Archive for: mack brown
Mack Brown Pays Fan a Surprise Visit
By Rose Cahalan
Georgianne Burlage, MA ’78, Life Member, is a huge Texas fan. One of her former students, Alex de la Torre, knows this, so when he signed to play football...
National Signing Day: Longhorns Stack the Class
By Alex Layman
National Signing Day, one of the biggest days on the college football calendar, wasn’t exactly drama-filled for the Texas Longhorns this year. With many recruits...
Texas Tops Cal 21-10 in Holiday Bowl
By Tim Taliaferro
The Texas Longhorns beat the Cal Bears 21-10 in the 2011 Holiday Bowl to finish the season 8-5. The win improves Coach Mack Brown’s Texas bowl record to 9-4...
Longhorns and Bears Get Ready to Rumble
By Lynn Freehill
Feel set for tonight’s season finale with the University of California Golden Bears? The Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl starts in San Diego at 7 p.m. CST...
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The Best Texas Photos of 2011
By Rose Cahalan
With 50,000 students, 8,000 faculty and staff, and 96,000 alumni, The University of Texas at Austin follows the rule that everything is bigger in Texas. But as these...
Who Would Be the Better Holiday Bowl Starter?
By Lynn Freehill
Mack Brown is playing coy about playing Ash and McCoy. That is, UT’s head coach says he won’t release a depth chart for the Bridgepoint Education Holiday...
Mack Brown Retiring? Rubbish
By Tim Taliaferro
Some guy named Jake Lebahn, a 580 WIBW sportstalk host/reporter in Topeka, Kansas, tweeted about an hour ago that a source tells him Texas football coach Mack Brown...
When the Subtraction of Awful Play Is Enough
By Jeff Fowler
Beauty Contest Standings (Week 2, 2011) One of the great things about the Beauty Contest is that you get to run into a lot of celebrity judges. For example, this...
Horns Beat BYU 17-16, Move to 2-0 (Slideshow)
By Tim Taliaferro
The Texas Longhorns overcame a 13-point deficit last night to beat BYU 17-16 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The win moves Texas to 2-0 on the season...
New Longhorn Network Commercial Calls on Fans to Give Their Best
By Tim Taliaferro
A new commercial airing on the nascent Longhorn Network features Matthew McConaughey calling on Texas fans to support this year’s team. “After a decade...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor