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Go Time: Your Top -50- Longhorns Of The Last -50- Years
We're ready to start taking the players we've discussed and begin the process of sorting out an actual list. Since we started having this discussion, I've begun thinking more and more about how the list should actually look. I scrapped my original idea to compile a list of the top forty players of...
Top 40 Longhorns Of All Time: 1960-1969
As we continue to move further away from the recent past into discussion of Longhorn players and teams that many of us never saw play, some background information is instructive. Instead of just listing players' names and All American years, I'll be including the position played, as well as the...
Top 40 Longhorns Of All Time: 1970-1979
I'm once again heading to an all day "staff retreat," so posting beyond this list will be cut off until I get home. A couple of housekeeping notes before we get started:For one, check the note in the Morning Coffee about this list. All this commentary from each of you, especially those who are...
Morning Coffee
Let's start with football, shall we? The Spring Game is this Saturday at noon, though the gates to DKR will open at 11:00 a.m. A note to any fans hoping to tailgate: the side streets surrounding the west, south, and east of the stadium will be closed for a 5k event. I'm going to be planning my own...
Top 40 Longhorns Of All Time: 1980-1989
More great discussion yesterday on the players from the 1990s, but today we move on to the 1980s. Texas didn't have the army of All Americans that we've enjoyed in this decade, but there were some outstanding players who merit consideration for the Top 40 All Time list.Since we're now getting into...
Top 40 Longhorns Of All Time: 1990-1999
As we did yesterday with the players during the 2000s, today we'll look at Texas' All Americans from the 1990-1999 seasons for consideration on the Top 40 Longhorns Of All Time list. Note that not every great Longhorn player received All America honors, so think about players not on this list who...
Morning Coffee
Let's start with an active sport, shall we? I'll be launching a Texas Baseball Report this week, but seeing as the 'Horns are matching up with Rice tonight, it bears mentioning today as well. My duties as co-host of EDSBS Live tonight will prevent me from getting to the Disch, but I urge all of you...
Top 40 Longhorns Of All Time: 2000-2006
I'm compiling a list of the Top 40 Longhorns of all time, and have a pretty good idea of which players I want to include, but this is project is tailor-made for a community project. So I'm enlisting your help.As I have mentioned before, I'm editing a Texas football preview book for publication in...
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