Scholar-Athlete Award at the National Football Foundation through 1977

Maurice Doke 1959







Maurice Doke 1959






FINAL CHAPTER OF TEXAS IN BIG XII TITLE GAMES: HORNS AIM TO GORE OKIE STATE by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org (TLSN’s Larry Carlson teaches sports and news media classes at Texas State University. He is a member of The Football Writers Association of America.) The Longhorn Nation was feeling pretty chesty in 1996. This new…
ABC’s For Sark, Vol. II by Larry Carlson (lc13@txstate.edu) Last spring I flippantly tossed out advice for Texas Coach Steve Sarkisian on this website, in the form of “The ABC’s for Sark.” I made it a take-off of actor Alec Baldwin’s classic cuss-fest as he tore into slacking employees at a real estate…
UTNY: Four Longhorns helped Namath back up Super Bowl guarantee By LARRY CARLSON Feb 3, 2019 Imagine four players who sweated and soared on a college championship team together, then moved on to one pro team and played key roles in a Super Bowl win, against the biggest odds there will ever be. The fairy…
A BAD HABIT: WHEN WINNING ISN’T EVERYTHING Commentary by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) Fan Allegiance It’s long been said that while football allegiance is somewhat of a benevolent mistress, she can still be a demanding damn dame. A cruel one, too. Least ways, that’s the way hardboiled mystery writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond…
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org The scoreboard is gonna be in for a workout. Take that bet over to Harrah’s when you’re in the Crescent City for the game. Might be one of those games in which the last team with the ball and forty seconds will win. Apologies in…
Professor Larry Carlson FOOTBALL REVIEW/PREVIEW: 2022/2023 Commentary by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) It’s daunting to stare at eight months of no college football. Talk about a dry January. Especially tough when your Longhorns have lost at least five games for the eleventh time in thirteen years (the Horns went 10-4 in 2018 and 7-3…