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Texas Longhorns

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    The School That Holds The Record For First-Day License-Plate Sales In Texas Is...Ole Miss?

    MyPlates.com, the private company that offers Texans vanity plates of all types, sells a lot of school plates. Plates for th eUniversity of South Carolina just went on sale (and no, you can't get COCKLUVR even if you're a rabid Gamecock fan). They've been doing it for a while now, and have compile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Rice Scrimmage Recap: The Owls Out to Kick The Longhorns' @%#

    Steve JansenDavid Bailiff addresses his team following Saturday's scrimmage. ​"What are you dreaming about? What are you dreaming about? You should be dreaming about whuppin' Texas' ass." That's Rice head football coach David Bailiff, who is gathered in front of his entire team at midfield of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    What "Exhaustion" & Other Cancellation Excuses REALLY Mean

    zazzle.com​Shit happens. It's a fact of life. We're willing to bet that every single person reading this blog has at one time taken a sick day or left work unexpectedly due to an emergency of some kind. And while we may see them as rock gods, musicians are people too, susceptible to the same h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    More NFL Drama: 75 Former Pros Suing League Over Concussions

    Former Texas Longhorn Raymond Clayborn (24) and 74 fellow NFL retirees are suing the league.​The National Football League has been, for the past few years, one of the biggest proponents of concussion awareness. Now, all of that cheerleading may bite them in the backside. The Associated Press ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    CityCentre Shows Off Aggie-Longhorn Gridiron

    Over/under on the time before the UT end zone is defaced: 1.2 hours after the game​When the University of Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies get together each year, there is a feeling of true holiday spirit that fills the air. Sure, that spirit is hatred, but it definitely fills the air. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Rice Sudents Had A Great Sexual Year, Apparently

    Rice gets it on​Today in Self-Serving "Studies," we have what is no doubt highly sophisticated and peer-approved from the people who make Trojan condoms.They're put their annual report on "sexual health" on America's college campuses, looking at such things as condom availability, health center ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Open Tab: Things Are Changing, Holmes

    Pull up a chair, start a tab and order a round of shots, because this is Rocks Off's weekly roundup of the goings-on in the Houston bar scene. Ups and downs, openings and closings, we will cover it all. Hit us up with any hot tips at craig.hlavaty@houstonpress.com. Craig Hlavaty​During our t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Rice Hopes To Keep Momentum Against North Texas

    Owls take on Mean Green, or whatever North Texas is calling itself these days​The Rice Owls played a hell of a football game last Saturday. They played a game that nobody, except for themselves, thought they were capable of playing. They shut down the Texas Longhorn running game, and they even sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    UT-Notre Dame Football Series: It's Coming, Longhorns

    Fear the leprechaun. Fear it!!!​It's not often that the University of Texas steps up to play major college football programs -- they seem to prefer the Sam Houston States and UL-Monroes of the world for their out-of-conference schedule -- but that may be changing.Rumors are flying that the Longhor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Aggies And Horns Want Part Of Your Electric Bill For Their Struggling Sports Programs

    Aggie Energy: Making sure Aggie jokes never go out of style.​It seems like we've heard a joke before about how many Aggies it takes to change a light bulb. It wasn't really funny then, but considering that Texas A&M, specifically Aggie athletics, is getting into the energy business, we're sure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Longhorns End Rice's Season

    Damn you, Bevo​Rice Owls pitcher Mike Ojala had been lobbying coach Wayne Graham to let him pitch a complete game for four years. That lobbying had been excessively hard this season, since Ojala wanted to get at least one in his Rice career.But with his coming off off-season Tommy John surgery, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    How Texas and Alabama Match Up... Musically

    ​ For once, Rocks Off is grateful for this sinus-splitting headache (thanks, Mike Stinson!), because it gives us something to focus on besides the fact that we are crawling out of our skin waiting for kickoff tonight. At this point, sports pundits have analyzed the Longhorns and Crimson Tide to wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    The Agony of the Cobnoggins

    ​Overconsumption of roasted corn, or elote con crema, is believed to be responsible for a disformity of the cranium known as cornhead. The condition, which is mainly confined to the cornbelt state of Nebraska, can also cause delusions that lead the afflicted to believe they can beat the Texas ... More >>

  • News

    October 15, 2009

    Dive Bars

    A handcrafted tour of the best, most obscure places to lean on a stool in Houston.

