter Strickland – 2012. This last time Coach came to Willie – the music drew him in – just like that first time. Darrell Royal had won three national championship by the time Willie Nelson hosted his first Fourth of July Picnic. It’s been 60 years since that first time…
THE NAVIGATION TOOL TO THE HISTORICAL PAGES ON THIS WEB SITE ARE AT THE TOP OF THIS SCREEN. THE SITES ARE “TLSN”, “SPORTS”, “GUEST WRITERS”, “MISSIONS”, “ARTICLES” , “LOST TOO SOON”, AND “SENTRY”. “Click on the text denoted in red font on the side bar to visit other sites in this “article” grid Expectation of Excellence…
The Network By Barbara Wainscott Former Longhorn student athletes who shared victories, losses, WORKOUTS, fellowship, sorrow, pain, and joy as teammates create a lifetime bond. years after the glory days in sports have ended that bond remains and is the story that Barbara tells in “the Network “. Barbara Wainscott Loyd always said the…
Three links to Julius Whittier’s story Texas Sports unveiled the statute at the link below. https://texassports.com/news/2020/11/26/football-longhorn-trailblazer-julius-whittiers-statue-to-be-unveiled-friday.aspx Julius Whittier – The Benchmark by Billy Dale link is below. https://www.texaslsn.org/julius-whittier-the-benchmark-1 Vince Young interviewed Julius Whittier and Billy Dale as a thesis to complete his undergraduate degree. https://www.barkingcarnival.com/2020/6/19/21297228/julius-whittier-darrell-royal-changing-the-face-of-texas-football?fbclid=IwAR15eLgByHyekNEVO-RRcuKp2yGzzSA-je42zWtBg2fFzPQOPM6BGn2kmhA
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