Category: Texas Longhorns

Young, No. 1 Alabama Escape Texas on Late FG 20–19

September 10, 2022
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AUSTIN, Texas—Will Reichard kicked a 33-yard field goal with 10 seconds left, and Bryce Young and No. 1 Alabama overcame a stifling defensive effort by Texas to earn a hard-fought 20–19 victory Saturday. Young was hit and harassed by the Texas defense most of the game, but the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback put together a big…

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Texas Legend Steve ‘Big Woo’ Worster Dies at 73

August 15, 2022
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Texas Longhorns legendary fullback Steve Worster, a two-time first-team All-American, has died. He was 73. According to the school, Worster died Saturday. Media outlets said he had been experiencing health issues. Worster, known as “Big Woo,” thrived in Texas’ wishbone offense that revolved around three running backs and the quarterback. The bruising back helped the…

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American Pioneer Adventures: Nelson Story Led The Longest Cattle Drive in History, from Texas to Montana

April 12, 2022
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If you were to visit Virginia City, Montana, today, you’d find a town that looks much like it did in May 1863. That’s when a rich placer deposit of gold was discovered in Alder Gulch, the streambed behind the town. Miners returning from gold fields in Bannack, Montana, stumbled across the gold, and despite a…

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Texas Artist Uses Rusty Scrap Metal to Create Longhorn Bull, Horses, and Other Big Beasts

October 16, 2021
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A former church pastor-turned-artist has spent a lifetime living in different U.S. states working in different trades but now calls Texas home. For years, he’s been building colossal sculptures out of old, rusty metal—combining a Western motif and a penchant for big beasts to create life-sized longhorn bulls, grandiose horses, bears, and buffalo. The 64-year-old metal…

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