Archive for: football
Boomerang Days: Raising Hell
By Owen Egerton
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
By Chris O'Connell
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
By Clara Wang
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”
By Ashley Festa
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
By Chris O'Connell
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
By Alicia Dietrich
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
By Chris O'Connell
“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
By Andrew Roush
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?
By Chris O'Connell
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]
By Rose Cahalan
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...