MarkInAustin

Randle won 3-0. LWC carried over 30 times, averaged less than 5 YPC.

52-6 Texas

Re: best twosome, I had to look this up. For 2005: Crowder: 20 QB pressures, while recording 50 tackles, nine TFLs, three sacks, an interception and, a forced fumble. B-Rob: 58 tackles, 35 solo, and led the team in quarterback sacks with seven. He also had 15 tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Robison was credited with 10 quarterback pressures, four pass deflections, and three forced fumbles. He also blocked one kick and recovered two fumbles.

I think definitely. YMMV.

Robison and Crowder were the best pair of DEs who played on the same team at the same time.

Do many guys still end up in Canada? The wider field would be good for Blue, I think.

You included Spence on the chart more than once which I understand completely. But doesn't the same logic place Cojoe second at both offensive tackle slots? Surely he would play ahead of Newman, correct?

Is McDermott on scholarship?

I listened to that game on the radio in my off campus room a few blocks from Rice Stadium. After what UT had done to Rice - my first ever trip to Austin was to see that game - I actually thought Texas was the best team that could possibly exist. So I was shocked by Kern Tips exploding with the Gibbs to Iles TD. Before Raymond Clayborn, Eric Metcalf, Nathan Vasher, or Ryan Niblett I would have said Saxton was the most exciting return man I had seen in burnt orange.

How are Taaffe and DJ Campbell doing?

When Earl and Shearer were juniors on the team Clayborn was the team's MVP! He was electrifying as a returner and for me is one of the five greatest DBs in UT history. He was so fast and so fluid. And strong enough to take turns at RB on a team that included Campbell and Leaks. I think he averaged near 7 yards per carry on offense.

Jeff, you are too young to have seen the amazing Raymond Clayborn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Clayborn In 1976, on a team that included juniors Earl Campbell and Brad Shearer, he was the team's MVP and a unanimous All American. Although he thrilled us with his TD KO and punt returns at Texas the only film of him I can find is from his rookie year in the NFL when he returned one over a hundred yards on national TV - his third KO return TD of the year. He and his teammate Lam Jones ran on the 440 relay together and he was an All American as a track star on the 1600M relay. I will add this: watching Jonah Williams play baseball as a freshman his fluidity reminded me immediately of Clayborn, which for me was high praise. Jonah is bigger than Raymond was, but he moved with that same gliding grace, as if his feet weren't actually touching the ground. That perception has had me wanting to see Jonah play DB and return man ever since.

Good news.

Smart never hurt a safety.

Can't say "Saban or Briles" in the same sentence. Really can't say "Saban or anyone else" in the same sentence. Frankly, the best coaching job in the B12 for a run of several years was by the 40 year old man [I'm a man] with the mullet. The most successful coach was the chinless one at our rival. There were a dozen better choices than Charlie apparent to the naked eye. None of them were Saban, who wasn't coming. None of them were Bob Stoops. None of them were the mullet. All of them would have likely been more successful than Charlie; maybe even very successful. Patterson was the wrong choice as AD. Leave it at that.

I am going to assume that Cryer is the inside LB. TS missed Spring, came in amazingly light - and that contrasts with Cryer, who had 7 tackles against 'Bama last fall and was FSU's statistical leader on defense for the entire season in only 8 games. We have read nothing but good news about Cryer. Knowing that Texas has Spence who can play Edge and LB eases my concerns about depth at LB, because as good as Spence is he won't likely often be needed at Edge, while he often may be needed at LB. And he is a football player Muschamp could have invented. Just a thought. YMMV.

Also, in 1950, Whitey Ford, age 21, called up from the minors, went 9 and 1. Spent the next two years in the military, but came back in 1953 and went 18 and 6, proving it was no fluke. A seasonal debut, not a first game effort, but it was pretty amazing when it happened.

Best since Bo Belinski won his first four major league games, including a no-hitter. And maybe better than that one, depending on context.

I would have placed Justin Blalock 7th and Casey Hampton 6th after agreeing on 1-5.

I had just left the law school and turned on the AM radio in my beater Ford Falcon. Neal Spelce was reporting. The next hours were terrifying. That night, afterward, we were at Scholz's. Law students, friends, girl friends, wives. Joanne Weeks, Terry Weeks' wife, had been pinned to the floor of their old black Mercedes Benz parked on the Drag. She knew there was shooting and panic and thought it was a riot. It must have been 115 degrees in the car. Fred Helms, then an Air Force Captain and grad student, ducked behind the hedge at the foot of the Tower next to the stairwell. After persons were shot on the south stairs, when Whitman would circle the Tower, Fred would time it and pull wounded victims in under the hedge with him, bandage them if possible. There were so many stories that day. So much fear, so much panic. One of the later revelations: Whitman had told a UT Health Service Psychiatrist, a good one, by the way, that he had thoughts of shooting people from the Tower. Of course it was not known during Whitman's life that he had a tumor.

Despite the fact that he is a long time hoops fan who should know better he won't respect others at this website and he will not back away from his apparent obsession. However, there is a remedy that will not interfere with Harvey's self indulgence and yet will make your reading of hoops threads more enjoyable. There is an "ignore" function available to you.

John Clark did have a fine HS career until his injury. I am looking forward to his being a presence on both ends of the floor as a rotational BIG.

Jeffcoat tore an upper body muscle, IIRC. Probably weightlifting?

https://www.chron.com/sports/college-football/article/ut-s-pittman-dies-in-car-accident-2002693.php Just made me sad to read Cole Pittman's name again.

I remember watching Collins play too. He was part of Royal's first great backfield with Cotten, Poage, and Saxton. Later I "knew" him as one of the bankers at Austin National Bank. He wasn't my firm's banker but we occasionally dealt with him, and I retain the memory of him as cordial and helpful.