One of the things that makes being a Texas fan fun

[HookemTexas]

Since the arrival of CDC anyway. Is that almost every sport is competitive and realistically has a chance to make a run at a championship.  Reading Blake's update on baseball, seeing the potential for the basketball teams, softball is in the top 5, volleyball is #2 and expected to make a run, swimming, etc.

It allows for constant entertainment of being able to watch Texas and be invested.  It's different than the days (and schools like for example Kansas) where a fan could only bank on one or two programs to be excited about and then the rest of the year is ho hum.

[ThatHornsGuy87]

The sports department has come a long way, and im here for it

[ArizonaLonghorn]

Seems like a good thread to drop this X memory - the most fun I've had as a Longhorn fan

 

[HookemTexas]

2005 was probably one of the greatest years in the history of Longhorn sports.  According to Perplexity AI:

The 2005–2006 athletic year is widely regarded as one of Texas’s greatest multi-sport seasons, driven by historic championships in major sports like football and baseball.
However, when compared to modern all-sports dominance — such as 2024–2025, when Texas won the Directors’ Cup and excelled across nearly every sport — 2005 was iconic for its high-profile titles, but 2024–2025 surpassed it in overall athletic depth and consistency.

[General Grant]

I enjoy being hated by most.  My standard reply is thank you for noticing us. 

[4thandFive]

5 hours ago, ArizonaLonghorn said:

Seems like a good thread to drop this X memory - the most fun I've had as a Longhorn fan

 

Epic. Top 3 sports moments in my life.

Edited 7 hours ago by 4thandFive

[Pwood]

6 hours ago, ArizonaLonghorn said:

Seems like a good thread to drop this X memory - the most fun I've had as a Longhorn fan

 

My favorite moment also - it was an amazing experience - we were on the 30 yd line right in front of where Young ran it in, about 10 rows up. And the USC fans around us were great too. 

[ArizonaLonghorn]

1 hour ago, Pwood said:

My favorite moment also - it was an amazing experience - we were on the 30 yd line right in front of where Young ran it in, about 10 rows up. And the USC fans around us were great too. 

BTW I saw this X video in a story about Shohei Ohtani's recent 3 homer / 10 strikeouts game.  The article was comparing Ohtani's feat to the most impressive athletic feats in other sports and Vince's Rose Bowl game was judged the best single game performance by a player in college football history, given the rushing and passing stats, the two TD comeback in the last 6 minutes (Vince had 125 yards in the last two possessions) and the championship game setting.

Anyway, enjoy reliving the memory before our game tomorrow 🙂

[DirectorsCupUpdates]

8 hours ago, HookemTexas said:

2005 was probably one of the greatest years in the history of Longhorn sports.  According to Perplexity AI:

The 2005–2006 athletic year is widely regarded as one of Texas’s greatest multi-sport seasons, driven by historic championships in major sports like football and baseball.
However, when compared to modern all-sports dominance — such as 2024–2025, when Texas won the Directors’ Cup and excelled across nearly every sport — 2005 was iconic for its high-profile titles, but 2024–2025 surpassed it in overall athletic depth and consistency.

I agree with this assessment.

If you want to follow along the wide spread success, be sure to follow the Directors' Cup thread where we will be following all sports throughout the year.

[Pwood]

1 hour ago, ArizonaLonghorn said:

BTW I saw this X video in a story about Shohei Ohtani's recent 3 homer / 10 strikeouts game.  The article was comparing Ohtani's feat to the most impressive athletic feats in other sports and Vince's Rose Bowl game was judged the best single game performance by a player in college football history, given the rushing and passing stats, the two TD comeback in the last 6 minutes (Vince had 125 yards in the last two possessions) and the championship game setting.

Anyway, enjoy reliving the memory before our game tomorrow 🙂

That is awesome - thank you for sharing! He was so much fun to watch; you knew we always had a chance as long as he was leading the team. Every time I watch when someone posts the end of the game - it makes me giddy 😊    Hook ‘em 

[horns96]

Yup.  Was lucky enough to experience the 2002-2009 era.

VY

Cat Osterman

Augie's 2 NCs and multiple NC  finals

TJ and Final Four

Multiple Volleyball Final Fours

J. Charles

KD 

etc. etc.