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Health Updates:
Longhorn Nation loses Bobby Gurwitz,
Mark Halfmann’s battle with cancer, and
help for former Longhorn baseball player Pat Brown
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Bobby Gurwitz has passed away.
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Bobby’s celebration of life web page is already populated with many moments, comments, and articles. Please save the link below for future updates. Also, if you would like to share memories of Bobby, please forward them to Billydale1@gmail.com, and he will post them on bobby’s celebration page.
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In this photo taken three years ago, Mark is cooking breakfast for 10 of his Longhorn teammates at his ranch.
It’s been over five weeks since Mark finished radiation and chemo treatments. Some of the side effects of his treatment have subsided. His voice is back, and the soreness in his throat has softened. Still, he can not eat solid food, but he says his taste buds are returning.
It is a hell of a way to lose weight, but Mark has lost around 50 lbs. However, he is still pretty weak. Two bouts of pneumonia didn’t help his recovery.
However, Mark remains optimistic, saying he is “getting better and hopefully will be back to normal soon.”
Halfy, as his friends call him, says, “Thanks to all who have touched him with prayers and well wishes.”
Horns up Halfy.
The Longhorn Nation.
Marks Link is
MARK HALFMANN (squarespace.com)
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Recently former Longhorn baseball player Pat Brown Qualified to enter the TLSN portal for temporary financial assistance.
A special Burnt Orange Thank you from the TLSN Board of Directors to those that donated to the TLSN 501 (c) (3), replenishing the funds necessary to assist the next qualifier for TLSN assistance.
As of 9/21/2022, the TLSN Board of Directors has approved a grant of $6,500 to help Pat focus his energy on recovering from some severe health issues instead of worrying about his finances.
Prayers up and Horns up for this great Longhorn athlete. He is part of a college baseball record that has never been broken. See the photo below.
Signed: TLSN Board of Directors Benny Pace, Jim Kay, Spanky Stephens, Beth Coblentz, and Billy Dale
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A strong request from the Longhorn Nation to Coach Sarkisian
“TEAR DOWN THIS WALL”
In 2022 and beyond, it is time for Longhorn football to tear down this decrepit wall of mediocrity and average football and rebuild it with a winning Wall. Longhorn football, once again, must choose to smash things on the field of play, returning Texas to greatness.
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HAPPINESS WON’T BE LUBBOCK IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR
by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu)
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Below is a Readers Digest version of Professor Larry Carlson’s memories as a media mogul covering the Longhorn games in Lubbock, Texas.
Visit the link to his full perfectly detailed article with corroborating photos, videos, and music.
Larry says, Had you suggested a few years ago that the UT-TTU rivalry was nearing an end, I would’ve quoted the rock’n’roll savant Buddy Holly from one of his greatest songs: “That’ll be the day.”
My first (visit) was in 1978 as KVET Radio sports director and Longhorn Locker Room host. But my personal tradition and affinity for the long, lonesome West Texas highways really took off in ’04 when I began making the every-other-year football road trip to cover games with my friend Kirk Bohls, the Austin American-Statesman’s oft-honored columnist ……
Coach Mike Leach’s swashbucklers ranked sixth in (2008), utilized Michael Crabtree’s last-grab heroics for a 39-33 outcome that might well have cost the top-ranked burnt orange boys a national title. Memories of that night-after-Halloween calamity haunt Longhorns still.
Read Larry Carlson’s look back at the wild 2008 game at this link.
The memories are safe. They will “Not Fade Away,” in Buddy Holly’s words. But will UT choose to retain a Texas tradition during a time in which the winds of change howl and blow like November tumbleweeds across U.S. 84? Let’s go back to Buddy just one more time.
“Maybe, Baby.”
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The Swashbuckler Head Coach Mike Leach.
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Volume VII Newsletter #22 September 21, 2022- is a football exclusive. This newsletter captures in a photo montage the energy and spirit of some, but not all, who have defined the Longhorn Brand.
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On September 9, 2022- players from Coach Royal, Akers, and Brown years shared fellowship in different forums. These reunions of spirits from Longhorns’ past are a reminder that sports play a significant role in building the Texas Longhorn brand, student enrollment, and academic prestige.
1963, 1969, 1970, and 2005 national championship teams mastered the winning formula and stepped to the top of the podium.
1961, 1964, 1972, 1977, 1983, 2008, and 2009 teams had all the ingredients needed to win the National Championship except a “Little good Luck.” Instead, these teams incurred bad luck that changed the destiny of Near-perfect teams.
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TLSN has captured a montage of past Longhorn greatness in photos taken on September 9th, 2022. Enjoy the link!!!
https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/tlsn-podcast-nationalchampionship-quarterbacks
The link also shares the three-year excellent adventure of Jimmy Nixon and Pat Frost’s journey to the past to recognize the QBs and National championship football teams. This project was problematic at best without Pat and Jim’s focused determination, steadfast resolve, Burnt Orange spirit, and visionary attributes.
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Professor Larry Carlson and Bill Bradley
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MARCELLA AND ERNIE KOY, JR.
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David McWilliams signing my grandsons jersey.
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Donnie Wigginton with Austin American Statesmen Sports Editor Kirk Bohls.
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The T.V. and live stream audience for the Texas-Alabama game set records for an early season contest against a non-conference opponent. Over 10,000,000 watched the game in some format.
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RICK INGRAHAM and JOHN HAYNES
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LAWRENCE SAMPLETON, WILLIAM GRAHAM, MIKE HATCHETT, DOUG SHANKLE, AND ADRIAN PRICE
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Akers reunion September 9, 2022 Ronnie Robinson, Doug Shankle, Lawrence Sampleton , Blue Davis, and Epps
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The Longhorn players bosses with Mrs. Coach Akers
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The unveiling of JOE’S STORY captured as a prism on a pedestal.
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TLSN found This Poem By Katherin Pestrikoff That Reflects The Thoughts Of Many team members on a somber day in 1968 as we boarded buses to San Antonio for Joe’s funeral.
Joe was a member of the 1967 recruiting class that won 30 games in a row, and if he had survived, he would have contributed to two National Championship teams.
He Was Young And So Full Of Life.
The Most Popular Guy In School He Was Called,
Leaving A Life Unlived And A Family In Strife,
Such A Tragedy Was Bestowed Upon Us All.
How Could Anyone Even Fathom The Family’s Pain,
The Weeping Parents, And Devastated Brother.
At His Memorial, We Could All Feel His Spirit Remain,
And His Existence Continues In The Eyes Of His Mother.
A Life That In So Many Ways Was Just Beginning,
With So Many Dreams, Hopes, And Aspirations
Another Game Of Football He Planned On Winning,
Now He Must Play On Another Field, Another Game.
Joe Nobis drowned while swimming near Mansfield Dam in 1968.
Barbara Wainscott says, “Tommy Nobis asked Loyd Wainscott to go with him to clean out Joe’s room. He wanted to make sure there was nothing in his things that would upset his mother. I always thought that was such a beautiful tribute to a strong and loving family.”
While Joe left this world way too soon, Jimmy Nixon and Pat Frost, as a remembrance, engraved Joe’s name on the 1969 championship pedestal.
Joe was with us in spirit during one of the greatest times in the history of Longhorn sports. Joe joins his brother as a national champion as a prism on a pillar.
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Joe’s name is at the bottom of this sketch of the James Street bust and pedestal.
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Joe is 4th from the left at Tommy Nobis’s wedding. Joe had so many dreams, hopes, and aspirations.
HORNS ???? AND EYES ???? UP!
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