Bill Curry-The Huddle
A huddle is a metaphor for our culture. The message is timely.
Ken Dabbs was one of first football recruiting coordinators in the nation in 1974. “It wasn’t Coach Royal or Coach Akers who brought all those great football players to Texas. It was Coach Dabbs,” Earl Campbell said Thursday. “Everybody loves Coach Dabbs. He’s so down-to-earth.” One fall day in 1973, a nervous Ken Dabbs drove…
The Last of the Legends BY BILL LITTLE IN SPORTS, UT HISTORY ON JANUARY 13, 2012 AT 12:46 PM | NO COMMENTS Julian Garrett, who passed away on Saturday, was the last surviving member of arguably the greatest team in the first half-century of Texas football. Chances are, you have no reason to know about Canute the Great, a Viking who became king…
The hiring of COACH JOHN MACKOVIC “Winds of Change” 1993 Tom Landry quote about Mackovic 1991-1992 football (13).jpg 1991-1992 football (19).jpg Tim Layden writes in a Sports Illustrated article that says “Texas coach John Mackovic, a taciturn man” spent his years at Texas “under the blade of a guillotine. “ Texas convened a committee to…
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In the Book Forty-acres Follies, the author Joe Frantz says about Coach Cherry, “In character Cherry was the antithesis of Bible.” While Bible was a schemer and a motivator, talkative and charming, Cherry was moody, quiet, and difficult to know. Cherry never got along easily with the press or alumni, while Bible knew how to…