Archive for: football

 

Boomerang Days: Raising Hell

A Longhorn does college all over again.  I don’t like football. I know this strikes many readers as sacrilege, but I don’t really care how the Longhorn football...

 
 

Texas Enters AP Poll at 11; First Time Ranked Since 2013

Texas fans called it the greatest game at DKR of all-time. The writers who vote in the Associated Press Top 25 poll thought it was enough of a showing to propel...

 
 

Meet Sheroid Evans: Football Player, Fashion Designer, Hustler

On a recent Thursday afternoon, Sheroid Evans is busy in the Division of Textiles and Apparel’s design room—his third home on campus after the football...

 
 

Football and Brain Injury: “Something Needs to Change”

Doctors diagnose more than 200 concussions in NFL players each year. That’s unacceptable, says Shyam Popat, BA ’15, especially considering the long-term consequences...

 
 

Don’t Look Back

Bo Scaife and Selvin Young missed out on greatness in the NFL, but together they helped each other start the rest of their lives. Professional sports history is...

 
 

“Colossal” Dissects the Beauty and Brutality of Football

Andrew Hinderaker’s play Colossal explores the game we all know and love, even if the brutality of football can sometimes make us squirm. The acclaimed play—described...

 
 

Texas Downs Texas Tech in Lubbock, 34-13

“It’s a great team victory and just to watch us bounce back after getting shut out last week,” Charlie Strong said immediately after his Longhorns...

 
 

Longhorn Who Popularized Hook ‘Em Hand Sign Dies

On a cool Friday evening in November 1955, then-Dean Arno Nowotny was upbraiding UT head cheerleader Harley Clark. What gives you the right to call something an...

 
 

What’s the Deal With Jet Pack Man?

If you’ve been at DKR this season, you’ve surely seen—though probably not understood—the spectacle just before kickoff in the south end zone. A...

 
 

Matthew McConaughey Drops by Football Practice [Watch]

Can’t see this video? Click here. It’s no secret that Matthew McConaughey is a serious Longhorns fan. The actor, a Life Member who earned his BS in...

 
 
 
 
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