HOUDINI RIDES AGAIN: ANOTHER ESCAPE FOR UT by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org TLSN’s Larry Carlson is in his 36th year of teaching news and sports media at Texas State University. He is a member of The Football Writers Association of America. FORT WORTH — I’m typing this at just a few ticks before midnight in the…
Flashback to TCU 1961: DKR’s, and Saxton’s Most Painful Loss by Larry Carlson for TLSN https://texaslsn.org. 1961 James Saxton (2).jpg 1961 James Saxton.jpg 1962 Roy Jones get Autograph from James Saxton.JPG 1960 James Saxton football.jpg 1961 James Saxton (4).jpg 1961 James Saxton (2).jpg 1961 James Saxton (3).jpg 1961 – jimmy Saxton.jpg 1960-1961 football Russell, James…
TEXAS GETS ITS KICKSby Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org We have heard a lot about “culture wins” this Longhorn season.And we almost saw a masterpiece Saturday at DKR. By Kansas State.It was the men from Manhattan who fell far behind early and rallied back, bit by bit.It was K-State that made halftime adjustments. The offense abandoned…
RICH OKLAHOMA-TEXAS RIVALRY INCLUDED MANY ROYAL OCCASIONS By Sam Blair and Dallas Morning News Chicago Tribune •Oct 13, 1991 at 12:00 am DALLAS — Fifteen years after he coached his last game at the Cotton Bowl, Darrell Royal still feels the heat and emotion of the Texas-Oklahoma football rivalry. Chances are, he always will. When…
If You Ask Texas Fans Of A Certain Vintage, Say, Those Born After 1965, Two Nasty, Mean, Vicious Ties Rough Up The Wardrobe And Still Rankle. Both Came Against Oklahoma. 1976- TEXAS VS OKLAHOMA The buildup to the 1976 contest was the strangest ever. Darrell Royal’s Texas teams had won 12 of the first…
TEXAS-OU WEEK FLASHBACK: BIG DEFENSE IN BIG D, 1976-77 BY LARRY CARLSON LOVING COLLEGE FOOTBALL AS I DO, I wistfully look back almost every week to the lost art of defense. Like most of my heroes — George Washington, Davy Crockett and Elvis, to name a few — defense is gone but hardly forgotten. And…
THE SCANDAL OF ’73: OU BECOMES SWITZER-LAND by Larry Carlson, with Jay Arnold 2022- Professor Carlson, Donnie Wigginton, and Jay Arnold It started at the Texas-OU game in 1972. In spite of five turnovers to that point, Texas trailed the Sooners just 3-0 with three minutes left in the third quarter. But when the Horns…
Preface to Larry Carlson’s article on the pending Kansas State game. Coach Snyder’s Kansas State football teams were composed of 2 or 3-star athletes who beat favored 5-star blue-chip teams with intangibles and a driven spirit not measurable by computer recruiting analytical tools. Like Royal, Coach Snyder gravitated to recruits with dreams of greatness, aggressive…
BILL LITTLE COMMENTARY: A WIN FOR THE TEAM Texas vs Texas Tech Nov. 4, 2012 Bill Little, Texas Media Relations 2012 – Mack Brown talking to team in the locker room LUBBOCK, Texas — The message, throughout this 2012 season, has never changed for the Texas Longhorns. It has always been about the “team.” It…
CLOSE TO DEADLINE ON UT’S BEST by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org Drove up from San Antonio Saturday morning to my buddy Kirk Bohls’ house and he was ready to hit the road for Fort Worth at 9:00 sharp. On the way, naturally, Longhorn football dominated the discussion. We agreed it was a huge plus to…