MUSICAL ONE-HIT WONDERS: By Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org Way, way into adult-hood, I was still the guy among the guys I grew up with, who could ID all the “one-hit wonder” songs and artists through the decades. Yet another of the questionable “skills” I was blessed with. Knowing all the Texas high school football nicknames, from…
ARCH, HORNS ROLL FOR TEN IN 2025 Arch Manning, with his Texas team’s slick 41-27 thumping of Michigan in the 2025 Citrus Bowl, joined a rather august herd of Longhorn quarterbacks in the history book.It’s the list of UT signal-callers who have bossed a team to double-digit wins as a starter. Manning did it in…
Celebrating the 1970 National Champs by Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org Winning was a habit for Longhorn football teams of the Darrell Royal era. A hard-earned habit, certainly. Sweat equity was in plentiful supply. So was talent. It’s arguable that no edition of UT ball boasts as much star power as the ’70 bunch. The Worster Bunch,…
Jim Deitrick played one year of D3 basketball ( freshman year..).., played baseball sophomore year…. then hit the books. His high school was small, so they just fielded baseball in the fall and basketball in the winter. Then more baseball in summer. Such was life in the Allegheny National Forest… plus fishing and hunting 😂👏👏🙏🙏…
Donnie Wigginton’s interview is at https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Billy Dale says: Less than a handful of “boys turning to men” can say they received a pitch-out from the first four quarterbacks in the productive history of the Wishbone. Yours truly is one of them. Bill Bradley, James Street, and Eddie Phillips had a soft pitch with a…
The introduction to Donnie’s interview is at DONNIE WIGGINTON https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ TLSN: What do you remember about the competition and challenges that came with playing freshman football with a lot of other highly-rated signees from across the state? How much did being ineligible for varsity as a freshman — and playing five games as Shorthorns —…
All-American Kicker Jeff Ward (Still) Speaks Out THE GAME CHANGER https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Comments from Jeff Ward Jeff ward says college football can teach you these outstanding lessons that come in very brutal ways. You start to learn what it’s all about. And that is the same people who would buy you beer on Friday are the…
https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ The last Longhorn to take home the Outland Trophy — some four decades ago — is allowing himself a short break from another busy workday to reminisce a little on this broiling summer afternoon. A framed poster of Vince Lombardi’s “What It Takes To Be Number One” credo is the only noticeable hint of…
https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Randy and Jenna at Hall of Honor installation In 2021 Jenna received the second most TLSN national listeners of 22 oral history productions produced in two years. Her link is https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/jenna-mceachern TLSN: You — and teammates from the signing class of ’74, such as Earl Campbell and Brad Shearer — had been freshmen when…
DKR the Dream Maker https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Edith and Coach Royal, Lise and Mac Davis, Jenna and Randy Royal’s high school coaches said he was too small to try out for the football team, but Royal continued to dream of greatness. No great activity starts without a vision, and as a young man, Royal dreamed of kicking…