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Larry Carlson has written several articles for Horns247 as a guest -columnist.     Goodbye to A&M: No reason for Longhorns, Aggies to play again https://247sports.com/college/texas/Article/Horns247-guest-columnist-Larry-Carlson-on-why-Texas-Longhorns-should-never-play-Texas-AM-again-110971137/ Goodbye to A&M: No reason for Longhorns, Aggies to play again Guest columnist Larry Carlson doesn’t think there’s anything to be gained by Texas renewing its football rivalry with…

LOOKING FORWARD TO FOOTBALL, WITH AN ASTERISK By  LARRY CARLSON  By Larry Carlson    LOOKING FORWARD TO FOOTBALL, WITH AN ASTERISK Opinion, by Larry Carlson I can’t wait for college football. The countdown to kickoff has been a big part of the rites of summer for me since 1961 when I got my first issue of…

    Number Eleven, And What Might Have Been By Larry Carlson Larry Carlson has followed the Longhorns since seeing his first orange tower in 1960.  He hosted the Longhorn Locker Room Show on Austin’s KVET Radio and was later a co-host of Longhorn Pipeline on San Antonio’s ESPN Radio affiliate.  Larry just retired after…

I MISS TIE GAMES by Larry Carlson (lc13@txstate.edu )   Paul “Bear” Bryant offered up long, long ago his disdainful judgment of any football game ending in a tie. “A tie is like kissing your sister,” the Bear said, of his lack of ardor for sixty minutes of football combat that decided nothing. Bryant’s opinion…

SPRING & SUMMER TREATS 2023:  Kool-Aid and Rat Poison by Larry Carlson  ( lc13@txstate.edu ) I am often reminded of, and often resurrect Darrell Royal’s definitive dismissal of football players — or teams — supposedly loaded with potential. “Potential,” DKR shrugged, “just means you haven’t done anything yet.” Where do you think the Longhorns will…