Barking Carnival

When Fred Bednarski was five years old, he and his family were taken prisoners in their native Poland. It was 1942, and Bednarski's family would spend three years in a Nazi labor camp outside Salzburg, Austria. After being liberated from the camp, and finding their way to the U.S., the Bednarski's moved to Smithville, TX. It was there that Fred Jr. blended the soccer skills he learned as a youngster in the labor camp into playing

In 1954, Junior Quarterback Charlie Brewer threw two touchdown passes as Texas defeated Bear Bryant and Texas A&M 22-13.

Stan Mauldin, more than most, can fully appreciate the intensity of the upcoming BCS Championship battle between Texas and Alabama.

For Longhorn fans the history is short but sweet: Texas holds an all time record of 7-0-1 against Alabama.

This weekend means so much to so many people on both sides that sometimes you can lose track of the history of just how the Texas-OU game became such a vital part of College Football.

Texas will wear uniforms to honor Darrell Royal and the 1963 national championship team for the Thanksgiving night game against Texas A&M. Looks like the players weren't the only thing that were all white. “It will be a uniform the kids will be proud to wear because they have so much respect for Coach Royal and all of the pride and tradition at Texas,” said Mack Brown. The over/under on how many times Brown

Defense Defense is why I began writing this post, so I'll tackle that one first. I think we all realize that this year's defense was better than last year's defense even though it's hard to tell from the raw numbers. The offenses put up ridiculous amounts of points this year in the Big 12 for various reasons. Without getting too into those details, I will only say that from my perspective two of

Here's a piece of trivia that will only be good to use until Saturday (I think). The first game Texas lined up as the #1 team in the nation during the regular season and the last regular season game that the Horns entered as the top team in the nation have both ended in a tie. In 1941 Texas was the newly minted #1 when the Horns were held to a 7-7 by Baylor in Waco. The

Taylor TRoom makes an impressive argument for the value of the Texas-OU contest being played in Dallas. He bases it on the neutral site and the national championship implications of the rivalry. Today I would like to make the case for keeping the game the way it is, and where it is, from another angle. This is a unique rivalry because even when the stakes are low on the national scene, or when both teams

When Texas went to Fayetteville in October of 1965, the Horns were riding high on the hog. Texas was #1 in one poll - #2 in the other. From the start of the 1961 season until that Saturday, Texas was 44-3-1. They had taken up permanent residence in the Top 5, with one National Championship and two near misses. Arkansas drove the length of the field late in the 4th quarter to secure a dramatic 27-24

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1982 Texas-Alabama: Drawing Up One Perfect Play

1973 Texas-Alabama: Walking The Line

Texas vs Alabama: An Historical Perspective

Darrell Royal: The Transcendent Figure in A Classic Rivalry

Throwback uniforms for A&M game

Year-to-Year Unit Improvements

Longhorns Record as a Regular Season #1

Texas-OU: It Is Kind of a Big Deal Pt. 2

TX-OU 1968: Bad To The ‘Bone

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