The Die-Hard Fan's Guide to Longhorn Football - Softcover

Geoff Ketchum

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596985313 ISBN 13: 9781596985315

Publisher: Regnery, 2008

Synopsis

Hook em horns!
At last, here's the book Longhorn fans have hoped for: the ultimate die-hard fan's guide to one of the greatest college football programs ever.

The Die-Hard Fan's Guide to Longhorn Football takes you back to the very beginning of University of Texas football in 1893 when, according to reporters at the time, Texas "wiped up the face of the Earth" with its first opponents.

But the guide doesn't stop there. It works its way down the field of 115 years of Longhorn football legends, including complete coverage of Mack Brown's dominating teams, Darrell Royal's thoughts on his greatest players, Emory Bellard's account of how he developed the famed Wishbone offense, and exclusive interviews with Earl Campbell, Steve Worster, and many other Longhorn stars who recall their days playing in burnt orange.

Longhorn football teams have long been famous for their colorful characters, and you'll find plenty of them here: Johnny Lam Jones, who emerged out of small-town Lampasas to win an Olympic gold medal and rewrite the Longhorn record books; James Brown, who fired up his teammates--and infuriated his coach--with his famous prediction of a 3-touchdown win over heavily favored Nebraska in 1996; and Ricky Williams, whose controversial personal history has received almost as much media attention as his outstanding on-field talent.

Finally, in a tribute to the player who brought Texas its first national championship in more than three decades, a host of former Longhorn players and coaches tell their best Vince Young stories. If you thought you'd heard them all, you've got another thing coming.

Written for die-hard Texas fans, this book pays homage to the players, coaches, and fans that comprise the Longhorn Nation.

About this title

From the Back Cover

As a member of the longhorn nation, do you know:

* How Mack Brown's championship team was recruited?
* The Johnny Lam Jones saga, from the Olympics to the NFL to surviving cancer?
* The players' inside accounts of the 2005 championship season?
* James Brown's own version of his Big 12 title game prediction?
* The best Vince Young stories, as told by his former Longhorn teammates and coaches?

About the Author

Geoff Ketchum is the owner and publisher of Orangebloods.com and has covered Texas Longhorn athletics for the past decade. A former UT student and reporter/producer with the CBS TV affiliate in Austin, Ketchum has repeatedly appeared as an expert on the NFL Network's College Football Now program. He has also hosted several radio shows in the Austin market and currently hosts "The Drive" on ESPN 1530-AM from 4:00-7:00 p.m.

Edition details

• Publisher: Regnery
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1596985313
• ISBN 13: 9781596985315
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288