Posted by EyesOfTX on August 27th, 2009 under Football
A couple of days ago, our old friend at the Houston Chronicle, Richard Justice penned this blog entry which has caused a good deal of debate and consternation among fans in various parts of the Longhorn internets.
To give you a quick synopsis, Mr. Justice’s thesis here is that Longhorn fans had better hope Mack Brown sticks around as long as possible, because the future for Texas football is likely to be very bleak
Posted by srr50 on October 12th, 2008 under Football
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.
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On Aug 30th, Texas opens its season by hosting Florida Atlantic. Mack Brown will begin his 11th season as the Longhorns Head Coach. In the 116 years of UT football, only one other coach has lasted as long.
Darrell Royal was at Texas for 20 years. Bear Bryant stayed at 'Bama for 25 years. Woody Hayes was at Ohio State for 28 years, Bo Schembechler at Michigan for 21seasons. Perhaps uber-successful coaches like Brown, Pete Carroll