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[Hank South]

Welcome! 

Tell us where you're from and your first Texas football memory. 

(existing OTF members welcome to reply too) 

[McCoy2Shipley]

Been here since Feb 2024, but first memory is my first game to attend against Rice in 2005 at 5 years old

[Hank South]

1 minute ago, McCoy2Shipley said:

Been here since Feb 2024, but first memory is my first game to attend against Rice in 2005 at 5 years old

Great memory! Jamaal Charles ran wild in that game. 

[Hank South]

My first memory was really Ricky Williams in '98 and even that feels fuzzy, which makes me sad. Disappointed in my parents for not starting me on it sooner. My most vivid first Texas memory was watching Texas/Stanford in 1999 in a Llano hotel. Don't remember why we were in Llano but I just remember that being the game on lol. 

[McCoy2Shipley]

Just now, Hank South said:

My first memory was really Ricky Williams in '98 and even that feels fuzzy, which makes me sad. Disappointed in my parents for not starting me on it sooner. My most vivid first Texas memory was watching Texas/Stanford in 1999 in a Llano hotel. Don't remember why we were in Llano but I just remember that being the game on lol. 

Which hotel? I'm from Llano

[Hank South]

1 minute ago, McCoy2Shipley said:

Which hotel? I'm from Llano

Oh wow lol. Don't remember honestly. Maybe a Days Inn? I wanna say we went to a powwow that weekend. 

[Jeff Howe]

Oct. 2, 1993

Texas 55, Rice 38

Bert Emanuel was the quarterback for Rice.

Some guy named Anthony Holmes ran for two touchdowns for the Longhorns (I wonder whatever happened to him?).

That day was all I needed to understand where my allegiances resided when it came to college football in the state of Texas.

Whatever doubt was left, Stonie Clark erased it on the goal line against OU the next season.

[Zacharyhorn]

I’ve been a member since Bobby & Gerry started OTF.  First memory of Texas football was “Roll Left w/ James Brown”.

[EHoff99]

My mom said when I was 3 years old, they put a Texas game on TV and I asked what was wrong with the Texans helmets since It was the Texans inaugural season and I got introduced to them. They explained to me that its college and how its all different. They said from that moment on I basically only wanted Texas stuff and that I cried once when I was 3 cause Chris Simms did a Hook Em to the TV and I thought it was to me....

[Paul L]

My first memory is sitting in my dad’s Volvo and listening to the radio while he ran into Kmart. I was young enough that if it was today someone would call the police.  Texas was playing Rice and won 35-0.  Pretty sure Earl Campbell went off that day.  
 

 

[Keelaannn]

I've been a member since Gerry and Bobby and Blake got started with OTF, I currently live in San Antonio but grew up in Killeen. Gonna give away my age a little bit but my first Texas memory was the jordan Shipley kickoff return against OU 

[Hank South]

7 minutes ago, Keelaannn said:

I've been a member since Gerry and Bobby and Blake got started with OTF, I currently live in San Antonio but grew up in Killeen. Gonna give away my age a little bit but my first Texas memory was the jordan Shipley kickoff return against OU 

A good one to have!

[nineliveslost]

Florida 

1978 Cotton Bowl Classic — Notre Dame vs. Texas

Thanks for making me remember that horror show . . .

[Bobby Burton]

3 minutes ago, nineliveslost said:

Florida 

1978 Cotton Bowl Classic — Notre Dame vs. Texas

Thanks for making me remember that horror show . . .

Ugh. Ruined my New Year's Day.

[Here for the Wins]

1 hour ago, McCoy2Shipley said:

Which hotel? I'm from Llano

What year did you graduate?

[nineliveslost]

9 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

Ugh. Ruined my New Year's Day.

