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Colt’s Last Shot

The Washington Professional Football Team has been embroiled in a quarterback controversy—if you can call it that—ever since rookie standout Robert Griffin...

 
 

2014 Distinguished Alumnus Awards A Smash Hit

Before Nick Rose’s game-winning field goal, before Tyrone Swoopes showed he could throw a nice deep ball, before the opening kickoff on Saturday evening,...

 
 

Longhorns Survive Shootout with Cyclones, Win 48-45

The real shootout was this week, not last week in Dallas. Texas outlasted Iowa State 48-45 on a field goal by Nick Rose with three seconds remaining in the game...

 
 

Texas Fight: The Torchlight Parade and Rally in Pictures

Save for a 20-year hiatus in the ’70s and ’80s, UT’s Torchlight Parade and Rally has been going strong since 1916, when Longhorns cheered for...

 
 

Horns Dominate Sooners, Lose by Five

Before we get to the recap, here are the statistical categories in which Texas led Oklahoma in Saturday’s 109th Red River Shootout Rivalry Showdown: passing...

 
 

UT System Updates SeekUT Website With Salary, Debt Data

This week the UT System relaunched its SeekUT website, a free online tool that displays median salary and debt data for graduates of universities in the UT system. On...

 
 

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...

 
 

The Tunnel: A Longhorn Remembers His Final Red River Rivalry

Billy Schott, BS ’83, a former Longhorns placekicker and wide receiver, remembers his final journey through the Cotton Bowl tunnel as a player. When you’re...

 
 

When Can Kids Play Alone? Two UT Experts Weigh In

The story of an Austin mom and UT graduate who got a visit from the police and Child Protective Services after allowing her son to play outside alone has touched...

 
 

Viva Texas: Scenes From the 2014 Hispanic Alumni Fiesta

The Texas Exes Hispanic Alumni Network held its 13th-annual Fiesta last Friday, hosting a sold-out crowd of 250 in the Alumni Center ballroom. The evening’s...

 
 
 
 
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