  • News

    July 2, 2009

    A Judge Delivers His Verdict Too Late

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  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Let's Make This Rick Perry-Bobby Jindal Bet Interesting, For Chrissake

    The Texas Longhorns are playing the LSU Tigers in the College World Series, and that can mean only one thing: an entirely dull press release announcing some stupid bet between the governors of the respective states.And voila!! Rick Perry's putting up Texas barbecue, Bobby Jindal is putting up seafoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    The Real Reason Perry Wants To Secede: Football

    Governor Rick Perry has been pressing for Texas to secede from the nation. He might bitch about high taxes, but I think we all know the real reason he's pushing this idiotic movement.  How else can the Texas Longhorns win a national championship?Sure, the Longhorns helped to devise the Big 12 g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    What We Lose, And What We Gain, If Texas Secedes

    Rick Perry, our governor, has taken a steep dive off the sanity cliff with his preachin'-to-the-Rush-choir talk of seceding from the United States.This may be hard to imagine, but we think Perry might not have thought the whole thing through so well. And not just because he's presented the image of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Amazingly, There Are Some Flaws In Rick Perry's Plan To Secede

    As the whole blogosphere knows by now, Rick Perry -- the only governor Texas has at the moment -- has talked of the possible need to secede from the United States.This apparently counts as pro-America rhetoric at a tea party; the logic of that escapes us. (Oh yeah, it's no longer "America" when ther ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Longhorns Sue For BCS Title; Coach Brown: "We're Texas, Damn It"

    Austin -- Following last night's Florida Gators victory over the Oklahoma Sooners in the BCS Title Game, the Texas Longhorns football team held a press conference outside of the main entrance to Darrell K. Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium. Head Coach Mack Brown, reading from a prepared statement, st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Longhorns Sue For BCS Title; Coach Brown: "We're Texas, Damn It"

    Austin -- Following last night's Florida Gators victory over the Oklahoma Sooners in the BCS Title Game, the Texas Longhorns football team held a press conference outside of the main entrance to Darrell K. Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium. Head Coach Mack Brown, reading from a prepared statement, st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Longhorns Can't Brag About Buckeye Victory

    I want to thank The Ohio State Buckeyes. Sure, they lost to the Texas Longhorns, but because the Longhorns needed a bad spot by the referees to help get the victory, I'm pretty damn sure that the country has been saved from listening to Longhorn fans bitch about not playing for the BCS Title. Beca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Longhorns Can't Brag About Buckeye Victory

    I want to thank The Ohio State Buckeyes. Sure, they lost to the Texas Longhorns, but because the Longhorns needed a bad spot by the referees to help get the victory, I'm pretty damn sure that the country has been saved from listening to Longhorn fans bitch about not playing for the BCS Title. Beca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Bowling for UT, TCU, UH and Rice

    I'm sure the Longhorns and their fans are still pissed they didn't win the Big 12 and aren't playing for the national title. But screw Longhorns fans. I think I can speak for many college football fans who are pissed the Horns are playing in the Fiesta Bowl against Ohio State. Ohio effing Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Whine All You Want, Longhorn Fans

    Let the whining commence. You know, that whining about the Texas Longhorns being screwed by The Man. It all started on Friday when Richard Justice talked about how the Horns were forced to run up the score on the Aggies in order to prevent the injustice of Oklahoma being ranked in front of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    What the Hell. Go Texas Tech!

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Texas Tech, Say Hello to Number Two

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2008

    The John Royal College Football Top 25, Week Six

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    Announcing Our "10 Things to Eat Before You Die" Contest Winners

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    The John Royal College Football Top 25, Week Five

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    The John Royal College Football Top 25, Week Three

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    Texas College Football Report

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2007

    The College Football Review, Week 13: Why You Gotta Be Hatin' on the Coogs?

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2007

    The College Football Preview, Week Seven: Babes. Lots and Lots of Babes.

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    Book Excerpt: What It Means to Be a Longhorn: Darrell Royal, Mack Brown and Many of Texas’ Greatest Players

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    So Did You Hear the One About How All Those Longhorn Football Players Keep Getting Arrested?

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2006

    Football U: Pigskin for Turkeys

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2006

    Football U: Pigskin for Turkeys

    I hate the BCS. I hate the bowl games. I want there to be playoffs in major college football. I write this because, normally, I would be pulling for Oklahoma to defeat Texas Tech this weekend for the purpose of screwing up the BCS. But I can’t do that this time out. I just can’t. And ... More >>

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Tough Guys

    Full pads, full contact, no slackers allowed

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2006

    Football U: Week Four

    Full pads, full contact, no slackers allowed

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2006

    Welcome to Football U

    Full pads, full contact, no slackers allowed

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2006

    Welcome to Football U

    Full pads, full contact, no slackers allowed

  • Music

    January 19, 2006

    Throw Them Horns Up

    UT's national championship and the rise of Texas rap – coincidence or symbiosis?

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    No Pain, No Gain

    Our solution for saving Texas's claim to capital punishment fame

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2004

    Gang Signs

    Booker-Lowe Gallery showcases "Hot" young aboriginal art

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2004

    Love of the Game

    A Valentine's weekend for college baseball fans

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2003

    Long Shot Against Longhorns

    Rice squares off against UT for first time this century

  • News

    December 29, 1994

    The Year of Living Anxiously

    Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?

  • Calendar

    July 14, 1994

    Press Picks

    Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?

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