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RC Horn

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  1. RIP Brooks Robinson The Orioles were my 2nd favorite team in the MLB next to the Rangers. They had the best infield ever in the League back then. Brooks Robinson was one of my favorite players of all time and the greatest 3B to ever play. Condolences to the Orioles fans at this time of grief from a longtime Rangers fan.
  2. My response is correct concerning aggy complaining about the unlimited scholarships. They led the SWC from 1960-1969 in players signed during that period. For them to state that UT was just stuffing our roster to keep other good players from competing against us is just plain laughable. Give them credit though. No one in the press corps in Texas is ever going to call them out for it. A total aggy myth that is still continues to this day.
  3. Below are some responses to some aggy on a Youtube video a while back.. IMHO, these should be our responses not only to aggy but any idiot that dares to defend them either on a BB or in the press. 1)Before 1964 A&M was an all male military college and you had to be a cadet and serve in the army to attend A&M. So A&M couldn’t recruit the big guys and talented players in the trenches like UT did for half a century because in the army there’s a height and weight test that you have to maintain. It’s like UT playing Army right now every year and claiming superiority. It’s just not fair. Aggies were to busy worried about serving their country rather than football. Most of UT’s wins were before the 60’s. Response #1: A&M was a pseudo military school that was never affiliated with either the USMA or USNA. It was the VMI or The Citadel of Texas. As far as recruiting was concerned, why was both Army and Navy ranked in the Top 15 the year that UT won its first MNC? They were and always have been far more selective in admitting students to their schools than A&M. Why did Army and Navy have better football programs than A&M in the 40s, 50s and 60s? BTW, you were only claiming one MNC until 2010 2) Scholarship cap: Before the 1976 there was unlimited number of scholarships a school could give to athletes. And Darrell Royal used this to his advantage. UT (having a lot of money at the time, now A&M has surpassed UT in the most valuable football program) would monopolize ten states recruits and hand out scholarships like candy and pack the team to prevent players to going to other universities. Once the NCAA placed a scholarship cap in 1975 Darrell left UT and they ended up sucking in the 80’s and 90’s. Response #2: There was a 115 scholarship limit self imposed for SWC schools beginning the late 1950s. There was a push in the SEC to limit the football schoarships in the early 1960s. However it fell thru. Georgia Tech and Tulane left the conference as a result. Sure you couldl still sign as many players as you could in the SWC but you still had to be in and around 115 scholarships. Interesting sidenote, in both 1960 and 1967, A&M signed more players that UT according to DAVE CAMPBELL'S TEXAS FOOTBALL. in 1960, A&M signed 47 players to UT"s 43. In 1967, it was 47 to 40. What your sprouting is a total aggy myth.
  4. IMHO, what Nick Saban has done at Alabama has proven that you can build a football dynasty even in the era of reduced scholarships. How many times have Texas fans heard the narrative that the only reason why Coach Royal was successful is because of the unlimited scholarships available at the time? How many times have UT fans been lectured by the press to have lower expectations because of the scholarship reductions? To those who dare lecture us on expectations, I tell them to look at Saban and Alabama then get back with me on it.
  5. I might also add that when an opponent was finally flagged for doing a Horns Down, everyone else in the Big XII as well as the national media complained about it.
  6. Very saddened to hear the news about the death an absolute Longhorn legend. You never felt the baseball team were out of a game with Coach Gus in the dugout, RIP Coach Gus...you will be sorely missed 😢
  7. UT had a Tom Landry-like coach. His name was John Mackovic and his six years here are years I cannot get back sadly.
  8. I will absolutely celebrate the day Kurt Bohls retires.... Richard Justice too.
  9. It seems like some of posters out there want us to stay in the Big XII and not go to the SEC. I am not one of them. The SEC will finally force UT to play mentally tough in all sports and that will be good thing. Another thing, I agree with Chris Simms,
  10. I think all UT fans know that Mack can win games. Just don't ask him to win championships, He doesn't know how.
  11. Something just tells me that Mack may ending up blowing it again.
  12. TCU's Nonconference schedule of a really bad Colorado team, Tarleton State and SMU should alone keep them from any consideration in the playoffs. Lady Luck finally frowned on the Frogs today and I really love it. Somewhere, former Texas AD and KSU alum Deloss Dodds is smiling. Congrats to KSU on a well earned victory.
