5/31/2024 -Steven Cohan remembers the 1970 UCLA game Thanks for the fond and yet not so fond memory of a thrilling football game. I was a freshman, sitting in the student section on the east side of the stadium. My date and I were in the flash card section. My date was from Wichita, Kansas…
6/20/2024 – Doctor Richard Seifert talks basketball and Abe Lemons I grew up listening to Kern Tips broadcast SWC games. He was the lead guy, so he usually did the Texas games. Occasionally, we got the “#2 guy.” It wasn’t the same. I need to send you both a picture of my old pocket-size schedules…
Golf Stories from Longhorn Fans and Longhorn players Golf – George Machock and the 1971 Longhorn Golf National Champions George Machock George Machock was a Two Time Honorable Mention All American in ’70 and ’71 and was the UT Golf Team MVP in ’70.As young high school golfers in Austin, Tom Kite (McCallum), Ben Crenshaw…
Banner photo from Hyde Park Photography – hpp The road to fandom is exhausting and wonderful, with highs, lows, joy, and crying all on display during a season. The Longhorn family unit begins at the Marriage ECHOING MARRIAGE VOWS, “REAL” FANS PLEDGE, PERHAPS UNWITTINGLY AT THE OUTSET, TO STAND BY THEIR TEAM IN SICKNESS AND…
2-28-2024— Ken McLeland Great guy….Greg Swindell and Roger Clemens were the last athletes I tutored after three years at the job…..I got a “tutor sheet” (to account for our time) out and turned it over and asked them to sign it for me “just in case they got famous”….They humored me and signed it….I put…
HERE ARE A FEW THOUGHTS FROM TLSN CONCERNING SOCIAL MEDIA Longhorn Facebook sites. It is the nature of Longhorn fans to take the wins for granted and obsess over the losses. Even though recruiting is not science, grown men and women, spend hours snorkeling on the internet, pouring over frivolous recruiting gossip that is morphed…
If it is true that a fan’s public support helps recruit quality athletes, then it is REASONABLE to assume that a fan’s public criticism hurts the recruiting process. JIM BOB MOFFITT shares his story about fans. If It Is True That A Fan’s Public Support Helps Recruit Quality Athletes, Then It Is REASONABLE To Assume…
Deloss Dodds says there are 2 types of fans when the Longhorns lose. Those fans who do not jump off the bridge after a loss, and those fans who go into a deep depression after a loss. If it is true that a fan’s public support helps recruit quality athletes, then it is REASONABLE to…
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY FROM pROFESSOR LARRY CARLSON HAPPY DADDY’S DAY Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) If you grew up the way I did, your dear old Dad got an array of socks and handkerchiefs each year on Father’s Day. My older sisters and I didn’t need to do much or buy much. Maybe…
03/01/2021 BY BILLY DALE I have ignored the negative comments on Facebook surrounding Coach Herman’s tenure. It is not worth the time to enter the Facebook fray and share my observations when I know I will be hammered by words from someone I don’t know. Instead, I choose to share Longhorn sports history, hoping we…