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…
Texas Longhorns Football: Top 10 Coaches In University of Texas Football History JAMES HARRISON JR.FEBRUARY 3, 2011- SBNation The Texas Longhorns have had 28 head football coaches from 1893 through 2011. Many of these coaches have led Texas to great seasons, and only one coach, Jack Chevigny, has ever had a winning percentage below .500….
The Untold Story of the Desk of Texas’s AD and an Unfinished Bottle of Jack Daniel’s Ross Dellenger Sports Illustrated Sep 5, 2019, 10:20 AM AUSTIN, Texas — DeLoss Dodds spent more than three decades as the athletic director at the University of Texas, so he knows the hurdles that come with one of the…
Friends To The End. By Carter Strickland – 2012. This last time Coach came to Willie – the music drew him in – just like that first time. Darrell Royal had won three national championship by the time Willie Nelson hosted his first Fourth of July Picnic. It’s been 60 years since that first time…
THE NAVIGATION TOOL TO THE HISTORICAL PAGES ON THIS WEB SITE ARE AT THE TOP OF THIS SCREEN. THE SITES ARE “TLSN”, “SPORTS”, “GUEST WRITERS”, “MISSIONS”, “ARTICLES” , “LOST TOO SOON”, AND “SENTRY”. “Click on the text denoted in red font on the side bar to visit other sites in this “article” grid Expectation of Excellence…
The Network By Barbara Wainscott Former Longhorn student athletes who shared victories, losses, WORKOUTS, fellowship, sorrow, pain, and joy as teammates create a lifetime bond. years after the glory days in sports have ended that bond remains and is the story that Barbara tells in “the Network “. Barbara Wainscott Loyd always said the…
Three links to Julius Whittier’s story Texas Sports unveiled the statute at the link below. https://texassports.com/news/2020/11/26/football-longhorn-trailblazer-julius-whittiers-statue-to-be-unveiled-friday.aspx Julius Whittier – The Benchmark by Billy Dale link is below. https://www.texaslsn.org/julius-whittier-the-benchmark-1 Vince Young interviewed Julius Whittier and Billy Dale as a thesis to complete his undergraduate degree. https://www.barkingcarnival.com/2020/6/19/21297228/julius-whittier-darrell-royal-changing-the-face-of-texas-football?fbclid=IwAR15eLgByHyekNEVO-RRcuKp2yGzzSA-je42zWtBg2fFzPQOPM6BGn2kmhA
Jay Arnold talks about Longhorn football players from small towns. Jay Arnold Larry: Your topic is such a big part of my heart. Small town guys that Coach Akers, Coach Royal and other staff members recruited were always a solid part of the team during my years. Coach Akers recruited Glen Gaspard and me the…
For those of you who do not know Steve Ross, here is a story he tells about himself and the 1977 OU game that McEachern enters as the 3rd team quarterback. Steve Ross says about this game “it was my first game I ever broadcast live on TV. It was a “local exception” telecast where…
The University of Texas began a competition in men’s basketball in 1906. As of 2018, the Longhorns rank 17th in total victories among all NCAA Division I college basketball programs with 33 appearances in the NCAA tournament, 3 visits to the final 4 (1943, 1947, 2002), 7 visits to the Elite 8, and one National…