100 Day Countdown - 2023

[HornSwoggler]

#37 Glenn Blackwood '75 - '78

Captain of the 1978 Longhorn football team, Glenn Blackwood was part of an incredible era of outstanding Texas defensive backs which first earned the Longhorns the nickname "DBU."
Playing in secondaries that included eventual NFL first-round draft picks Raymond Clayborn, Johnnie Johnson and Derrick Hatchett, Blackwood helped lead the Longhorns to a No. 1 ranking and a perfect 11-0 regular season in 1977. He led Texas in interceptions as the Longhorn won the Southwest Conference Championship and played for the National Championship that year.
UT Hall of Honor

 

[HornSwoggler]

#37 Terry Orr RB '80 - '83

 

[mchammer]

Nate Boyer, Valley Christian HS, Dublin CA

“Every team needs a Green Beret.”

Academic AA in 2012. Semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy. People like Boyer and Ahmard Hall are great ambassadors for the program.
The Green Beret who liked to long-snap the football

Yeah aggy brain couldn’t compute we had real soldiers playing for the Longhorns.

 

[Hideo Gump Jr.]

Here with his brother and Dolphin teammate Lyle.
The Bruise Brothers.

 

[WorsterMan]

#37 Terry Orr - one of my fav photos of him - TD run vs. Bama in the CB:

 

[WorsterMan]

#36 Lamar Houston

 

[WorsterMan]

#36 Jacoby Jones

 

[Desperado]

#36 Texas

 

[LousianaHorn]

35 days now and in my book there can be only 1 Longhorn to represent #35..........

 

[Horn6721]

Above pic of Bertelsen obviously late in an away game.

 

[hornde68]

Above pic of Bertelsen obviously late in an away game.

Late in OU at Cotton Bowl and against hogs in Shootout 2 in 1970

 

[das3603]

35 days now and in my book there can be only 1 Longhorn to represent #35..........

another #35 who was pretty good
Former Longhorn Kevin Durant makes his decision, will sign with Golden State Warriors

 

[HornSwoggler]

 

[mchammer]

Probably the most approachable and talented player at Texas.

 

[Hideo Gump Jr.]

I was expecting Jimmy Walker but yeah, Ricky Williams is good.

 

[cnb]

34 days..

 

[Desperado]

#33 Priest Holmes

 

[WorsterMan]

#33 RB - D'Anta Foreman

 

[Hideo Gump Jr.]

Roy Dale McKay, Junction

Cropped 1941 team photo.

All-SWC, AA back in 1942. He helped guide the Horns to a 9-win season in 1942, culminating in its first bowl game, a 14-7 Cotton Bowl victory in 1943 over Georgia Tech, winning co-mvp.
He played four years for Green Bay, twice being named the league’s best punter. Won an NFL championship in 1944 with the Packers.
In 1945, he threw four second-quarter touchdown passes to Don Hutson, helping him to set a record for most points in a quarter with 29.

 

[Desperado]

#33 Edwin Simmons

If Marcus Dupree was The Best That Never Was, Simmons was the second best.

 

[X Misn Tx]

#42 Caleb Bluiett DE & TE 1997-2000

Sorry I missed last week. I always like to ..."Bluuuuuuuuuuuuuue!"

 

[everette]

#33 Edwin Simmons

If Marcus Dupree was The Best That Never Was, Simmons was the second best.

You couldn't beat him at the naked reverse!

 

[HornSwoggler]

Cedric Benson 2001 - 2004

• Earned first team All-America honors and won the Doak Walker Award (nation's top running back) in 2014 as a senior after rushing for 1,834 yards and 19 TDs
• Ranks second on the UT all-time rushing list and stands seventh in NCAA FBS history with 5,540 rushing yards. His 64 career rushing touchdowns are second in school history
• Only Longhorns player to rush for 1,000 or more yards in four straight seasons and one of just eight players in NCAA history to accomplish that feat
• Four-time All-Big 12 performer who had 25 career 100-yard rushing games, the second-most in school history, and a UT-record 1,112 carries
• UT Hall of Honor 2014

 

[Desperado]

#32 Johnathan Gray

 

[Desperado]

Cedric Benson 2001 - 2004

• Only Longhorns player to rush for 1,000 or more yards in four straight seasons and one of just eight players in NCAA history to accomplish that feat

Won't ever see four 1,000 yard seasons in D1 again. Pretty impressive.

 

[Hideo Gump Jr.]

Lance Taylor, El Paso Coronado…

… bringing down George Woodard on a great day in College Station (bet you don’t hear that too often). He led the team in tackles in an All-SWC year during the 1977 Natty near miss. It’s a different ‘78 Cotton Bowl if this guy plays.

 

[nashhorn]

Yay El Paso and Lance.

 

[Desperado]

#31 Aaron Ross

Between Aaron and his wife, I hope we have their kids on the radar. With that gene pool, they should be studs.

 

[WorsterMan]

# 31 LB Pat Culpepper

 

[Horn6721]

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