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Marcus Dupree: The Best That Never Was
In 1982, as today, recruiting was a blood sport -- it just didn't command the 24/7 coverage that it gets now, thanks to the multiple media outlets that litter the landscape. I was working for KTBC-TV here in Austin and in early 1982 there was a running back out of Philadelphia, MS. that was...
A Remembrance of Things Past, and a reminder that things don’t last
I wrote the following in the Jones Top Ten this week: Texas and Florida are headed to the same place for very different reasons. While I fully believe that Urban Meyer has lost his passion for the game, in Mack Brown’s case, the evidence mounts that the game has simply passed him by....
One Hundred Years of Texas Football and srr50
Found this on another site and thought I would do some bragging on our own srr50 who, along with Bill Little, was instrumental in producing this Texas Classic highlighting the 1983 season. I think the voice is that of the famous NFL Films guy John Facenda which makes it doubly entertaining. Along...
1982 Texas-Alabama: Drawing Up One Perfect Play
In 1954, Junior Quarterback Charlie Brewer threw two touchdown passes as Texas defeated Bear Bryant and Texas A&M 22-13. Twenty eight year later Bryant was still coaching and this time Charlie sat in the Cotton Bowl stands and watched his son Robert help Texas pull off a 14-12 upset of...
Longhorns Record as a Regular Season #1
Here's a piece of trivia that will only be good to use until Saturday (I think). The first game Texas lined up as the #1 team in the nation during the regular season and the last regular season game that the Horns entered as the top team in the nation have both ended in a tie. In 1941 Texas was...
Royal, Akers & Brown: Trends of A Decade
On Aug 30th, Texas opens its season by hosting Florida Atlantic. Mack Brown will begin his 11th season as the Longhorns Head Coach. In the 116 years of UT football, only one other coach has lasted as long. Darrell Royal was at Texas for 20 years. Bear Bryant stayed at 'Bama for 25 years. Woody...
Tim Brown Interview Gives Insight To Bill Callahan's Fail
This one comes from a reader who saw yesterday's bit on Bill Callahan..... The Ticket is a radio station in Dallas and every year, they have an event called Ticketstock. It's a pretty big event and there are probably 4,000 people that show up to go to the event. At Ticketstock, they have local...
Alabama vs Texas: 1982 Cotton Bowl
In the long history of the Alabama and Texas football programs, the two teams have met just eight times on the gridiron. This week Roll Bama Roll is looking back on each of these contests. Today we revisit the most recent game between the two, the 1982 Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The 1982 Cotton...
The Greatest Opportunity
Sometimes in this life the greatest opportunity happens to occur within the context of our greatest threats, in the midst of our most powerful fears, where our basic human dignity and integrity are threatened, and our whole concept of who and what we are in this world is challenged. OU this...
As the Knife Turns
Saturday, October 16, 1965. My hunger for football was approaching the heavenly, bloated level. The Horns were 4-0, ranked #1 and I had just experienced my first OU weekend, exhilarating in a 19-0 victory, the second shutout for the season. Life was great.The Horns were great. Everything I had...
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