Riddle me this, Batman: What do QB Casey Thompson, RB Bjian Robinson and WR Jake Smith of the Longhorns have in common, other than the rather obvious ability to be explosive playmakers for Coach Steve Sarkisian’s first edition of Texas football. Answer: They’re all from outside the Lone Star State. THE OUTSIDERS by…
West Texas Longhorn football heritage “I was also fortunate that I was raised in a part of the world, West Texas, where individualism is strong.” President George W. Bush West Texas Wild As The West Texas Wind by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) West Texas skies Balmorhea straight Highways Burnt Orange skies It is a…
Were I ranking all these East Texas players on pro careers, things could be, would be greatly different. Some guys were “only” great college players. College careers are what I based my picks on. Otherwise, for one example, Bradley would be the first team in the defensive backfield. But at Texas, he only played there…
In the Texas of old and the Lone Star State of novels and Hollywood–“Giant” written by Edna Ferber and then filmed near Marfa with Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean — the cattle were plentiful, the oil was gushing and the townfolk were from, well, small towns. Not cities and metropolitan areas of millions…
Lucky Longhorn Number: Yo Eleven by Larry Carlson (lc13@txstate.edu) If you’ve played craps in Vega$, you are likely familiar with the “yo eleven” bet. It’s a one-roll deal that is risky but pays 15-to-one. Not good odds but if you’re a low roller like me, it’s okay to throw the minimum bet out there every…
THE SOUTH TEXAS LONGHORN ALL-STARS ______________________________________ STARTING DEFENSE DL Steve McMichael (’79), Freer Buckaroos It seems like fiction that two All-Time Longhorn South Texans could have been high school teammates from another minuscule spot on the map. If you’ve ever been to Freer, you know that a guy growing up there had to be tough. …
Professor Larry Carlson’s published articles are archived on the TLSN website. To learn more about Larry visit the link LARRY CARLSON’S BIO AND ORAL HISTORY (squarespace.com) FLASHBACK to 1962: Horns, Hogs, and The Cuban Missile Crisis by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) Tension prevailed all week in mid-October 1962 as top-ranked Texas prepared to host…
Steve Worster, 73, of Bridge City, passed away on August 13, 2022, at his home surrounded by loved ones. NUMBER 30 WAS NUMBER ONE by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) My niece, Kim, still calls me “Uncle Woo,” even though she has passed the 39-year mark. It’s because her mom, my oldest sister, Karen, called…
BIG SHOOTOUTS, I & II by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org Bill Zapalac and David Richardson It’s been too long since Texas stamped a new date — Dec. 2, 2023 — into the collective Longhorn Nation scrapbook. And UT fans hope it will soon be eclipsed by Jan. 8, 2024. But right now, it’s appropriate and…
Sports writer Dan Jenkins said about the big shootout. “All week long in Texas the people said Hogs ain’t nothing but groceries and that on Saturday in the thundering zoo of Fayetteville, the number one Longhorns would eat ….. hog meat with Worster-Speyrer sauce. Fifty plus years later, Texas-Arkansas shootout worth remembering ByLARRY CARLSON Dec…