There is no Longhorn Ring of Honor without the support of Longhorn fans. Fans are the kinetic energy that has moved the meter to celebrate Vince Young, Tommy Nobis, Colt McCoy, Earl Campbell, Ricky Williams, and many others whom they want to honor. TLSN wants to celebrate some of these significant fans who have done…
National championship teams require good recruiting, a competent coaching staff, players with faith in the system, trust and respect from teammates, talent, team chemistry, a strong work ethic, and a little luck. There are many Longhorn teams across all sports that had all the ingredients to win a national championship except ‘a little luck.” Injuries…
Longhorns who participated in State Championship teams. https://www.burntorangenation.com/2023/1/3/23533187/history-of-all-time-texas-longhorns-who-won-high-school-football-state-championships Private Schools The number of Longhorn lettermen who came to Austin from the private school ranks is not large, and historic records of private school state champions are harder to track down than those of public school champions. So this list of Longhorns who played for championship…
pass/fail The Three Biggest UT Passes That Failed by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org Larry Carlson Back to the classroom now after a long, luxuriant Christmas break. The remarkable college football season is over and Texas certainly graded out with an “A” for its superlative season. But with the Sugar Bowl fresh in the minds of…
Fifty-Year Flashback: Rosey’s Knee And What Might Have Been by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org Frank Medina and Spanky Stephens helping Rosey after his injury. 1973 Roosevelt Leaks.jpg 1973 Rosy Leaks (8).jpg 1973 Rosy Leaks (13).jpg 1973 Rosy Leaks (12).jpg 1973 Rosy Leaks (10).jpg The University of Texas football program was awash with optimism when spring…
Synchronize Your Watches By Larry Carlson Https://texaslsn.org With the college football countdown under 80 days, the SEC and UT have announced gametimes or “ballpark” estimates for the Longhorns’ entire schedule. Previously it had been announced that the Texas-OU game is set for 2:30. I’ll call that a huge upgrade from the 11 o’clock kickoffs that…
Larry Carlson is a senior writer for TLSN and has been covering Longhorn sports through radio, magazines, newspapers, websites and podcasts since 1977. He hosted KVET Radio’s Longhorn Locker Room post-game show during the early Fred Akers era and wrote for James Street’s Orange Power. He was also a radio correspondent for NBC Sports and…
A note from TLSN: Larry Carlson’s following article is not the definitive list of Longhorn high school football factories. Several other high schools have become Longhorn football factories in recent decades. If you would like to mention a Longhorn football factory email to Billydale1@gmail.com. Longhorn Football Factories by Larry Carlson Https://texaslsn.org Ever wonder which cities…
Professor Carlson did a lot of SEC profile homework to prepare the Longhorn Nation for the Fall 2024 football season. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE Location: Tuscaloosa Enrollment: 32,458 Most recent national title: 2020 Most recent conference title: 2023 Old School football icons: Bear Bryant, Lee Roy Jordan, Joe Namath, Johnny Musso, John Hannah More…
HAS STEVE WORSTER BEEN FORGOTTEN? by Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org This summer’s news that Longhorn greats Dan Neil and Michael Huff are on the ballot for next year’s voting for the College Football Hall of Fame was welcome. Appropriate. But I cannot understand for the life of me, how Steve Worster is not already in…