Archive for: football
Gameday Preview: Oklahoma State
By Rebecca May
Rebecca May, BA ’91, Life Member, is a Texas ex-pat living in Oregon while rooting for the Longhorns. An attorney by day, she blogs about college football by...
Gameday Preview: West Virginia
By Rebecca May
Rebecca May, BA ’91, Life Member, is a Texas ex-pat living in Oregon while rooting for the Longhorns. An attorney by day, she blogs about college football by...
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The Seeker
By Dan Solomon
Post-NFL, Ricky Williams has been everything from TV host to spiritual healer. Can the record-setting running back ever stand still? John Bianco has a favorite...
Breaking the Line: Samuel Freedman on Football and Civil Rights
By Brittany Lamas
In week one of the 2013 NFL season, there were nine African-American starting quarterbacks—evidence that much has changed since 1967, when there was only the dream...
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Sharing Goodwill: The Tyres Dickson Story
By Rose Cahalan
Football was Tyres Dickson’s ticket to success, until a drunk driver changed everything. Now, 15 years later, Dickson has found a new calling—with a little help...
Long Shot from Longview: Remembering James Street
By Andrew Roush
James Street wasn’t heavily recruited out of high school. Undersized for a quarterback, the fiery East Texas native worked his way up the ranks and earned...
Season Ticket Silver Anniversary
By Alan Cundy
Celebrating 25 years of Texas Football Season Tickets is this family of loyal Longhorn Life Members. The photo was taken outside of Gregory Gym just before...
Vintage Longhorn “Football-Mobile”
By Alan Cundy
Life Members Ron Longwood, BBA ’65, and Betty Longwood, ’64, shared this photo of their classic “football-mobile,” a burnt orange and white 1971 GMC Suburban...
Gameday Preview: Brigham Young University
By Rebecca May
Greetings, faithful fans! Texas takes the show on the road this week for game two of the season. Another out-of-conference challenge looms in Provo, Utah. I’ve...
UT Football Has the Nation’s Biggest Facebook Fan Base
By Julia Bunch
Bevo may not exactly reign supreme from sea to shining sea, but we recently learned from a Facebook data map that it’s pretty darn close. According to the map—which...