2018 Longhorns Countdown to Kickoff

[South Austin 52486]

5 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

He had a huge catch on 3rd down in that game 

Yep. From James Brown in the end zone, grabbing the ball with one hand while barely staying in bounds. One of the less heralded but truly badass plays from that game.

I haven’t talked to Pat in a long time, but he’s also a lawyer in Austin, and I had lunch with him several years ago. One of the nicest guys around.

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12 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

Never got so see him play. Was he on a par with David Thomas ( who to me, is the best Texas TE ive Seen  since ‘88)?

More physically talented. He was like Jermichael Finley but bigger, faster, and with better hands. 

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10 hours ago, South Austin said:

Yep. From James Brown in the end zone, grabbing the ball with one hand while barely staying in bounds. One of the less heralded but truly badass plays from that game.

I haven’t talked to Pat in a long time, but he’s also a lawyer in Austin, and I had lunch with him several years ago. One of the nicest guys around.

thats exactly right.  i could not remember specifics, but it just came back to me.  it was a critical conversion.

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No. 79 OT Tony Hills

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Ben Adams 

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Pat Macha is on the 2nd row from the top, far right.

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Perfect...That is a perfect uniform.

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Kenneth Sims

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On 6/7/2018 at 8:07 PM, Dbeasy said:

Fun fact. I partied at the Texas/usc title game pre-game for a few minutes with Mike Jr. At the time, I didn’t realize he was Mike Campbell Sr’s son. I just knew he was on the 1969 title team. Even more absurd, he went to my high school and I didn’t realize that until just recently.

Not surprising.

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2 hours ago, Player said:

Kenneth Sims

Kenneth Sims was a joy to watch.

[Sbbruin 21850]

Doing a little behind the scenes tour of the RB, and they've added a few touches.

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2 time consensus All-American and National Champion



Jerry Sisemore

[South Austin 52486]

18 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Doing a little behind the scenes tour of the RB, and they've added a few touches.

Hey, that’s the greatest team in college football history!  Which team is that in the white uniform?

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Octavious Bishop 

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Mean Gene the coke machine



Gene Chilton

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Jonathan Scott

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Hoping this guy starts sometime soon

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Bam-Bam!!

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6 hours ago, BachelorTrek said:

Bam-Bam!!

I’m not sure you know how this works.

[South Austin 52486]

No. 70, Leonard Davis.

[BigHorn'13 3363]

Needed to include Mason Walters because he's a really good dude off the field and a badass on it. 

 

Also some sunshine love

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Dan Neil

[Steamboat1874 4058]

Jesus now I have no idea how many days there are before the season starts.....99, 70, 72, 71 or 69?

[South Austin 52486]

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That's my bad because we skipped a few... We're on 69 (with your mom)

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We're on 68.

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[South Austin 52486]

24 minutes ago, Machinator said:

We're on 68.

Well I like to stay on 69 for a while.

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4 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Well I like to stay on 69 for a while.

That's understandable, your mom and I certainly did last night.

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41 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Damn that's a clean look. What year are we looking at?

[Dewey 3286]

80s, maybe 84 or 86

[HenryJames 66048]

26 minutes ago, Dewey said:

80s, maybe 84 or 86

Later than that. I'd say '88.

[mininghorn88 2289]

1 hour ago, BigHorn'13 said:

Damn that's a clean look. What year are we looking at?

They were playing when I was a student there from '84 thru '88.

The unis looked good on the field but if my memory serves me correctly you wore pretty much whatever color you wanted to the games as a spectator back in those days.

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1 hour ago, Machinator said:

That's understandable, your mom and I certainly did last night.

If it tastes like chicken, keep on lickin

 

Edited June 25, 2018 by GhostofDanJones

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2 hours ago, South Austin said:

Well I like to stay on 69 for a while.

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Well I like to stay on 69 for a while.

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They were playing when I was a student there from '84 thru '88.
The unis looked good on the field but if my memory serves me correctly you wore pretty much whatever color you wanted to the games as a spectator back in those days.

Saw the ‘90 win over UH, and you’d be hard pressed to find a fan storming the field wearing burnt orange.

[South Austin 52486]

1 hour ago, mininghorn88 said:

They were playing when I was a student there from '84 thru '88.

The unis looked good on the field but if my memory serves me correctly you wore pretty much whatever color you wanted to the games as a spectator back in those days.

I arrived at Texas in 1994 during the Mackovic era, and it was the same.  Very little burnt orange.  In fact, a lot of fans didn't even wear Texas attire. 

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It was like that at most places, Nebraska and a few others always wore their colors, most fans didnt. As a kid, we wore what we had on and when dad said get your ass in the car, you went. Never a thought to wear burnt orange.

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Here's a photo that has never been seen by anyone.  One of my readers was going through some slides taken by his father when he came across this photo of DKR on October 4, 1952, when # 5 Texas played # 19 Notre Dame. Score is 14-3, Notre Dame. Ended up being the final score.  

 

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Some of the East Coast sports writers thought the Royal's players were"slow guys with skinny legs and big butts." But One of the Navy players in 1963 knew better.  The player, who played professionally, said competing against Jack Lambert was easier than playing against Texas players.  He said "the guy in my night mare is George Brucks from Hondo, Texas "who weighed under 200 pounds but "he took my head off.  All day long.". 

George is #66 

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3 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

Here's a photo that has never been seen by anyone.  One of my readers was going through some slides taken by his father when he came across this photo of DKR on October 4, 1952, when # 5 Texas played # 19 Notre Dame. Score is 14-3, Notre Dame. Ended up being the final score.  

 

There aren't a ton of good quality pictures during this era.  This picture is amazing.  any chances there were more pictures of the stadium and surroundings that day?

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That's a cool picture.  My dad is in those stands somewhere.

[Steamboat1874 4058]

5 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

Here's a photo that has never been seen by anyone.  One of my readers was going through some slides taken by his father when he came across this photo of DKR on October 4, 1952, when # 5 Texas played # 19 Notre Dame. Score is 14-3, Notre Dame. Ended up being the final score.  

 

That is incredible and thanks for sharing.

That is the same scoreboard I remember when I attended by first game in 1960 except by then they had replaced the "dial" clock with digital. It also has the schedule on it at the bottom.

Oh and no one has mentioned orange pants yet.

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Need this guy to have a big year: