Four decades later, Texas legend Brad Shearer still rocks ByLARRY CARLSON Aug 30, 2019 The last Longhorn to take home the Outland Trophy — some four decades ago — is allowing himself a short break from another busy workday to reminisce a little on this broiling summer afternoon. A framed poster of Vince Lombardi’s “What…
Randy and Jenna at Hall of Honor installation In 2021 Jenna received the second most TLSN national listeners of 22 oral history productions produced in two years. Her link is https://www.texaslsn.org/jenna-mceachern THE TLSN INTERVIEW: RANDY McEACHERN TLSN: You — and teammates from the signing class of ’74, such as Earl Campbell and Brad Shearer —…
Preface to Professor Carlson’s article “Living the Dream” . DKR the Dream Maker Edith and Coach Royal, Lise and Mac Davis, Jenna and Randy Royal’s high school coaches said he was too small to try out for the football team, but Royal continued to dream of greatness. No great activity starts without a vision, and…
TALKING TURKEY Turk blocking for Peter Gardere Turk McDonald (UT football, 1988-1992) by Larry Carlson Look up “center” in your dictionary, and you find something like “around which anything relates to or revolves.” But the center position in football is seldom the center of attention. That other guy who also touches the ball on every…
John Haines TEXAS DEFENSE 1983; JUST WAIT’LL WE GET OUR HAINES ON YOU by Larry Carlson (lc13@txstate.edu) At least for a quarter-century spanning the early 1960s through the mid-1980s, dominant defenses at the University of Texas were a constant on the college football landscape. By the ’70s and certainly into the ’80s, it was…
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Alan Champagne (1984-1989) Still Competing a longhorn brand builder By Larry Carlson 5/26/2021 Unsung heroes in football are frequently members of the offensive line. Texas can boast of an enviable roll call of standout centers, and Alan Champagne is on that list. The native of Lafayette, LA. starred in high school at Houston’s Cypress Creek…
FLIPPING THE SWITCH By Larry Carlson Tom Campbell is in his element this summer afternoon, talking football. The man can tell a damn good story. The easy drawl, the timing, the breaks punctuated by chuckles. It’s all there. Terrific tales told by a dude who has had good reason to polish his stories. When…
Tom Campbell Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame Recipient Timely Tom: UT Football’s All-Time Closer by Larry Carlson It has been more than a half-century since Tom Campbell closed his career at Texas with a flourish unmatched in Longhorn lore. The former walk-on intercepted passes that extinguished the last hopes of Arkansas in 1969’s Big…
Larry Carlson’s interview of Bill Bradley is sponsored by Hornfans.com To read Larry Carlson’s interview with Bill Bradley visit https://www.texaslsn.org/bill-bradley-by-larry-carlson The Bill Bradley story is one of the most compelling ones in Longhorn sports history. It is the saga of vast talent and versatility, great expectations, challenges, and disappointments, then adjustments, redemption, and triumph. Bill…