By Terry Frei The Denver Post My story on Greg Ploetz, the former Texas defensive tackle from the Longhorns’ famous national championship team in 1969, is in the Sunday paper and here. I quote Greg several times in the story, simply noting he was speaking in 2001. Perhaps some wondered why I didn’t credit or…
IT’S MY OPINION- Anthony Snodgrass Here, in my opinion are the top 25 Texas Longhorns ( any position ) of all time. It’s been a tough few years, but Texas football has no shortage of candidates for the top-25 players of its long history. The Longhorns have come a long way since their first team…
John Carsey is #24 As a walk-on in 1975, John Carsey was the leading scorer on the last freshman team at UT. The next year there was a regime change at Texas. Coaching transitions are stressful for both players and coaches, and after Coach Black resigned and Abe Lemons was hired, the team was in…
Videos of Longhorn Greatness are at the link below. /r/LonghornNation Game Archive – YouTube Top 10 texas football teams by Anthony snodgrass Here is a look at the Top 10 Football teams in Texas Longhorn history in opinion. Throughout the entire 118 year history of the Texas football program, there are four claimed national titles…
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There is a new site on the Longhorn TLSN website titled “Reflection Point” that offers fans an opportunity to share special moments, memories, or photos with other Longhorns. Fans are the lifeblood of any sport, and the Longhorn fan’s passionate feedback over the last 120 plus years has played an essential role in defining Longhorn…
Jim Blaylock was DKR’s personal hire as equipment manager. A position so economically important to the survival of UT Athletics that Jim was housed behind a bank teller type of cage so no one had access to equipment accept Jim. Billy Schott’s says I once summoned up the nerve and asked Mr. Jim for a…
A walk-on from Wharton, Texas, Harrison Stafford went on to become perhaps the toughest football player in UT history. The Assistant coach, Shorty Alderson, reported to head coach Clyde Littlefield, “Clyde, I found you the darndest football player you ever saw. He tore up a couple of dummies and hurt a couple of men. He…
1956 was not good year for 3 of the 4 of the major sports at Texas. Track won the SWC, but The football team was 1-9, the basketball team was 5-7, and the baseball team only one 5 games . The football team and the baseball teams had the worse records in the history of…