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The Network By Barbara Wainscott Former Longhorn student athletes who shared victories, losses, WORKOUTS, fellowship, sorrow, pain, and joy as teammates create a lifetime bond. years after the glory days in sports have ended that bond remains and is the story that Barbara tells in “the Network “. Barbara Wainscott Loyd always said the…
Were I ranking all these East Texas players on pro careers, things could be, would be greatly different. Some guys were “only” great college players. College careers are what I based my picks on. Otherwise, for one example, Bradley would be the first team in the defensive backfield. But at Texas, he only played there…
Tom Landry: Longhorn For Life? by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org He was a mythical figure on the NFL sidelines. He was one of pro football’s brightest, an innovator without peer, and frequently described as aloof. Laconic. Cold. An automaton. Perhaps most famously, one of his best players, running back Duane Thomas, in 1970 called him,…
POSTCARD FROM THE INDIAN TERRITORY 8/12/2022 Catching Up With Lance Taylor by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) I think it’s time for Tulsa to secede. It’s just way too pretty and pleasant to be part of the Indian Territory. My parents were here in 1950 for one of Daddy’s first jobs in the oil business….
A great story of triumph over adversity, surviving a German Forced labor Camp that leads to a historical mark in football that can never be duplicated. Edited by Billy Dale Important: Before you read one of the greatest Longhorn sports stories in the history of college football, click on the link below for a preview….
Professor Carlson did a lot of SEC profile homework to prepare the Longhorn Nation for the Fall 2024 football season. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE Location: Tuscaloosa Enrollment: 32,458 Most recent national title: 2020 Most recent conference title: 2023 Old School football icons: Bear Bryant, Lee Roy Jordan, Joe Namath, Johnny Musso, John Hannah More…