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100 Days Until Kickoff: What Excites You The Most?
Rocky P replied to Blake Munroe's topic in On Texas Football Forum
I love the fact that we are 100 days till kickoff and in single digits for how many days since blake was muted. -
100 Days Until Kickoff: What Excites You The Most?
Colby TS replied to Blake Munroe's topic in On Texas Football Forum
100 days sounds like a lot, I’d rather think of it as only 14 weekends away 😂 -
100 Days Until Kickoff: What Excites You The Most?
G3rberger replied to Blake Munroe's topic in On Texas Football Forum
I’m excited to watch them lift the natty in January -
We are officially 100 days away from Texas football. Since there obviously isn’t a No. 100 walking around on past Texas rosters or this year’s roster, we’re using today as the official kickoff point for the countdown. Starting tomorrow, we’ll begin counting down from 99 all the way to 0 by taking a look at some of the best and most interesting Longhorns to ever wear the number that matches the day. Some days will be obvious. Some will spark debate. Some will bring back names you haven’t thought about in years. And some will be a chance to learn a little more Texas football history along the way. The season is getting closer. 100 days out. Let the countdown begin. And as we draw closer and closer to the season, I must ask.... what excites you the most about this year? Is there a certain player or position group? Maybe a coach or a certain game?
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We are officially 100 days away from Texas Football. So starting today, and every day from here until kickoff, we’re going to take a look back at the Texas team that matches the countdown number. Today, that means the 1927 Texas Longhorns. The 1927 team finished 6-2-1 in Clyde Littlefield’s first season as head coach. Texas outscored opponents 164-73, opened the year with a defense-led 103-12 scoring edge over its first five games, posted three shutouts, and held six of nine opponents to seven points or fewer. There are some pretty cool nuggets with this team, too. 1. Texas shut out a John Heisman-coached team. Rice’s head coach in 1927 was John W. Heisman, and Texas beat Rice 27–0. Heisman retired from coaching after the 1927 season; the trophy that now bears his name was renamed in his honor in 1936. 2. One of Texas’ 1927 All-SWC players helped create Chicago deep-dish pizza. Ike Sewell, Texas’ All-SWC guard, later became a successful Chicago businessman and is credited by Texas Athletics with creating Chicago-style deep-dish pizza. That’s your social media banger: “A Texas Longhorn lineman helped invent deep-dish pizza.” 3. This was right before Texas’ “true burnt orange” uniform history. Texas Athletics notes Sewell later started on the 1928 team that first wore true burnt orange, meaning the 1927 team sits right before that uniform-history milestone. 4. They played in a still-new Memorial Stadium. The stadium had been dedicated on Thanksgiving Day 1924 to honor the 198,520 Texans who fought in World War I and the 5,280 who died. So the 1927 team was playing in the early years of what eventually became DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium. 5. The season ended against a monster A&M team. Texas A&M finished 8–0–1, won the SWC, outscored opponents 262–32, and beat Texas 28–7 on Thanksgiving at Kyle Field. The Schedule:
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Khardman: As the article linked states, Todd is the guy who brought Ismael to Gilmer to play football. I won't explain in great detail. Todd's dad was a well known guy in Gilmer sports in the 1980s when we were all teenagers. Todd's dad was our summer league basketball coach. Todd went to Germany as a foreign exchange student after graduation. That's where he established his European contacts. Todd's dad was always great to me. I was best friends with Alan's little brother Neal growing up. Their dad was the Methodist Minister at Soules Chapel in the 1980s. Must have spent about 1/3 of my time at their house from the age of 10-16. Their mom was maybe the nicest lady I ever knew. All this to say, I know the sports pedigree here and I can read between the lines. Stay away.
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Coach Vic shouldnt change, but maybe some of the ladies he has recruited were not mature enough to handle his style of coaching. Further, like most athletes when you come from hs and own the gym, then get to Texas you get splinters from riding the pine. Some are just not ready for that. Love Coach Vic.
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NCAA rules on Brendan Sorsby per ESPN
PaulieD replied to Gerry Hamilton's topic in On Texas Football Forum
Amen, Alex. -
NCAA rules on Brendan Sorsby per ESPN
PaulieD replied to Gerry Hamilton's topic in On Texas Football Forum
I agree, that would be a great deterrent for this NIL fiasco. -
While there are teams outside the B1G and SEC that play big boy football and produce lots of NFL players they are not playing schedules full of other similarly talented teams. In a typical season probably 2/3 of the playoff teams should come from the two major conferences and 1/3 from the rest of the football world, and I think the computer rankings would bear that out. As some have already posted, computer rankings should probably be paramount for the playoffs. Then both the B1G and the SEC teams would feel free to schedule a marquee OOC game every season. USC and ND would resume. Texas could play tOSU, Michigan, or Penn State again. Florida would not be disadvantaged for having Miami and Fl St OOC. If 'Bama chose all patsies it would work against them, not for them. In a rational world.
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Coach Vic is not changing...
DanielOnorato replied to Califashorn75's topic in On Texas Football Forum
I think what haunts him most is that he knew he recruited and built the right team. Unfortunately immaturity and malcontents and a poor shooting night for Maddy B didn't help. I believe in Vic and I appreciate that he has a vision and is going to see it through. Texas is going to be a final four team under his supervision and tutelage next season. People want transfer portal, he knows what he has. I will miss kyla oldacre big time. Loyal longhorn who was tremendous. -
Great stories, could listen to him for hours
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Great to listen to him this morning…A true tough guy & Longhorn legend…
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Thunder Island - Jay Ferguson