Below is Chris’ Obituary. To read more and see many photos, fan and team comments, and the history of Longhorn sports during the 1966,1967, and 1968 seasons, visit OBITUARY Chris Gilbert A funeral service is to be conducted at eleven o’clock in the morning on Thursday, the 19th of February, in the Jasek Chapel of…
View in Browser Volume VIII Newsletter #13 06-09-2023 Important: Click on the small black letters “VIEW IN BROWSER” above to enlarge and enhance the photos and text on your cellphone. SPRING & SUMMER TREATS: Kool-Aid and Rat Poison by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) I am often reminded of, and often resurrect Darrell Royal’s definitive…
View in Browser PHOTO COMPLIMENTS OF BILL CATLETT Top of the Que Volume VI Newsletter # 17 – 07/06/2021 2000 football season- record 9-3 2000 represents the 3rd year in a row that the Longhorns won nine or more games. It is the first time since Coach Akers teams from 1981-1983 accomplished this goal. 2000…
Bill Sansing has passed away. The link below shares an article that Bill Little wrote about Mr. Sansing’s influence on the Sports media starting as the SID for D.X. Bible. Bill was 100 years old. https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/bill-sansing Benjamin Franklin said there are only three things certain in life: death, taxes and Fans Ok – the quote…
2/16/2026 Rocky Medina shares a story about DKR losing to O.U. On Sunday night at 6, Cactus Pryor was the co-host of the Darrell Royal Show. He was interviewing Cotton Spyer. Cactus asked Cotton what it was like to catch a James Street spiral pass. Cotton said, “I don’t know. He has never thrown one.”…
1/05/2025 Chris Hart shares a story about her dad and Bill Sansing. My Dad grew in Indianapolis and like most Hoosiers was a avid basketball fan. After WWII, he moved to Austin in 1946 and brought his love of basketball with him. He went to all the UT basketball games when he first arrived, but…
Fan Reflection Point remembering the history of Longhorn Sports Track1/11/2026 Louis Lowe IV says From Billy Landers “Billy Dale thanks for sharing this. Mike sold bibles door to door for The Southwestern Company summers to earn money while at UT and eventually law school. He also had several food trucks during the school year. His…
HERE ARE A FEW THOUGHTS FROM TLSN CONCERNING SOCIAL MEDIA Longhorn Facebook sites. It is the nature of Longhorn fans to take the wins for granted and obsess over the losses. Even though recruiting is not science, grown men and women, spend hours snorkeling on the internet, pouring over frivolous recruiting gossip that is morphed…
Deloss Dodds says there are 2 types of fans when the Longhorns lose. Those fans who do not jump off the bridge after a loss, and those fans who go into a deep depression after a loss. If it is true that a fan’s public support helps recruit quality athletes, then it is REASONABLE to…
Some of these pictures are politically incorrect so enjoy these with a sense of humor and not as a political or literal interpretation. Fans 1982 1908 photo of Future Longhorn football Captain Duncan – Image is from the “Cactus” Becky Whitman…