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Former Longhorn baseball player Jeff Conway has passed away. Jeff’s family sent TLSN some special photos of Jeff as a father, husband, and Longhorn. His celebration of life is at https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/2022-jeff-conway
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Jeff Conway getting high 5’ s for a home run
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Sport is a Pulse of American life but not the heartbeat.
This is a story of fate, destiny, maroon blood, and burnt orange genes that spanned 52 years.
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In 1947, Captain Max Bumgardner led former Aggie Coach Bible’s Longhorn team to a 10-1 record beating Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Max was Bobby Layne’s favorite receiver. Max’s story is told in more detail at
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Fast forward from 1947 to 1999 and the collapse of the Aggie bonfire that crushed the life out of many A & M students. It was a dark moment in the history of college sports.
Into this void, Max’s grandson, Matt Bumgardner, made the winning touchdown to beat Texas.
For as long as I can remember, beating Texas A & M bordered on a personal physiological need. As important as eating, sleeping, and drinking water.
But this game was different. It was a game where spiritual overtones and epiphany moments were discernible, transcending the pride, ego, and id of both Universities. For the first time in my 73 years, I swallowed my pride, smiled in deep reflection, and honored the Aggie nation.
I still want to beat the Aggies, but losing to A & M no longer represents a life-altering moment for me. Amazing Grace, not football is now my anchor.
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Matt Bumgardner, Longhorn Max’s grandson, made the winning touchdown against Texas in 1999. The year of the Aggie Bonfire collapse.
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Go to the 2:30 mark at the link below to hear the Longhorn band play an inspired version of “Amazing Grace”.
https://lnkd.in/ghGfG4MM
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Horns have been to 6 softball College World Series, but Texas never made the finals until 2022. Horns Up to a great 2022 season.
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Bottom Row Willis, Tatro, Cockrell Eastes, Valdehueza, Patterson, Navert, Pender, Richter, Mgr. Jennifer Rivard
Top Row: Coach Singleton, Coach Rennie, Coach Clark, Teixeira, Ekholm, Franks, Ahumada, Williams, Stoughton, Krieg, Moore, Blevins, Reeves, Johnson, Guiderizzi, Martinez, Scharnhorst, Coach Cantu, and trainer Bryan Cooper
The Longhorns were the youngest program ever to qualify for CWS. Representing one of the biggest turnarounds in women’s college softball history. In 1996 the Longhorn softball team was a club sport with a 1-25 record. In 1997 they were 30-24, and in 1998 they were 49-16 and in the CWS.
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2003- There are 5 first this year.
The team receives its first victory ever in WCWS play but loses to UCLA twice to finish 3rd in the NCAA softball tournament.
This team won 20 games in a row and the pitching staff had the best ERA in the nation.
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2005 49-13 Ranked 4th in the nation. Coach Clark’s team made it to the semi-finals of the softball CWS.
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2006- 55-9 RANKED 5TH in the nation
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2013- 51-10 record ranked 3rd in the nation.
Up until 2022, this was the highest-ranked team in Longhorn softball Sports history.
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Larry Carlson shares parts of his memories of the Houston Touchdown Club that honored Tyres Dickson with a Horns ???? up. If you want to read his whole story visit https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/starspangled-lunch-may-2022
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Larry Carlson, Donnie Wigginton, and Jay Arnold
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Professor Larry Carlson Comments:
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“Maybe you’ve seen the much-beloved Carpool Karaoke episode when Brit TV host James Corden joined Paul McCartney to re-visit old spots in his hometown of Liverpool, surprising and delighting fans around the city with handshakes, pleasantries, and surprise mini-concerts. At one point, while sharing the car with Sir Paul, Corden got a little misty-eyed and wistful and expressed the wish that his late father could be there, to see and enjoy the fun.
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Said Paul to Corden
“He IS Here!“
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Sitting there at the TLSN table at the Houston Touchdown Club luncheon, sharing stories with Billy, Jay, and Donnie and having met and exchanged handshakes with the formidable Talbert brothers and Vince Young, I thought about my parents, who passed away many years ago. I wished they could be there, and I quickly remembered Paul McCartney’s easy, faith-filled utterance. I broke out in a smile, realizing that the Bayou City Events Center was holding a lot more souls this day than the 250 seated around the room. Lots more.
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Raymond Clayborn, Jim McIngvale, Tyres Dickson
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The Team Hilliard Foundation Charity Golf Tournament honors Jim Hilliard, MD, and benefits ALS causes and families.
The golf tournament will be at Texas Rangers Golf Club in Arlington On October 31, 2022, it will be at 11:30 am, with a follow-up awards dinner and Silent Auction.
Tamara H. Hilliard
CEO~Founder
Sincerely yours, Team Hilliard Foundation
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The late Jim Hilliard with his wife Tamara Hilliard
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TLSN is an independent organization celebrating Longhorn Sports History and assisting qualifying Horns who need temporary financial assistance. TLSN is not associated with the UT Athletic Department or any organization closely aligned with UT.
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