Professor Larry Carlson and Pat Culpepper THE MOST SPIRITED, PASSIONATE LONGHORN EVER by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) It had been my good fortune to enjoy one of the trademark mint juleps with the prettiest girl in the world out on the patio of The Columns Hotel on stately, oak-lined St. Charles Avenue in New…
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Linus Baer through the eyes of a 10 year old Larry at 10 Wearing Linus Baer’s #10 Childhood memories of the Christmas season stay with you. This one is seared into the personal brain files. The sounds of the Ronettes’ new version of “Sleigh Ride” and Brenda Lee’s already classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”…
Randy and Jenna at Hall of Honor installation In 2021 Jenna received the second most TLSN national listeners of 22 oral history productions produced in two years. Her link is https://www.texaslsn.org/jenna-mceachern THE TLSN INTERVIEW: RANDY McEACHERN TLSN: You — and teammates from the signing class of ’74, such as Earl Campbell and Brad Shearer —…
Preface to Professor Carlson’s article “Living the Dream” . DKR the Dream Maker Edith and Coach Royal, Lise and Mac Davis, Jenna and Randy Royal’s high school coaches said he was too small to try out for the football team, but Royal continued to dream of greatness. No great activity starts without a vision, and…
Building the Longhorn Brand with KiKi DeAyala Hornfans is the premier site for Longhorn news and is now the proud sponsor of the “Building the Brand” @ https://texaslsn.org Visit Hornfans site at https://www.hornfans.com/. By Larry Carlson 5/15/2021 Pass rusher deluxe, Kiki DeAyala owns the Longhorn football records most likely to never be broken. DeAyala, from…
Alan Champagne (1984-1989) Still Competing a longhorn brand builder By Larry Carlson 5/26/2021 Unsung heroes in football are frequently members of the offensive line. Texas can boast of an enviable roll call of standout centers, and Alan Champagne is on that list. The native of Lafayette, LA. starred in high school at Houston’s Cypress Creek…
Tom Campbell Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame Recipient Timely Tom: UT Football’s All-Time Closer by Larry Carlson It has been more than a half-century since Tom Campbell closed his career at Texas with a flourish unmatched in Longhorn lore. The former walk-on intercepted passes that extinguished the last hopes of Arkansas in 1969’s Big…
Larry Carlson’s interview of Bill Bradley is sponsored by Hornfans.com To read Larry Carlson’s interview with Bill Bradley visit https://www.texaslsn.org/bill-bradley-by-larry-carlson The Bill Bradley story is one of the most compelling ones in Longhorn sports history. It is the saga of vast talent and versatility, great expectations, challenges, and disappointments, then adjustments, redemption, and triumph. Bill…