Texas Longhorns: Mike Black
June 6, 2021
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AUSTIN -- If you closed your eyes Saturday night at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, the 46-year old ballpark might've sounded like 2005 - or even 1983 - as a festive crowd basked in the Texas Longhorns' 10-3 ...
September 10, 2020
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Being the child of a sports psychopath, my son's first words were not "dad" or "mom." His first words were, "we are just going to take it one game at a time" because that's what always needs to be sa...
July 13, 2020
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When Ricky Williams arrived at the University of Texas in the mid-1990s, more than a few people dropped upon his broad shoulders the moniker of "Little Earl," coined after the Longhorns' then only He...
May 6, 2020
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The spring of 2020 will always be remembered in the context of "what might have been."
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April 28, 2020
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My "day job" sent me home in late March, so I've been spending time wearing a pathway from my refrigerator to my porch. I've also discovered that "zoom" is now "Zoom" and it means something different...
March 24, 2020
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The ballroom was filled with football players, yet all I could think of was Dolly Parton's character, Truvy, in the now-old movie, Steel Magnolias. Weird where the mind goes when emotions, words, mus...
February 16, 2020
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Sifting through the end of football in 2019, the beginning of football in 2020, and trying to decipher if the Texas basketball team can qualify for the NIT again this year and thus defend its title.....
January 8, 2020
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We wrap up the final month of Texas Football in 2019 with Alamo Bowl stories and recaps, closer looks Chris Ash and Mike Yurcich, and notes on the class of 2020.
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December 3, 2019
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This month's edition of Inside Texas Magazine includes features on football's Chris Brown and basketball's Matt Coleman, plus game recaps and analysis from Kansas State, Iowa State, Baylor, and Texas...
November 4, 2019
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The NCAA tries, bless its heart.
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August 29, 2019
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This month’s magazine delivers roster and schedule breakdowns, a story on Brandon Jones, the 2019 Inside Texas Football Glossary, and more. This is just a taste of the premium content members of In...
July 27, 2019
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I apologize ahead of time for any asinine opinions written here: compressor is out in my truck and I’m fairly certain my suffering from not having an air conditioner for over a week has affected my...
June 26, 2019
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A few summer notes after waking up this morning to the voice of Baker Mayfield coming from my truck radio...
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February 7, 2019
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AUSTIN - The Texas Longhorns had a simple task facing them Wednesday night at the Frank Erwin Center: beat Baylor.
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January 18, 2019
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So you want to fire the coach, huh? Well, congratulations, you are now one of the Masses. I was too. Still am, sometimes.
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January 11, 2019
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Notes for 2019, while pondering the fact that Texas Tech fired a coach who only a few short weeks later became a head coach in the National Football League...
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December 9, 2018
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The November edition of Inside Texas Magazine includes a feature on Lil’Jordan Humphrey, recaps from Texas’ last stretch of games, and more from the Inside Texas staff.
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November 17, 2018
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Our seats were on the north end of DKR, about midway up, diagonal to the back northwest corner of the end zone. It was September of 2015, a night game, and my son Miles and I were thrilled with the v...
November 2, 2018
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This month's Inside Texas Magazine includes game stories from Joe Cook and Justin Wells, analysis from Scipio Tex and Ian Boyd, features from Mike Blackwell, and outstanding pictures from Will Gallag...
October 5, 2018
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The play took just under seven seconds or so. Six-point-seven-eight seconds, to be exact. A simple handoff, like thousands of others you've seen. Ball is shotgun-snapped to the quarterback, quarterba...
September 13, 2018
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Like a normal human being, I hated Bill Belichick. Two games into this season, I have a confession: I love Bill Belichick.
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September 7, 2018
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Austin has kept it weird for decades, and recently this ever-growing hamlet of the bizarre celebrated the 25th - yes, 25th - anniversary of the Capitol city-produced classic movie, Dazed and Confused...
August 26, 2018
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The 2018 Preview Magazine is here. It includes a Q&A with Tom Herman from Justin Wells, profiles of Kris Boyd and Patrick Vahe by Mike Blackwell, Joe Cook's summary of Herman's offensive principl...
August 25, 2018
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August notes while suffering through relentless 100+ degree heat. Hopefully Tulsa and USC can feel my pain in a few weeks...
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July 13, 2018
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There is the hair, of course, but beyond the mane, Patrick Vahe and Breckyn Hager arrived in Austin with seemingly not much else in common.
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June 26, 2018
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The story of former Texas football player Greg Ploetz is an inspiring one, a portrait of great accomplishments brushed alongside aching sadness. In a world that insists upon black-and-white absolutes...
June 21, 2018
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Two of my daughters graduated high school the other day, so my thoughts are all over the place, and if you walk by me and say hello, I might start crying. Using this notes column as a bit of therapy....
June 7, 2018
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People who are into these sorts of things will tell you that spring is the season of love. Texas coach Tom Herman would undoubtedly agree.
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May 21, 2018
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An otherwise sleepy part of the sports calendar - otherwise known as "May" - was awakened in startling fashion earlier this week by the folks wearing the robes in the Supreme Court building in Washin...
May 10, 2018
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Chris Del Conte and P.T. Barnum have the same number of syllables in their names, though certainly the similarities between the two do not end with that simple fact. Both are/were salesmen of the hig...
April 17, 2018
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Augie Garrido never pretended to be a Texan. In fact, he never pretended to be anything other than what he was, which was many things that at first glance did not seem to be Texan at all.
His voice w...
March 25, 2018
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Spring football practice is very much like dating someone new: fun and light and dreamy and full of possibility.
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February 4, 2018
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AUSTIN -- Texas plugged into a hyped-up crowd to run down No. 12 Oklahoma in the second half Saturday, beating the Sooners 79-74 in a raucous - and full - Frank Erwin Center.
Trailing 40-35 at halfti...
February 1, 2018
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December 3, 2017
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Since you're taking a few days off after the Texas Tech game, I figured you might need a little reading material to pass the time. Since we both want Texas football to win again, and since I've been ...
November 12, 2017
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Five Quick Thoughts after Texas beat Kansas Saturday night 42-27...
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November 2, 2017
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November has arrived, and though everyone more clearly understands the strengths and limitations of Texas quarterbacks Shane Buechele and Sam Ehlinger, no one appears to have a clear idea of who shou...
October 20, 2017
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Notes and observations on a season half-played, while wondering how I got a sunburn in the Cotton Bowl and was running my truck heater two days later. God Bless Texas...
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October 14, 2017
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We walked through the dark and around the graveyard, where I always park when I'm going to a Texas game in Austin. I have kids, so I'm cheap, and parking next to the graves across the highway is free...
October 6, 2017
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Dear Shane and Sam,
Wanted to drop you a quick line as you prepare for Kansas State this Saturday. I know you guys are probably tired of everybody droning on and on about who the starting quarterback...
September 22, 2017
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Texas has a quarterback who is clearly the most physical at his position. Another UT quarterback is more experienced, and is thus more familiar with the team's system. A third has a very special skil...
September 14, 2017
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Sloppy-drunk on burnt orange Kool-aid in July, I stated - publicly and emphatically and foolishly - that Texas would beat USC this week in Los Angeles. Less than two months later, it's Trojan game we...