Bill Curry-The Huddle
A huddle is a metaphor for our culture. The message is timely.
Longhorns have eclipsed OU in the race for total national champions for all sports. O.U is not even close to the Longhorns as a champion, As of 2024 the all time series wins in all sports favors Texas in all sports but softball and men’s basketball. Football: 65-51-5 Soccer: 20-11-2 Volleyball: 65-5 Men’s basketball: 49-58 Women’s basketball: 40-29 Baseball: 160-70-2 Softball: 28-64…
This comment highlights something the Horns did not do often enough pre-coach Sark. Alec Baldwin is telling his “players” that they should ALWAYS BE CLOSING in the game. Larry Carlson saw his first orange tower after a victory in 1960 and has been following Longhorn football ever since. He hosted the Fred Akers Pre-game…
Texas, Rice and JFK’s Space Race ByLARRY CARLSON Sep 12, 2019 It was this week in September 1962 when President John F. Kennedy addressed a large crowd at Rice Stadium in Houston. The Space Race was on, and America was not about to lose to Russia. “We choose to go to the moon,” Kennedy boomed,…
Good, Bad, and Ugly theme song is in the link below. https://youtu.be/LdLQf1Ef9Ns Dig out a time capsule from sixty years ago, and you’ll be reminded that one of the biggest movies came from rugged Clint Eastwood. It was entitled “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly.” Texas football would sample some of all those things…
T-Ring Reflections 1970’S Longhorn football struggles to regain national prominence – These players offer insight into that challenge Lawrence Sampleton A freshman hooks the hogs By Jim Kaplan A Sports Illustrated Article Photos by Billy Dale The week had already been a busy one for Texas freshman Lawrence Sampleton. On Sunday he was still treating a…
At the height of the worst pandemic in American history – the Spanish flu of 1918 – cities across the country did something, modern America would find familiar. They issued mandatory mask mandates and punished anyone who didn’t comply. “The man or woman or child who will not wear a mask now is a dangerous…