THE ONE-YARD RUN FOR THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN IN THE 100TH YEAR OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL WAS A TEAM EFFORT. THE PLAYERS COMPLETED A PERFECT SEASON AND A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE TEXAS LONGHORNS. Bobby Wuensch, Randy Peschell, Steve Worster, Jim Bertelsen, and Billy Dale all did their job, and as Tom Campbell said on Facebook once…
I try not to break the (NCAA) rules but merely test their elasticity.” Coach Bill Veeck For more than a century, the collective cult of many coaches and wealthy alums tested the limits of the NCAA recruiting rules with a wink. The SWC led in “winks.” The first era that Winkers ruled college sports was…
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12/25/2020 Garbage in garbage out Computers can not quantify what makes a young boys “motor run”. Coaches HAVE TO do that. Barbara Wainscott Barbara Wainscott says about her All-American husband, who played for DKR, “Loyd, was a good football student. He studied everything Coach Royal made available to him and was not just a student of…
Ben Crenshaw To know Ben Daniel Crenshaw starts with DKR’s saying, “the real mark of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him.” Golf does not define Ben Crenshaw-never did. Ben Crenshaw is a winner, but not just because of the small numbers he wrote on scorecards or a impressive…
Dana LeDuc’s Mean and Tough list from the Aker’s era. 2022- Coach Vermeil with Dana at the NFL Hall of Fame ceremony. I recognize Dana’s sandals as a reproduction of one made in the late 1960s. ???? I think my mother has mine in the attic in Odessa. Billy, Going back in time, these are…
1947 is one of the two best years for sports in Longhorn History. This year, all of the “major” sports teams received national recognition. The Baseball Team In 1947 had a 19-2 Record They Are SWC Champions; Set A Attendance Record When 7,000 Fans Attend The Baylor Game To Watch Bobby Layne Hold Baylor To…