THE MIGHTY QUINN by Larry Carlson for TLSN The Professor with his Horns 🤘 While many folks enjoy the sport of schadenfreude, taking pleasure in the failure and humiliation of another (I confess to being gleeful at losses absorbed by certain hated teams), virtually everyone relishes a good story of redemption. Texas fans got an…
PRESSURE: UT SHOULD WIN ITS FINAL BIG XII Commentary by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) It was hot at DKR for the Orange-White game. About 90 degrees. It’ll be hot for the Rice game on Sept. 2 but let’s hope LHN will get us a 6:30 kickoff. And remember, it’ll be toasty in T-Town, Tuscaloosa,…
THE END OF THE ROAD FOR BAYLOR by Larry Carlson for https//texaslsn.org The Texas Longhorns have a business trip in Waco on Saturday. Take care of business, UT. And never play Baylor again. Ever. Don’t grant the private school a hefty paycheck to take on an SEC team at DKR-TMS. And certainly never again take…
MAJOR ADVICE FOR SARK? By Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org TLSN’s Larry Carlson teaches sports and news media classes at Texas State University. He is a member of The Football Writers Association of America. Major Applewhite stands tall among Longhorn QB legends. He played in two Big XII title games for Texas. Neither turned out right,…
Author and #1 Mr. Nasty Professor Larry Carlson TEXAS O-LINE NEEDS TO GET NASTY by Larry Carlson for texaslsn.org https:// Will Texas be able to win in the Horns’ final home game as a Big XII member? Nothing at stake but a last chance to get into the conference title game, with a possible trip…
(TLSN’s Larry Carlson teaches news and sports media classes at Texas State University. He is a member of The Football Writers Association of America.) MORE WILL BE LESS Opinion by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org I’m gonna miss the four-team college football playoff that we can still cling to for just a moment longer. Maybe I’m…
My good friend Tim Griffin passed away in July 2022, just five months after this interview we did. He is greatly missed by many. The memorial service hosted by his widow, Dede, and son, Bradley, was a celebration of a life well-lived and was attended by a “who’s who” of sports journalists and friends from…
THE DUKE SINKS THE JOLLY ROGER by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org Texas had gone 10-0 and won the mythical national title declared after the regular season. But except for a 28-7 whipping of then top-ranked OU back in October, UT seldom won in any kind of stylish, posed-for-a-picture way. So as Texas prepared to host Navy,…
ALWAYS ON THE RUN: THE BAKER’S DOZEN OF UT RB’S by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) If you’re honest, even though you’re burnt orange-blooded, you can’t really contend that UT is RBU. There’s a case for Southern Cal. Five Heisman winners among the Trojan hosses at running back. So what if one ended up…
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org The scoreboard is gonna be in for a workout. Take that bet over to Harrah’s when you’re in the Crescent City for the game. Might be one of those games in which the last team with the ball and forty seconds will win. Apologies in…