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The History of the Texas vs. Tide during the Modern Era by Larry for TLSN. BLUEBONNET BOWL 1960 Season Dec. 17, Rice Stadium, Houston Background: Ninth-ranked Bama went 8-1-1 and boasted the nation’s second-ranked defense. Texas, coming off Darrell Royal’s first SWC championship in ’59, had gone 7-3, with one-point losses to Nebraska and…
THE SCANDAL OF ’73: OU BECOMES SWITZER-LAND by Larry Carlson, with Jay Arnold 2022- Professor Carlson, Donnie Wigginton, and Jay Arnold It started at the Texas-OU game in 1972. In spite of five turnovers to that point, Texas trailed the Sooners just 3-0 with three minutes left in the third quarter. But when the Horns…
“Money CAN’T BUY ME LOVE” or a winning team Horns, Ags Jockey For SEC Position by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) Like their big brother rivals, the Aggies are weary of winning big in recruiting but never seeing it translate into actually winning big. The programs from Austin and College Station are prototypes for “Money can’t…
BILL LITTLE COMMENTARY: A WIN FOR THE TEAM Texas vs Texas Tech Nov. 4, 2012 Bill Little, Texas Media Relations 2012 – Mack Brown talking to team in the locker room LUBBOCK, Texas — The message, throughout this 2012 season, has never changed for the Texas Longhorns. It has always been about the “team.” It…
THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS- By Larry Carlson Aggies, Re-hashed & Warmed Over. Larry Carlson stirs the pot with three favorite seasonal Texas A & M memories. “Shock the Nation” is one of Texas vs Aggie trilogies that he captures for the TLSN historical site. Visit this link for the 1974 Texas-A & M game https://www.texaslsn.org/1974-aggie-game-by-larry-carlson Visit this…
1971- Texas wins 34-14 By 1971, the Longhorn fans showed no interest in building a bonfire, while the Aggies continued to use engineering techniques and a passion that could light the fire to beat the Horns, but they continued to lose. Texas figured out they could win without a spirit fire. 1971 was Texa’s fourth…