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Well before OBs, UT Head Coach David Allerdice couldn’t take the heat . . .

HllCountryHorn

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LOL. Was it Mark Twain who said that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme?

“At age 25, [David] Allerdice was the 2nd-youngest coach in Texas football history (behind his predecessor, Billy Wasmund, who died at age 23). Allerdice's Longhorns finished 5–2 in 1911, 7–1 in both the 1912 and 1913 seasons, and went unbeaten at 8–0 in 1914. In the inaugural Southwest Conference season in 1915, Texas finished 6–3 with losses to Oklahoma, Texas A&M, and Notre Dame. At season's end, despite a career record of 33–7 with the Longhorns, Allerdice informed the Athletic Council of his resignation because of the "super critical nature of the Texas fans."

 
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