The Good Ole Texas Football Days
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I’ve got an idea! How about posting highlight videos of games where we didn’t get our asses kicked?
Remembering the Good Ole Texas Football days?
Getting into all the games on the $25 student ticket fee. Stepping off the side walk to watch Earl walk by. And the rest of the time walking around the 40 acres seeing the prettiest girls in Texas!
Getting into all the games on the $25 student ticket fee. Stepping off the side walk to watch Earl walk by. And the rest of the time walking around the 40 acres seeing the prettiest girls in Texas!
I don't know how many stone arrowheads we had to barter to pay our blanket tax( which got us tickets), but at least we used to win in those days....
Texas Shocks Oklahoma, 13-6
The annual border war known as the Texas-Oklahoma football game turned in the Longhorn's favor today when the equivalent of a buck private charged off the bench to rescue his team in its hour of greatest need.
Randy McEachern, a junior who spent last year as a spotter in the press box for a Texas radio station, came trembling onto the field early in the second period after the first two Texas quarterbacks were knocked out with injuries.
And when the afternoon had ended, his jubilant Texas teammates carried him off the field after he helped engineer a stunning, 13-6 victory over Oklahoma, ending the Soorers' six-year domination of this affair and elevating McEachern to the status of genuine Texas folk hero.
Over the next few days, the eyes of Texas also will gaze reverently at three other Longhorn players who played major roles in fifth-ranked and undefeated (4-0) Texas' dramatic upset of the second-now rankedc 4-1.
Earl Campbell, the Heisman Trophy candidate who may be the swiftest 220-pound fullback in the country, scored on 24-yard touchdown in the second quarter and gained 124 yards in 23 brutal carries through an Oklahoma defense that often seemed intent on yanking his head off.
Russell Erxleben certified his status as the premier kicking specialist in the college game - and maybe the world - when he connected on a 64-yard field gold, third longest in NCAA history, in the second period. He set the record last week with a 67-yard kick against Rice.
Texas safely Johnnie Johnson made the game's most important tackle two minutes before Erxleben's long punt when he hit Oklahoma quarterback Thomas Lott inches short of a first down at the Texas five on fourth down.
With eight minutes to play. Oklahoma, trailing by the final margin, moved from its 20 to fourth and one at the Texas five.
Lott rolled down the left side of the line, with the option to pitch out to his halfback of cut inside. He chose the latter, and Johnson was there waiting for him.
"He just seemed to cut up a little early," said Johnson, who was knocked groggy making the tackle when a ton of beef landed on his head in an effort to push Lott backward.
He later added a mere chip shot, a 58-yard kick in the final period, and his 69-yard punt from his end zone with 2 1/2 minutes to play left Oklahoma with rotten field position.
The Sooners could not pick up a first down from there, and Texas killed the clock in the final 71 seconds.
Lott rolled down the left side of the line, with the option to pitch out to his halfback of cut inside. He chose the latter, and Johnson was there waiting for him.
"He just seemed to cut up a little early," said Johnson, who was knocked groggy making the tackle when a ton of beef landed on his head in an effort to push Lott backward.
It's my responsibility if the play goes inside. My main thought was not to let him slip away. Oh yeah, this is the greatest thing that ever happened to me."
That tackle was among the worst things that happened to the Sooners. Early in the third period. Oklahoma was ready to gamble on fourth and two at the Texas 10-yard line. But the Sooners, trailing by 10-3 at the time, were called for delay of game, and Uwe von Schamann kicked a 37-yard field goal to cut the lead to 10-6.
"We just had too many people out there trying to make decision about what to do ," Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer said.
Switzer was asked why he did not call for an all-out rush on Erxleben's punt from the end zone.
"That really surprised me. Erxleben said. "I thought they were coming, I really did, until I saw they only had a seven-man rush. I felt a whole lot better."
Said Switzer: "We wanted to set up a return and get field position, and then the kid just goes and kicks it out of sight."
The annual border war known as the Texas-Oklahoma football game turned in the Longhorn's favor today when the equivalent of a buck private charged off the bench to rescue his team in its hour of greatest need.
Randy McEachern, a junior who spent last year as a spotter in the press box for a Texas radio station, came trembling onto the field early in the second period after the first two Texas quarterbacks were knocked out with injuries.
And when the afternoon had ended, his jubilant Texas teammates carried him off the field after he helped engineer a stunning, 13-6 victory over Oklahoma, ending the Soorers' six-year domination of this affair and elevating McEachern to the status of genuine Texas folk hero.
Over the next few days, the eyes of Texas also will gaze reverently at three other Longhorn players who played major roles in fifth-ranked and undefeated (4-0) Texas' dramatic upset of the second-now rankedc 4-1.
Earl Campbell, the Heisman Trophy candidate who may be the swiftest 220-pound fullback in the country, scored on 24-yard touchdown in the second quarter and gained 124 yards in 23 brutal carries through an Oklahoma defense that often seemed intent on yanking his head off.
Russell Erxleben certified his status as the premier kicking specialist in the college game - and maybe the world - when he connected on a 64-yard field gold, third longest in NCAA history, in the second period. He set the record last week with a 67-yard kick against Rice.