It started off as competitive and I kept expecting Earl to break it open, and then Notre Dame started scoring and scoring and scoring. Nothing went right 

I don't even think Earl did not even score 😞

Edited 25 minutes ago by nineliveslost
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[Jacket Horn]

My first game at DKR was 1970 against UCLA (I was 10).  Down 17-13, Texas got the ball back with under a minute and Eddie Phillips threw a td to Cotton Speyrer to win the game 20-17.  Extended their win streak to 23 games and went on to win a natty that year.  Watched a lot before that game but that’s my first real memory of the Horns

Edited 17 minutes ago by Jacket Horn

[MBHORNSFAN]

Been here since the start. Earliest memory was with my grandparents watching Earl in the 70's when I was around 10 or so.  Very fortunate to go UT and graduate. One of the best days of my life... Hook'em  

[Jordan Scruggs]

1 hour ago, Hank South said:

Welcome! 

Tell us where you're from and your first Texas football memory. 

(existing OTF members welcome to reply too) 

Being born in 02 and growing up in the sad era of Texas football, my first memories are unfortunately hearing my dad scream when Colt McCoy left the game in the Natty vs. Alabama, and when Oklahoma State came to Austin in 2010 or 2011. I don't remember the exact year but vividly remember a hatred for Gundy's OKST developing that day since their was an OKST fan sitting in front of me with a humungous styrofoam orange cowboy hat that blocked my view even when I was standing on the bench lol. So I basically watched the game on the Jumbotron. And it was worse because Texas lost. Another one that sticks out is being in DKR for the Cal game in 2015. I've probably been to 2-3 dozen Texas games in DKR at this point, but that's the only game I can remember where my family's entire walk back to the car was dead silent since Nick Rose missed the PAT to send it to OT.

As far as good memories go, the 2013, 2015, and 2018 wins over OU were awesome to watch on TV, and so was the Sugar Bowl win over Georgia in 2018. Another great memory was seeing my first TX-OU game in person in 2022 (49-0).

[Jbro52]

Texas City, Tx and I was 8 or 9 watch Major sling it

[4thandFive]

Been with OTF since very early when we got the news that Gerry was coming back.

 

To anybody here new (and old), if you ever need prayer for anything or some sort of assistance or spiritual support and guidance- feel free to reach out.

[TTaylor2135]

Grew up in North Jersey and now live in Charlotte. My first Texas memory in general was watching TJ Ford around the age of 8 as I was a basketball junkie. Funny enough, my first real memory of Texas Football was @ Ohio State and VY's pass to Limas Sweed. College Sports weren't huge growing up in the northeast (unless you liked PSU) so my friends would always call me crazy for staying in / watching all the games on Saturday's as opposed to NFL on Sunday. 

[ArizonaLonghorn]

My first memory of Texas football was the 1964 Cotton Bowl and I hated them.  Texas was # 1, Navy (!!) was # 2 with the Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach. I was a teenager growing up living at a small South Carolina beach town.

The game was played just a few weeks after the assassination of President Kennedy (in Dallas), a former Navy officer and hero in WW II.  Fair to say the sentiments of the nation outside the state of Texas leaned heavily to Navy.

My dad had served in the navy during WW II in the Pacific, working the engine room on a heavy cruiser, so he was of course a big Navy fan.  And Roger was easy to pull for. Didn't know anything about Texas.

It was a massacre, 28-0 before Navy scored a late TD.  Didn't like Texas for a decade after that but I got over it when I received a graduate scholarship to UT in 1973 lol.

Edited 3 minutes ago by ArizonaLonghorn

[Jordan Scruggs]

3 minutes ago, TTaylor2135 said:

Grew up in North Jersey and now live in Charlotte. My first Texas memory in general was watching TJ Ford around the age of 8 as I was a basketball junkie. Funny enough, my first real memory of Texas Football was @ Ohio State and VY's pass to Limas Sweed. College Sports weren't huge growing up in the northeast (unless you liked PSU) so my friends would always call me crazy for staying in / watching all the games on Saturday's as opposed to NFL on Sunday.