Longhorn History Documented from 1911- Great Source
- By jmb99000
- Inside the 40 Acres
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Just found this and many of you fellas are probable aware of this site but there is great history here with pics, as well. Good site and lengthy and detailed. This is supplemental to @HllCountryHorn's thread and @Armadillo Slim's hard ass interest in the bunt game for the Horns. It is a solid site I think you can enjoy.
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The History of Longhorn Sports
CLARK FIELD 1932 1911-1939 - Coach Billy Disch THE GRAND OLD MAN OF BASEBALL, THE CONNIE MACK OF COLLEGE BASEBALL, THE AMOS ALONZO STAGG OF BASEBALL, AND UNCLE BILLY WERE ALL NICKNAMES FOR COACH DISCH, BUT HIS PLAYER CALLED HIM MR. DISCH.
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Just a Bit Outside: Can Quinn Ewers survive SEC Play?
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Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian seemed pretty happy as he chatted with reporters after the team's first spring practice of 2024.
“This was a pretty good first day,” Sarkisian said.
It’s easy to be happy following a practice when you have potentially the best quarterback in the SEC next season guiding your team.
“I thought Quinn played really confidently today, had good command,” said Sarkisian.
Ewers took a big step forward in his development last season and he’s expected to take another step forward this season – especially if he can find a good rhythm with his new receivers.
“From a receivers standpoint, we were moving guys from outside to inside, playing them in the slot, playing them outside,” said Sarkisian. “I think that helps when you’ve got a really experienced quarterback who really understands the offense and he can manage some of that stuff at the line of scrimmage.”
It makes sense that Ewers is already starting to shine. He used winter conditioning to transform his body last year.
Ewers was listed at 207 pounds his freshman season but it was probably closer to 218 pounds (and he was kind of doughy). The quarterback said he wasn’t happy with his conditioning so he cut out Chick-fil-A and got to work slimming down to a playing weight of 195 pounds last season.
When he stepped on the field Tuesday, it became pretty apparent to the reporters who were given a glimpse of practice that the QB1 is looking to repeat the success from last year.
“I think Quinn looks good,” Sarkisian gushed. “You know his body – we went from where he was a couple of years ago, to slim himself all the way down last season, to, if you look at him, he looks a little broader now this year. I’m hopeful we can add maybe get three to five more pounds of just strengthening him up that way.”
Ewers probably did need to add a little weight to his frame with Texas facing some future NFL defensive linemen in 2024.
It starts off with Michigan in week two. The Wolverines have a pair of stud d-linemen in Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant. Georgia will roll into town on October 19 and they’ll bring with them a dominant defensive line including Nazir Stackhouse playing over the nose and Mykel Williams on the edge. Even Kentucky will bring in a mountain of a man in Deone Walker … a 6--6, 348-pound behemoth who was one of PFF’s top-graded d-linemen last season.
It's fair to assume that as good as Texas’ offensive line is, Ewers is still going to take some hard hits next season and the added weight may help him avoid the fate he suffered the last two seasons.
We all remember the hit Ewers took from Alabama’s Dallas Turner during his freshman season in 2022.
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Ewers ended up missing a couple of weeks with a shoulder injury following that hit.
He missed a couple of weeks again in 2023 following another shoulder injury – this time against Houston.
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Ewers is up to 205 pounds (with a much better body composition). If, as Sark is hoping, he can get another five pounds of muscle on his frame, then that very well may help Ewers be able to play a full season for the first time in his collegiate career.
TEXAS IS GOING DEEP THIS SPRING …
Spring games almost always have big plays coming from players that you will never see again when the games kick off for real. Who could possibly forget last year’s thrilling Maalik Murphy to Ky Woods touchdown? No offense to Woods (or Murphy – who Texas actually needed last year because of the aforementioned Ewers injuries), but the junior running back is not going to be a linchpin of the Texas offense this year unless things going horribly wrong.
The reason we even find out about guys like Ky Woods is because the depth in the spring isn’t great so you need bodies to fill out the roster.
That’s not a problem this year.
