100 Day Countdown - 2023

# 77 KENNETH SIMS

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earl77 said:
Best memory ever: 4th down for OU at the Texas 5 yard line in 1977
Thomas Lott, Oklahoma's jet-fast quarterback, looked over the line and took the snap.
"Thomas took the ball down the right side," Shearer narrates now. "I just scooted all the way down the line and Thomas decided to cut it up."
The rest is in the UT history books.
"Johnnie hit him high and I hit him low.”
No gain.
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Think maybe it was the play at 29:23 in this video?

 
Stan Maudlin, Amarillo
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  • All-State center & linebacker at Amarillo High School in 1938.
  • Member of the “Immortal 13” team that defeated the defending national champion, Rose Bowl-bound Texas Aggies in 1940.
  • All-SWC 1942.
  • Flew 35 missions for the 15th Air Force based in Italy during WW2.
  • Died at the age of 27 following a game as a member of the Chicago Cardinals, who retired his number.
  • Father of future lettermen Dan (63-64) and Stan (69-71) Mauldin.
  • Longhorn Hall of Honor 1963.

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In action during a 71-6 victory over Oregon on December 6, 1941.
One day later…..
 

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Dionysus said:
Think maybe it was the play at 29:23 in this video?

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The HUGE punt by Exrleben from the back of the end zone to the ou 20 flipped the field and it allowed the punt team to cover the return man and hold him to a 1-2 yard return.

I think the punt was credited as 69 yards net. But from nearly the back of the end zone line to the ou 20 - the ball traveled in the air approx. 87-88 yards, if my math is right!!:yikes:
 
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Without a doubt, for me, the single most important win ever over Oklahoma. I was a '77 graduate from the Texas college of pharmacy and we had not beat them in 5 years. I was on my way to Dallas to take my boards and watched the game in Austin with some strangers at someone's house I just met. They were not very big football fans, and for me this game was life and death, so I don't think they understood my zeal. After the game, I called my Dad, a Texas alum, and boy was that a memorable conversation! If you remember, the drag exploded in celebration afterwards.
 
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Dionysus said:
I had to set up a new countdown timer so I wasn’t sure if I set it correctly. I think it would be 77 today but wanted to see if someone could confirm.
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I agree with 77 for today and apologize for how long it took me to get a good count. I got 3 different numbers and averaged them.:beertoast:
 
earl77 said:
Without a doubt, for me, the single most important win ever over Oklahoma. I was a '77 graduate from the Texas college of pharmacy and we had not beat them in 5 years. I was on my way to Dallas to take my boards and watched the game with some strangers at someone's house I just met. They were not very big football fans, and for me this game was life and death, so I don't think they understood my zeal. After the game, I called my Dad, a Texas alum, and boy was that a memorable conversation! If you remember, the drag exploded in celebration afterwards.
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1977 was the only football game I ever attended where I saw a grown man cry due to the victory!
 
Jerry Sizemore, Plainview.
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  • SWC champ 1970-72
  • Co-captain of 1972 team
  • Two-time consensus All-American and All-SWC (71-72)
  • Named to SWC and Cotton Bowl All-Decade team for 1970s
  • Eagles first round pick
  • Twelve years in the league including two Pro Bowls
  • College Football HOF 2002
  • Hall of Honor 1980
 
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Countdown from day 75-50 takes the longest in my opinion. The countdown always start fast, particularly if the Horns are still playing baseball. Then, we hit the doldrums. In 25 days from now, we get a little breeze with the conference media days, which is shortly followed by a stronger breeze of the start of fall practice. Till then, drudgery.
 
Lionel Garr, Diboll.
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Nephew of MLB batting champion and all-star Ralph Garr.
Gone too soon.
 
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mchammer said:
Countdown from day 75-50 takes the longest in my opinion. The countdown always start fast, particularly if the Horns are still playing baseball. Then, we hit the doldrums. In 25 days from now, we get a little breeze with the conference media days, which is shortly followed by a stronger breeze of the start of fall practice. Till then, drudgery.
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I think the NBA could make a brilliant move shifting their season by about 6 to 8 weeks. They would be the dominant televised sport for most of the Summer (face it, MLB regular season games appeal to relatively few people). And selfishly, it would shrink the dog days of sports down to just a couple of weeks.
 
Sangre Naranjada said:
I think the NBA could make a brilliant move shifting their season by about 6 to 8 weeks. They would be the dominant televised sport for most of the Summer (face it, MLB regular season games appeal to relatively few people). And selfishly, it would shrink the dog days of sports down to just a couple of weeks.
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Beach volleyball - college tournament from mid June to mid July.
 
SN,

I agree; if the NBA would start their season in December and conclude in early April, the TV ratings might be higher. Then again if the NBA started the third week of January and had playoffs in late February, that would be a huge improvement.
 
SabreHorn said:
SN,

I agree; if the NBA would start their season in December and conclude in early April, the TV ratings might be higher. Then again if the NBA started the third week of January and had playoffs in late February, that would be a huge improvement.
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I kinda agree...the NBA plays 82 regular season games. IMHO, entirely too many for my ADHD brain. But honestly, that's nuthin'... MLB's 162 game season in my opinion is UBSURD! Take SH's idea & apply it to baseball & that would be REAL improvement in the sports world. Start the preseason on May 4...begin regular season June 4...have the All-Star break from July 4 - Sept 4...then start the playoffs Oct 4. That's a MLB season that would capture my feeble attention. As is, I'm done with baseball after Omaha.
 
Gene Chilton, Spring Branch Memorial
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  • Co-captain ‘85
  • All-SWC 1985
  • All-American 1984-85
  • Third round pick of the Cardinals
  • Six years in the league
Gene, Gene, the coke machine.
Strange that the official website of UT Athletics lists him as an AA in ‘84 but not all-conference.
 
#74 Doug English
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1972-1974 Longhorn Hall of Honor - 1986
College Football Hall of Fame - 2011
All-SWC and All American DT 1973 and 1974
Texas High School Hall of Fame
NFL 1st Team All-Pro 1982, 2nd Team All-Pro 3 times - Detroit Lions
 
3 for 1 Special: The Talbert Brothers from Texas City

Diron #73 '63-'66 Longhorn Hall of Honor 2005
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Don #72 '58-'61 Longhorn Hall of Honor 1992
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Charlie #89 '61-'63 Longhorn Hall of Honor 2007
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