Longhorn legend Lance Blanks has passed away

[Saint Tacky 1614]

Edit to add:

24.7 Sports Reporting that Lance Blanks has passed away.

TJ Ford posted this on Twitter. 

God bless him, if true. BMW forever.

 

 

[ztejas 43411]

It should have been Lowell. 

[LonghornD 49]

I posted on the former Longhorns thread. Eric Metcalf tweeted too: "Everyone hug your family and friends and tell them you love them. We lost a dear friend and brother. People are going through things and you never know it!!!"

[Deej 76750]

Yeah, not good. Never assume someone isn't in a bad place. Reach out if you think something may be wrong. 

Rest in peace, Lance. 

[Js1 85260]

Woah 

[realgreggym 835]

Sad. It always hurts when you lose a teammate.  RIP Lance.

[Red Five 40826]

6 minutes ago, LonghornD said:

I posted on the former Longhorns thread. Eric Metcalf tweeted too: "Everyone hug your family and friends and tell them you love them. We lost a dear friend and brother. People are going through things and you never know it!!!"

 

8 minutes ago, ztejas said:

It should have been Lowell. 

After the appropriate amount of time has passed, a joke can be made about what led to this. 

RIP Lance. As a kid I had a "Come Dance With Lance" t-shirt. 

[Saint Tacky 1614]

[Pancho 44687]

I was wondering why TJ posted a tweet confirming it wasn’t AJ1.

[gofuckyourself 8197]

Fuck. That sucks. I remember that BMW team was the first Longhorn basketball team I followed during that that awesome Elite Eight run.

Edited May 4, 2023 by gofuckyourself

[Red Five 40826]

2 minutes ago, Saint Tacky said:

Side note. I don't know what we were doing then but all of our sports teams in the late 80s/early 90s had the most incredible looking burnt orange. 

[tx 3 putt 76862]

That was the great period of UT basketball. RiP 

 

[ztejas 43411]

14 minutes ago, Red Five said:

 

After the appropriate amount of time has passed, a joke can be made about what led to this. 

RIP Lance. As a kid I had a "Come Dance With Lance" t-shirt. 

No I would literally rather his dipshit broadcasting partner be dead. Lance always seemed like a good guy. RIP.

[Pam Cummings 9639]

Fuck. RIP to a very solid dude. World needs more.

[TommysTinyTowels 785]

Oh man, that's terrible.

 

[HenryJames 66034]

BMW - The Ultimate Scoring Machine

[TwiceHorn 31435]

Man, this sucks.  Really fun team to watch and some solid kids later in life.

RIP Lance.

[realgreggym 835]

I remember his dad playing for the Oilers. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

Best UT hoops poster of all time. 

 

[Mitch Cumsteen 18547]

Oh man, that's awful. Way too young. RIP.

[4th&Five 41506]

 

[Steamboat1874 4048]

This is absolutely terrible.

He was a great guy.

[shadow_operative 15932]

wow. i've known Lance my entire life. this is jarring. i'm speechless right now. how could i know that the last time i saw him would be the last time i saw him. i'm speechless. i guess it time that i go through all of those old photos from way back when. shit this is tough. i'm totally stunned. RIP Lance. 🤘🏼 

 

Edited May 4, 2023 by shadow_operative

[Frank Drebin 5654]

BMW was my intro to Texas basketball.  RIP Lance.

[shadow_operative 15932]

11 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

wow. i've known Lance my entire life. this is jarring. i'm speechless right now. how could i know that the last time i saw him would be the last time i saw him. i'm speechless. i guess it time that i go through all of those old photos from way back when. shit this is tough. i'm totally stunned. RIP Lance. 🤘🏼 

 

btw my dad made that video when he w as at UT. it's my favorite video ever, i've watched it a thousand times, and going all the way back to when i was a small child my favorite part was Lance's acrobatic finish followed by him running/twirling down the court in jubilation. this is truly shocking. such an upbeat and positive guy, and truly authentic and humble. i just don't know what to say. i'm still stunned.

[shadow_operative 15932]

Texas Basketball social media going crazy over a couple of middling transfer recruits while not mentioning Lance is really irking me right about now.

[honolulu horn 6158]

Damn. Lance seemed like a good guy. Sounds like from the tweets etc that his death was unexpected. So sad to hear this. 

[TrashMaster G 17539]

Damn.

[shadow_operative 15932]

@Pancho @blacklab please sticky this to the top, and maybe consider changing the title to reflect the news.

[Wally Pryor 5261]

Wow, RIP. 

[DixonHur 11292]

Fuck.  Had a couple of classes with him.  Really nice guy.  Really sad to hear.

[Pancho 44687]

3 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

@Pancho @blacklab please sticky this to the top, and maybe consider changing the title to reflect the news.

I think this is appropriate to do. 

[Tailgate 3021]

[jimmyjazz 45878]

Damn.  This one hurts.  Such a wonderful guy to watch play the game, and later to hear him talk about it.  

BMW was absolutely electric, and such a shot in the arm for Texas sports in general.

[Lonestar88 4629]

 

[closetohumping 17433]

Wow RIP to a great one.   Loved watching him play and broadcast

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

a class act , from Conroe McCollough and transferred from UVA .  Heavily recruited as # 1 Texas recruit. 

[hookemATL 11701]

Fuck!  Peace and love to his family. 
 

life is a monstrous bitch sometimes. 
 

 

[TexArcher 37761]

Dammit.

RIP, Lance.

[tx 3 putt 76862]

54 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

BMW was my intro to Texas basketball.  RIP Lance.

this 

back in the day college basketball was a hell of a sport. the programs, the coaches, the players, it was damn great. Pinders and BMW splashed UT into the big time. 

[Not a cat 5652]

I was at Conroe when he was at McCullough and both of those teams were really good.  Back then in the pre game warmups you could dunk all you wanted so both teams would put on a show, especially for big rivalry games.  Our student section was ragging lance pretty badly so he proceeded to do a one hand tomahawk while looking right at us and flipping us off. 

I've liked him ever since then.  Seemed like a good guy.

[Tylerocks 2553]

I've always been more of a football person growing up, but  that 1990 team was my intro to Texas basketball.  Loved watching them.

I also had the "Come dance with Lance" shirt.

RIP to a Texas legend.

[CTC2 2791]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative said:

wow. i've known Lance my entire life. this is jarring. i'm speechless right now. how could i know that the last time i saw him would be the last time i saw him. i'm speechless. i guess it time that i go through all of those old photos from way back when. shit this is tough. i'm totally stunned. RIP Lance. 🤘🏼 

 

Damn, I’m in that video from the Arkansas game. 

[conVINCEd 21469]

I leased condos in West Campus for a couple of years in college.  The management company I worked for managed a couple that he owned.  He would check in on them when he was back in Austin.  Real nice guy.  RIP.

[BornOrange 1441]

My freshman year was Weltlich's last year as coach. I knew a guy who was a manager for the team, and all year he kept raving about these two transfers who were able to practice with the team but couldn't play until the following year. He was convinced that those transfers plus Travis Mays would make Texas a good team even if Weltlich returned.

Luckily we didn't have to find out how Kaiser Bob would have handled Blanks and Wright joining Mays on the court.

I will always be thankful for the two years I got to see Blanks playing for UT, and I am terribly saddened by his passing.

[Radical Larry 28539]

Damn, this is shocking. RIP, Lance.

[Rockethorn1978 6072]

Damn this sucks. Loved LB! 

[Armybrat 40818]

🤘😟🤘

RIP

[4th&Five 41506]

 

[Lhorn 4908]

Terrible news.  Tremendous talent on the court and off.  A Longhorn legend.