“This is the most numbers that we’ve had in a spring practice since we’ve been here,” Sarkisian said. “We were able to go ones, twos, threes and fours and everybody on the team getting reps and improving and getting better.”
Texas’s spring depth chart is filled out with 18 early enrollees from the 2024 signing class.
Guys like Colin Simmons, Ryan Wingo, Xavier Filsaime, Kobe Black and the criminally underrated Alex January are getting some much-needed experience this spring and are on track to provide some needed minutes this fall.
But when you have so many new faces, it’s not unusual to see one or two of those new faces looking lost.
"You go out to practice the first time and you just hope guys are where they're supposed to be," Sarkisian said. "We've got a lot of moving parts when we practice. I'm not one where I like guys standing around, and so generally when we're working one drill over here, we've got three other drills going on at the same time and a lot of times a new face can get lost and be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Then he's not getting those reps to do what he needs to do.
"But that goes back to when they first get here in school," Sarkisian continued. "You just try to get them going in the right direction, taking the necessary steps and being where they're supposed to be off the field, and then trying to get them to be where they're supposed to be on the field. That lends itself into their play, being where they're supposed to be from play to play to play and doing what they're supposed to do."
For now, these guys are just focusing on figuring out the flow of practice and being an extra body to provide competition as they become more and more comfortable. And after only one day, Sarkisian seems pretty happy.
“This gives a good gauge of where we’re at from a starting point and this was a pretty good starting point.”
TEXAS PRO-DAY
The Texas Longhorns hosted a number of NFL teams who came to town to get a look at Longhorn draft prospects.
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Xavier Worthy, Adonai Mitchell, Byron Murphy, T'Vondre Sweat, Jaylan Ford, Jordan Whittington, Keilan Robinson, Ja'Tavion Sanders, Jett Bush, Ryan Sanborn and Ryan Watts all went through workouts or drills.
The star of the show was Byron Murphy. No Horn has done more to elevate his draft status than the Big 12’s Defensive Lineman of the Year.
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T’Vondre Sweat weighed in at 367 Wednesday (one pound more than at the NFL Combine). And not for nothing, but any man who weighs that much should not be able to move like this.
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But can we talk about Ja’Tavion Sanders? Woof!
Sanders turned up to Pro Day nowhere near ready.
The tight end turned in an unimpressive 8 reps on the bench press, one less than defensive back Ryan Watts.
Of course, Watts isn’t expected to block NFL defensive linemen and Sanders is.
That, combined with his less-than-impressive 30-inch vertical leap, his 9’-6” broad jump (a foot shorter than Jaylan Ford) and his underwhelming 4.69 40-yard-dash at the NFL Combine has to be raising questions in the minds of NFL executives.
Those aren’t the numbers of a 5-star athlete.
Look, Sanders has shown he can be a weapon on the field. But if we’re being honest, this past season was not quite what we were expecting. Sanders’ 2023 season was on par with his 2022 numbers, but you would have liked to see him improve off his sophomore season, not just kind of hang around the same place.
Heading into the season, I thought it was possible Sanders could play his way into being a first-round draft pick. That’s almost laughable at this point. Sanders is now looking at being a day three draft pick.
Back to the positives … Xavier Worthy and Adonai Mitchell both sat out the workout portion.
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Worthy and Mitchell did go through position drills where they made some great catches.
But the sneaky star of the show (coming full circle here) was probably Quinn Ewers who put on a show throwing to the receivers.
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Not for nothing, but those deep balls at the Pro Day, combined with a nice deep ball during the open portion of practice Tuesday, is only going to fuel the spring time speculation that Ewers may have found a solution to one of the few weaknesses in his game. If he is hitting on those kind of deep balls during the season then Katy bar the door because these Horns are going to be SEC champions in their first season.
TEXAS’ 2025 SEC SCHEDULE RELEASED
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The SEC announced it is simply reversing this year’s fixtures which means the Horns will host Arkansas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt at DKR next year (OU is a “home” game as well at the Cotton Bowl).
But the road fixtures are tough. Texas has to travel to Mississippi State, Kentucky, Florida and Georgia.
For those of you unfamiliar with these environments, let me assure you that they are some tough places to play.