Texas safely Johnnie Johnson made the game's most important tackle two minutes before Erxleben's long punt when he hit Oklahoma quarterback Thomas Lott inches short of a first down at the Texas five on fourth down.
With eight minutes to play. Oklahoma, trailing by the final margin, moved from its 20 to fourth and one at the Texas five.
Lott rolled down the left side of the line, with the option to pitch out to his halfback of cut inside. He chose the latter, and Johnson was there waiting for him.
"He just seemed to cut up a little early," said Johnson, who was knocked groggy making the tackle when a ton of beef landed on his head in an effort to push Lott backward.
He later added a mere chip shot, a 58-yard kick in the final period, and his 69-yard punt from his end zone with 2 1/2 minutes to play left Oklahoma with rotten field position.
The Sooners could not pick up a first down from there, and Texas killed the clock in the final 71 seconds.
Lott rolled down the left side of the line, with the option to pitch out to his halfback of cut inside. He chose the latter, and Johnson was there waiting for him.
"He just seemed to cut up a little early," said Johnson, who was knocked groggy making the tackle when a ton of beef landed on his head in an effort to push Lott backward.
It's my responsibility if the play goes inside. My main thought was not to let him slip away. Oh yeah, this is the greatest thing that ever happened to me."
That tackle was among the worst things that happened to the Sooners. Early in the third period. Oklahoma was ready to gamble on fourth and two at the Texas 10-yard line. But the Sooners, trailing by 10-3 at the time, were called for delay of game, and Uwe von Schamann kicked a 37-yard field goal to cut the lead to 10-6.
"We just had too many people out there trying to make decision about what to do ," Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer said.
Switzer was asked why he did not call for an all-out rush on Erxleben's punt from the end zone.
"That really surprised me. Erxleben said. "I thought they were coming, I really did, until I saw they only had a seven-man rush. I felt a whole lot better."
Said Switzer: "We wanted to set up a return and get field position, and then the kid just goes and kicks it out of sight."
I went back back to 2009 and watched highlights of the last 3 games.
1. cow college Thanksgiving night 2009. I had forgotten that we really had a helluva offense that year. We had td's from 65, 47, and 95 yards. I remember what a good rb Tre Newton was before he had to retire. And we had a good if not great ol. We won 49/39. Our d did not play well that night but with 3 minutes to go with an o that played great that night, and all their timeouts, guess what happened? They missed a 23 yards fg. Some things will never change.
NB Big XII title game. What a game our d played that night. Our secondary had 4 pics even Blake Gideon had one lol. NB's o never got into our red zone on their own they got there once on a punt return. It was a defensive battle to be sure. But with 4 minutes left NB got a fluke a** pic. They kicked a fg with 2 minutes left to go ahead 12/10. Man I started to have flashbacks from the GA game in the CB. And on the last play we damn near lost. We have a to there's 7 seconds left and the clock is ticking but we decided to throw it out of bounds. The clock said zero but after review they put 1 second back on the clock. Hunter Lawrence kicked the winning fg and we survived 13/12. But that was still some terrible clock management. We got lucky.
The AL game. You know if you go back to the first 4 minutes of that game we were poised to win big. AL had a terribly executed fake punt that Blake Gideon, can you believe that, intercepted. We were poised to go up 7/0 and then Colt got hurt. Instead we kick a fg. But on Garrett Gilbert's first drive we got to a first and goal at the one but had to settle for another fg. From that point we lost all momentum and the rest was history. Our down cycle started on Colt's injury. MB said if Colt hadn't got injured we would have won and it wouldn't have been close. He was right. Damn damn damn.
We were so close.
1. cow college Thanksgiving night 2009. I had forgotten that we really had a helluva offense that year. We had td's from 65, 47, and 95 yards. I remember what a good rb Tre Newton was before he had to retire. And we had a good if not great ol. We won 49/39. Our d did not play well that night but with 3 minutes to go with an o that played great that night, and all their timeouts, guess what happened? They missed a 23 yards fg. Some things will never change.
NB Big XII title game. What a game our d played that night. Our secondary had 4 pics even Blake Gideon had one lol. NB's o never got into our red zone on their own they got there once on a punt return. It was a defensive battle to be sure. But with 4 minutes left NB got a fluke a** pic. They kicked a fg with 2 minutes left to go ahead 12/10. Man I started to have flashbacks from the GA game in the CB. And on the last play we damn near lost. We have a to there's 7 seconds left and the clock is ticking but we decided to throw it out of bounds. The clock said zero but after review they put 1 second back on the clock. Hunter Lawrence kicked the winning fg and we survived 13/12. But that was still some terrible clock management. We got lucky.
The AL game. You know if you go back to the first 4 minutes of that game we were poised to win big. AL had a terribly executed fake punt that Blake Gideon, can you believe that, intercepted. We were poised to go up 7/0 and then Colt got hurt. Instead we kick a fg. But on Garrett Gilbert's first drive we got to a first and goal at the one but had to settle for another fg. From that point we lost all momentum and the rest was history. Our down cycle started on Colt's injury. MB said if Colt hadn't got injured we would have won and it wouldn't have been close. He was right. Damn damn damn.
We were so close.