  13. I am willing to give Coach Sark 4-5 years to clean up Tom Herman's mess. The Herman coaching staff was not very good in recruiting lineman and that situation is getting fixed by the current staff. Very few are willing to acknowledge that this year would have been Herman's Waterloo based on the fact that current players were recruiting against him. To this point, Coach Sark as not said that he is either "redeveloping the UT tradition" or "going 7-4 and 8-3 is preferable at a place like UT" or "learn to live with it". He does not appear to be the type who will hold one to incompetent assistants like Mack did with Greg Davis. We shall ee but I for one is willing to give him some time./
  14. There were UT fans back in 2003 that wanted to move Vince to WR because his struggles that year
  15. I first started watching UT football when Steve Worster was playing. He was a complete stud on UT teams that had great players. RIP Big Woo
  16. RIP to the greatest baseball announcer in my lifetime. What I really like about Vin Scully is that he never made the game about him or took time lecture the fans. He let the moment come to him. While my Rangers have had good announcers in Jon Miller and Eric Nadal, they do not even come close to Scully. My favorite Vin Scully call was Hark Aaron's 715 HR. His call was clearly better than the Braves announcer who obviously had a practiced response.
  17. I first remember Tony SIragusa as being part of the Pittsburgh team that lost to UT in the 1987 Bluebonnet Bowl. RIP Goose!
  18. RIP to one of the greatest Cowboys ever!
  19. Sorry I misquoted, It was this year.
  20. Overrated teams: SMU 1981 and 1982: The Mustangs' nonconference schedule was an absolute joke(Grambling State, UTA, Wichita State and UNT). That fact didn't keep the idiots in the Dallas press(except for Blackie Sherrod) from ranking them high or demanding they play a tougher schedule. I have always said that if Eric Dickerson had to face OU very year like Earl Campbell did, he would never came close to breaking Earl's then rushing record. 1985 Penn State: This team finished undefeated, barely winning playing a Big East type schedule. They got exposed in the Orange Bowl later that year. OU was fortunate to play them and back into another MNC yet again.
  21. I was on the UT Football support staff that season. The team played an extremely tough preseason scheduled(Auburn, Penn State and OU) but it appears that our fanbase never noticed. Of course. they're not the ones playing the games either. The team was extremely worn down by the end of the season as there was never really a chance to develop depth. Playing the the SWC back then was as fun as running through a minefield back with teams just anxiously awaiting to ruin your season. IMHO, the team was not overrated. It just suffered from the bravado of the coach back then.
  22. I remember that game. Alabama had a human hitting machine in Dave Magadan who hit over .500 in the CWS. Somehow, our pitching that year slowed him down.
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  24. It's good that my HS alma mater is still in the same district with the RIchardson schools. Much better fit than playing the Lewisville schools. It's been 47 years since we were in the same district with HP and 32 years since we last played them, Should be interesting. Cannot really stand the Scotties though one of my best friends was the starting QB back for HP back in the early 1980s. (His Dad coached HP from 1974-1984).
  25. Though I really do not care for Baylor and their fans, I really have to give them credit. They have rebuilt their program twice after the Briles Era emphasizing physical toughness. I sure wish that UT would return to that style of play. Like Bud Wilkinson once said "exciting football should never be played at the expense of sound fundamental football. Superior execution of the basic fundamentals will usually insure victory. The main emphasis should be on running, blocking, and tackling." That is how Baylor plays and something we should take note especially since we're joining the SEC in the near future.
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