Starksville, Mississippi won’t be the most glamorous road trip, but games there will drive you insane. Bulldog fans ring those damn cowbells incessantly.
Kentucky is … well I have no real experience with Kentucky and they aren’t known for creating a killer home environment so that’s fine. But the Wildcats have been tough during the Mark Stoops tenure so it should still be a hard game.
The Swamp at Florida is known to be an incredibly tough place to play. Whether it’s doing their 2-bits cheer or rocking out to hometown native Tom Petty, Gator fans are loud and proud.
And then there is the game between the hedges. Georgia will still likely have a national title contender in 2025 (just like in 2024 and 2023 and 2022 …). The Bulldogs are not only a super-talented team, but their fans will be hyped for this matchup and it will easily be the biggest game on the schedule in 2025.
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The Horns tip off their March Madness run tonight (Thursday). If you’ve joined the Orangebloods bracket challenge, you’ll see that I am picking against Texas tonight. I don’t love doing it and I could easily see the Horns winning this first round game. But I could just as easily see this being a one-and-done year.
I hope I’m wrong.
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On the other hand, I have the Texas women making the Final Four.
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It definitely helps when you get to host the first and second round games but that’s what happens when you go 30-4 during the season.
It also helps when you have Madison Booker leading the way.
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It was nice to see Texas baseball bounce back with a big game Wednesday night. The Horns needed a walkoff single to win Tuesday, but they got it. That’s now three wins in a row but given the level of competition, they should be undefeated during this homestand.
I’m not ready to write this team off yet, but the fact that it’s even a conceivable possibility that I (or any fans) could give up on this team is a troubling sign.
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Well, well. This is interesting.
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I love seeing new defensive line coach Kenny Baker taking every opportunity to coach up the young guys.
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The Texas One Fund is doing a great job of raising money in creative ways.
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This is a trend that is just getting started at the college level. A&M may be the first, but they won’t be the last. It’s also only a matter of time before we see the double first base in Major League parks.
I know it’s not what most of us grew up with, but I’m in favor of the change. It makes the game safer without making any kind of difference to the competitiveness of the game. It doesn’t give any kind of advantage to either the runner or the defense.
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As a RedZone devotee, and a fan of the Olympics, I absolutely LOVE this idea.
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Well played Expos. Well played.
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Leave it to a guy to spend hours of work setting something up to “save time.” But I have to hand it to this guy, this Goldbergian effort gets an A+ for its inventiveness.
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Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian seemed pretty happy as he chatted with reporters after the team's first spring practice of 2024.
“This was a pretty good first day,” Sarkisian said.
It’s easy to be happy following a practice when you have potentially the best quarterback in the SEC next season guiding your team.
“I thought Quinn played really confidently today, had good command,” said Sarkisian.
Ewers took a big step forward in his development last season and he’s expected to take another step forward this season – especially if he can find a good rhythm with his new receivers.
“From a receivers standpoint, we were moving guys from outside to inside, playing them in the slot, playing them outside,” said Sarkisian. “I think that helps when you’ve got a really experienced quarterback who really understands the offense and he can manage some of that stuff at the line of scrimmage.”
It makes sense that Ewers is already starting to shine. He used winter conditioning to transform his body last year.
Ewers was listed at 207 pounds his freshman season but it was probably closer to 218 pounds (and he was kind of doughy). The quarterback said he wasn’t happy with his conditioning so he cut out Chick-fil-A and got to work slimming down to a playing weight of 195 pounds last season.
When he stepped on the field Tuesday, it became pretty apparent to the reporters who were given a glimpse of practice that the QB1 is looking to repeat the success from last year.
“I think Quinn looks good,” Sarkisian gushed. “You know his body – we went from where he was a couple of years ago, to slim himself all the way down last season, to, if you look at him, he looks a little broader now this year. I’m hopeful we can add maybe get three to five more pounds of just strengthening him up that way.”
Ewers probably did need to add a little weight to his frame with Texas facing some future NFL defensive linemen in 2024.
