T-Ring Reflections 1970’S Longhorn football struggles to regain national prominence – These players offer insight into that challenge Lawrence Sampleton A freshman hooks the hogs By Jim Kaplan A Sports Illustrated Article Photos by Billy Dale The week had already been a busy one for Texas freshman Lawrence Sampleton. On Sunday he was still treating a…
Todd Smith (1987-1990) Todd Smith walked on at Texas as a Defensive end but started at offensive center. He had some offers to other schools, but he wanted to be a Longhorns. Reggie Grob was my cousin. Todd Smith belongs to an exclusive club of Longhorn football players. He was a walk-on who started…
Maddog’s list of Toughest Longhorn Players On & Off the Field 1998-2014 Jeff Madden -Strength and Condition Coach under Mack Brown Todd Wright Says, “The Will To Win Means Nothing Without The Will To Train.” Maddog trained some of the greatest football players in the history of Longhorn sports. The name Maddog Madden was earned,…
The art of stealing signals Below is an article about stealing signs in the 1960s inspired by an article written by Fort Worth star-telegram sports columnist Jim Trickle for Dave Campbell’s magazine. The 1963 story of Texas deciphering Navy’s defensive signals was not officially made public until 1973. Longhorn Coach Bill Ellington shared the story…
Early October 2019, I received a phone call from a bartender in Hawaii who said he read the TLSN website and knew he could reach me via my profile on the website. The bartender said that a guest at the hotel found a Big XII Texas track Championship ring on the beach near the hotel….
1983 Texas 45- A&M 13 Rick McIvor brought the team back from a 13 -0 deficit with four touchdown passes tying a school mark. In 15 minutes Texas scored 45 points. Billy Boy Bryant also threw for a touchdown. 1983+Jeff Leiding consensus All American.jpg 1983John Teltschick (2).jpg
Mike Perrin and Scott Palmer sent TLSN Jimmy Hull’s obit. He was a member of the 1969 and 1970 national championship “Worster Bunch” recruiting class. Jim Hull Jimmy in profile at a reunion of the Worster Bunch James Hull Obituary James “Jim” Hull12/11/1948 – 10/07/2023James Nace Hull passed peacefully on October 7, 2023 in Houston,…
There is more than just talent involved in starting and maintaining winning traditions. Coaches who excuse defeat because the other team has more resources and a year-round developmental program, miss the point and will continue to lose. Starting or maintaining a winning tradition begins with attitude, discipline, and execution. Of these three variables, discipline is…
Part II of “A Trilogy + 1 “of football and neurodegenerative diseases Did helmets give athletes and Coaches a false sense of security that their heads could be used as A battering ram? The NCAA made helmets mandatory in 1939, according to “The Anatomy of a Game: Football, the Rules and the Men Who Made…
Laura and Sharon Neugebauer Mick Haley had the pleasure of coaching one of San Antonio’s greatest sister acts. Back in the 1980s at the University of Texas, Laura Neugebauer followed Sharon Neugebauer to Austin and joined the Longhorns’ volleyball team; the two quickly formed one of the most devastating frontline combinations in school history. With…