Showing posts with label Darrell Royal. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 14, 2013

Reports: Mack Brown Will Stay With Texas After All

What was that famous quote? "Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated?"

That may very well be the them song of University of Texas head coach Mack Brown.

Early this week, it was widely reported (including here at OSG Sports) that Brown was going to be forced to resign his job. And the rumors were that Alabama head coach Nick Saban was being set-up to replace him.



According to a report from Bobby Burton of 247Sports.com, Brown will be on the Longhorns sideline for another year.




Mind you this comes on the heels of an ESPN.com report Friday stating Brown was fighting to keep his job. Their report and others say Brown was ready to step down from the job, but after word leaked out at the beginning of the week, he got mad and changed his mind.

Read the ESPN.com story RIGHT HERE

Brown's contract in Austin runs through the year 2020 and pays him north of $5 million a year. The Longhorn faithful (guys with money) have gotten restless the past few seasons as the team has struggled to be competitive at the highest levels of the BCS and College Football. They seem to be of the impression that Texas A&M has passed them by after moving to the SEC and having lots of success.

Another factor cited by many is that Brown is but 2 wins away from passing Longhorns legend Darrell Royal's record for most wins. (Royal had 160, Brown has 158)

Either way, it appears Mack Brown will probably be back on the Texas sideline in 2014. However….another 8-4 or worse season and, well, we suspect this whole conversation will probably come up yet again….

Saturday, November 10, 2012

The Wackiest Top 25 Day Of The Year...Alabama, Texas A&M, Syracuse, Louisville, Texas, and Stanford

Let's just start at the top...

A lot of people, the HQ included, thought that after Alabama took care of LSU that the game that would scare them was behind them...

Instead, the game after LSU was the game that bit them...

Johnny Manziel reinforced his trophy aspirations- even as a freshman- with the Texas A&M Aggies upset of Alabama in Tuscaloosa...

Nick Saban was, obviously, less than pleased...
((HT: WIAT-TV Birmingham))


Louisville head coach Charlie Strong wondered aloud why his team, while undefeated, wasn't ranked higher than ninth in the Bee-Cee-Ess poll. Everyone told Strong that he hadn't really played anybody...

So, then, what happens when Louisville plays Syracuse in the Orange Dome on senior day...??? Ryan Nassib throws for 246 yards, the Orange puts the pedal down early and beats the Cardinals 45-26...

It wasn't that close...
((HT: WSYR-TV Syracuse))


The Texas Longhorns honored Darrell Royal by running out of the wishbone- which was a nice tribute... but they did it with a twist...

The Longhorns won over Iowa State 33-7 to improve to 8-2...
((HT: KXAN-TV Austin))

Longhorns honor DKR with a win

And, until the Florida- Louisiana Lafayette game shows up somewhere, the HQ will finish with the Oregon State-Stanford highlights... The only turnover Oregon State had on the day would turn costly as the Cardinal held on at home 27-23... ((HT: KVAL-TV))

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Darrell Royal Passes At 88

((HT: KXAN-TV))

One of college football's legendary sports figures has passed from complications from Alzheimer's at the age of 88...

Texas Longhorns long-time former coach and administrator Darrell Royal had been fighting the disease for some time and passed in an assisted living facility where he had been receiving care and treatment.

From his 23 years as head coach to front office director to sports personality, Royal will always be known for his down-home demeanor and presentation.

On the field, he brought the powerful wishbone offense to Austin and made the Longhorns a long-term success with 11 SWC titles, 10 Cotton Bowl titles, and 2 national titles...

Here's Austin's early coverage...

University of Texas sports legend Darrell Royal dies

And here's what the HQ remembers him for- in part... ((HT: OldSchoolYou))