It starts off with Michigan in week two. The Wolverines have a pair of stud d-linemen in Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant. Georgia will roll into town on October 19 and they’ll bring with them a dominant defensive line including Nazir Stackhouse playing over the nose and Mykel Williams on the edge. Even Kentucky will bring in a mountain of a man in Deone Walker … a 6--6, 348-pound behemoth who was one of PFF’s top-graded d-linemen last season.
It's fair to assume that as good as Texas’ offensive line is, Ewers is still going to take some hard hits next season and the added weight may help him avoid the fate he suffered the last two seasons.
We all remember the hit Ewers took from Alabama’s Dallas Turner during his freshman season in 2022.
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Ewers ended up missing a couple of weeks with a shoulder injury following that hit.
He missed a couple of weeks again in 2023 following another shoulder injury – this time against Houston.
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Ewers is up to 205 pounds (with a much better body composition). If, as Sark is hoping, he can get another five pounds of muscle on his frame, then that very well may help Ewers be able to play a full season for the first time in his collegiate career.
TEXAS IS GOING DEEP THIS SPRING …
Spring games almost always have big plays coming from players that you will never see again when the games kick off for real. Who could possibly forget last year’s thrilling Maalik Murphy to Ky Woods touchdown? No offense to Woods (or Murphy – who Texas actually needed last year because of the aforementioned Ewers injuries), but the junior running back is not going to be a linchpin of the Texas offense this year unless things going horribly wrong.
The reason we even find out about guys like Ky Woods is because the depth in the spring isn’t great so you need bodies to fill out the roster.
That’s not a problem this year.
“This is the most numbers that we’ve had in a spring practice since we’ve been here,” Sarkisian said. “We were able to go ones, twos, threes and fours and everybody on the team getting reps and improving and getting better.”
Texas’s spring depth chart is filled out with 18 early enrollees from the 2024 signing class.
Guys like Colin Simmons, Ryan Wingo, Xavier Filsaime, Kobe Black and the criminally underrated Alex January are getting some much-needed experience this spring and are on track to provide some needed minutes this fall.
But when you have so many new faces, it’s not unusual to see one or two of those new faces looking lost.
"You go out to practice the first time and you just hope guys are where they're supposed to be," Sarkisian said. "We've got a lot of moving parts when we practice. I'm not one where I like guys standing around, and so generally when we're working one drill over here, we've got three other drills going on at the same time and a lot of times a new face can get lost and be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Then he's not getting those reps to do what he needs to do.
"But that goes back to when they first get here in school," Sarkisian continued. "You just try to get them going in the right direction, taking the necessary steps and being where they're supposed to be off the field, and then trying to get them to be where they're supposed to be on the field. That lends itself into their play, being where they're supposed to be from play to play to play and doing what they're supposed to do."
For now, these guys are just focusing on figuring out the flow of practice and being an extra body to provide competition as they become more and more comfortable. And after only one day, Sarkisian seems pretty happy.
“This gives a good gauge of where we’re at from a starting point and this was a pretty good starting point.”
TEXAS PRO-DAY
The Texas Longhorns hosted a number of NFL teams who came to town to get a look at Longhorn draft prospects.
Login to view embedded media
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Xavier Worthy, Adonai Mitchell, Byron Murphy, T'Vondre Sweat, Jaylan Ford, Jordan Whittington, Keilan Robinson, Ja'Tavion Sanders, Jett Bush, Ryan Sanborn and Ryan Watts all went through workouts or drills.
The star of the show was Byron Murphy. No Horn has done more to elevate his draft status than the Big 12’s Defensive Lineman of the Year.
Login to view embedded media
T’Vondre Sweat weighed in at 367 Wednesday (one pound more than at the NFL Combine). And not for nothing, but any man who weighs that much should not be able to move like this.
Login to view embedded media
But can we talk about Ja’Tavion Sanders? Woof!
Sanders turned up to Pro Day nowhere near ready.
The tight end turned in an unimpressive 8 reps on the bench press, one less than defensive back Ryan Watts.
Of course, Watts isn’t expected to block NFL defensive linemen and Sanders is.
