https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Bill Schoening is one of those rare individuals who always seems to lead the league in fun. Sure, you might think, put me in place as one of America’s premier play-by-play radio announcers, and I’ll have fun, too. But the Philadelphia guy who called Texas Longhorn football, basketball and baseball for more than a…
Below is Chris’ Obituary. To read more and see many photos, fan and team comments, and the history of Longhorn sports during the 1966,1967, and 1968 seasons, visit OBITUARY Chris Gilbert A funeral service is to be conducted at eleven o’clock in the morning on Thursday, the 19th of February, in the Jasek Chapel of…
CHERRY LEMONADE by Larry Carlson Unless they lived through the worst home loss in UT history, Longhorn fans likely don’t recall the name of Marty Cherry. The sophomore from the Arkansas side of Texarkana got a rough football baptism as a relief pitcher for the eleventh-ranked Horns on a hot mid-September day in 1997. A…
Mostly Treats & One Razor-Bladed Apple by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org Plenty of orange around Austin and Texas in October. It’s pumpkin time, even it’s not “frost on the punkin’” time, except occasionally up on the High Plains where Floydada reigns as our state’s pumpkin capital. Halloween has forever been a festive time during football…
Larry is quite skilled behind the mic, too. In the photo below, he is just beginning his journey to becoming a media guru and professor, interviewing Randy McEachern after a football game. Larry says, “True confession here. I always start combing ESPN’s website daily in late spring, eagerly awaiting the unveiling of the weeknight college…
by Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org Ahhh, the evolution of college football. From SMU being sentenced to the “death penalty” for paying players, to Texas Tech held in awe for ponying up more than five mill for an O-lineman with a season of high school remaining. The quarterback position? Back when the Texas Longhorns won their first…
by Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org Arch Manning was not scheduled to meet the main media group until 4 pm here at the College Football Hall of Fame. The SEC was gonna keep us waiting for the new marquee name. Manning knows something about waiting. Following four years as a high school starter in The Big Easy,…
by Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org THE “NATIVE” LANGUAGE OF LONGHORNS by Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org The natives are restless. No, not homeless but, at least according to most of the media, incorrectly situated. Let me explain. We all have pet peeves. Maybe you wince when others say “I could care less,” when you know they mean they…
Thanksgiving afternoon in 1967 was bad enough for All-American linebacker Corby Robertson and his Texas Longhorn teammates. On Texas A&M’s eleventh crack at Darrell Royal, they had eked out a 10-7 win in College Station. With the sweet win would come the Aggies’ first Cotton Bowl since 1942. Texas had lost its final two games to…
There was a distinct edge to spring football at UT in 1968.Three years earlier, Darrell Royal and the Longhorns were the toast of college football. Texas won a national title in ’63 and seriously flirted with three other conquests. A magnificent run of 10-1, 9-1-1, 11-0 and 10-1 from ’61-’64 made for forty victories against…