We are now at 51 days before the Longhorns battle the Buckeyes in the season opener. Who’s your favorite Horn to wear No 51?

Some options… 

Bruce Scholtz

Stan Thomas

Stan was a dude

3 hours ago, Drunk randoke said:

Stan was a dude

A first-rounder, too.

11 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

A first-rounder, too.

My first year as a fan was 1989.  So that’s going back for me. 

Brandon Nava!!!! 51

8 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

A first-rounder, too.

I was at the Texas vs $MU game in Dallas the first year the "Mustangs" were allowed to play football after receiving the Death Penalty from the NCAA for illegally paying their players. The small crowd was 90pc Longhorns fans and the Ponies looked like a 4A high school team.

One of the "Mustangs'" DLs had been getting abused by Texas' Stan Thomas as the Horns ran repeatedly behind Thomas' pancakes.

The $MU DL had reached his limit and let go with a roundhouse uppercut that just about ruined Stan's manhood. Stan buckled to the turf as the penalty flag fell beside him. Several Texas players converged on the $MU player and the official's effort to get in the middle was useless.

When the artificial turf dust settled, Stan was helped off the field. He returned later in the game for the Longhorns.

I've followed CFB since 1968. That game in Dallas remains the most mismatched spectacle I've ever seen. $MU should not have tried to play football again until they could recruit and assemble a representative team. That game demonstrated what a Top 10 team looks like physically on the same field as a bunch of high school sized players.

Hook 'Em! and I have never cared for SMU since their scandal -ridden days.

1 hour ago, Jc Dobbs said:

I was at the Texas vs $MU game in Dallas the first year the "Mustangs" were allowed to play football after receiving the Death Penalty from the NCAA for illegally paying their players. The small crowd was 90pc Longhorns fans and the Ponies looked like a 4A high school team.

One of the "Mustangs'" DLs had been getting abused by Texas' Stan Thomas as the Horns ran repeatedly behind Thomas' pancakes.

The $MU DL had reached his limit and let go with a roundhouse uppercut that just about ruined Stan's manhood. Stan buckled to the turf as the penalty flag fell beside him. Several Texas players converged on the $MU player and the official's effort to get in the middle was useless.

When the artificial turf dust settled, Stan was helped off the field. He returned later in the game for the Longhorns.

I've followed CFB since 1968. That game in Dallas remains the most mismatched spectacle I've ever seen. $MU should not have tried to play football again until they could recruit and assemble a representative team. That game demonstrated what a Top 10 team looks like physically on the same field as a bunch of high school sized players.

Hook 'Em! and I have never cared for SMU since their scandal -ridden days.

Great story!  I remember that game and you're spot on.  Men vs Boys.