That, combined with his less-than-impressive 30-inch vertical leap, his 9’-6” broad jump (a foot shorter than Jaylan Ford) and his underwhelming 4.69 40-yard-dash at the NFL Combine has to be raising questions in the minds of NFL executives.
Those aren’t the numbers of a 5-star athlete.
Look, Sanders has shown he can be a weapon on the field. But if we’re being honest, this past season was not quite what we were expecting. Sanders’ 2023 season was on par with his 2022 numbers, but you would have liked to see him improve off his sophomore season, not just kind of hang around the same place.
Heading into the season, I thought it was possible Sanders could play his way into being a first-round draft pick. That’s almost laughable at this point. Sanders is now looking at being a day three draft pick.
Back to the positives … Xavier Worthy and Adonai Mitchell both sat out the workout portion.
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Worthy and Mitchell did go through position drills where they made some great catches.
But the sneaky star of the show (coming full circle here) was probably Quinn Ewers who put on a show throwing to the receivers.
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Not for nothing, but those deep balls at the Pro Day, combined with a nice deep ball during the open portion of practice Tuesday, is only going to fuel the spring time speculation that Ewers may have found a solution to one of the few weaknesses in his game. If he is hitting on those kind of deep balls during the season then Katy bar the door because these Horns are going to be SEC champions in their first season.
TEXAS’ 2025 SEC SCHEDULE RELEASED
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The SEC announced it is simply reversing this year’s fixtures which means the Horns will host Arkansas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt at DKR next year (OU is a “home” game as well at the Cotton Bowl).
But the road fixtures are tough. Texas has to travel to Mississippi State, Kentucky, Florida and Georgia.
For those of you unfamiliar with these environments, let me assure you that they are some tough places to play.
Starksville, Mississippi won’t be the most glamorous road trip, but games there will drive you insane. Bulldog fans ring those damn cowbells incessantly.
Kentucky is … well I have no real experience with Kentucky and they aren’t known for creating a killer home environment so that’s fine. But the Wildcats have been tough during the Mark Stoops tenure so it should still be a hard game.
The Swamp at Florida is known to be an incredibly tough place to play. Whether it’s doing their 2-bits cheer or rocking out to hometown native Tom Petty, Gator fans are loud and proud.
And then there is the game between the hedges. Georgia will still likely have a national title contender in 2025 (just like in 2024 and 2023 and 2022 …). The Bulldogs are not only a super-talented team, but their fans will be hyped for this matchup and it will easily be the biggest game on the schedule in 2025.
TWEETS OF INTEREST:
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The Horns tip off their March Madness run tonight (Thursday). If you’ve joined the Orangebloods bracket challenge, you’ll see that I am picking against Texas tonight. I don’t love doing it and I could easily see the Horns winning this first round game. But I could just as easily see this being a one-and-done year.
I hope I’m wrong.
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On the other hand, I have the Texas women making the Final Four.
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It definitely helps when you get to host the first and second round games but that’s what happens when you go 30-4 during the season.
It also helps when you have Madison Booker leading the way.
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It was nice to see Texas baseball bounce back with a big game Wednesday night. The Horns needed a walkoff single to win Tuesday, but they got it. That’s now three wins in a row but given the level of competition, they should be undefeated during this homestand.
I’m not ready to write this team off yet, but the fact that it’s even a conceivable possibility that I (or any fans) could give up on this team is a troubling sign.
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Well, well. This is interesting.
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I love seeing new defensive line coach Kenny Baker taking every opportunity to coach up the young guys.
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The Texas One Fund is doing a great job of raising money in creative ways.
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This is a trend that is just getting started at the college level. A&M may be the first, but they won’t be the last. It’s also only a matter of time before we see the double first base in Major League parks.
I know it’s not what most of us grew up with, but I’m in favor of the change. It makes the game safer without making any kind of difference to the competitiveness of the game. It doesn’t give any kind of advantage to either the runner or the defense.
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As a RedZone devotee, and a fan of the Olympics, I absolutely LOVE this idea.
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Well played Expos. Well played.
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Leave it to a guy to spend hours of work setting something up to “save time.” But I have to hand it to this guy, this Goldbergian effort gets an A+ for its inventiveness.
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