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‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Football season continues
As we come to the end of football season, it’s time to take credit and shove some losses aside. The Brownwood Lions did not have a good regular season, BUT their regular season is still going on.
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Texas lost
I thought I could give you the day off and not have to talk about sports. I’m really not an avid sports fan like some people I hear about are. They picked the University of Texas to
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: My teams
Time to give you an update on “my” teams for the 2024 season. So, let’s start at the bottom and go with the Brownwood Lions first. Why not? They are three and three. They’re not going to
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Polls
I finally decided to do a column on football rankings. The reason I decided to do this is that 1963 is the year I started doing Brownwood football. I think ’63 was one the first that Texas
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Baseball standings
Well, it’s that time of the year again – finally. Actually, I don’t know if I predict football games as much as I do baseball, maybe that’s an age thing, but anyway, fifty weeks out of the
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Funny broadcast things
I don’t know how many ballgames I can think of off the top of my head, but I was trying to think of a few that would be the strangest things I’ve ever seen in football. Both
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Football update
Well, I thought I had better give you an update on the football season. I say that with a little tinge of humor in there. But, in Brownwood, Texas there is no room for a tinge of
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Come on John
I’ve been asked sometimes about the most impressive whatever. The most impressive football uniforms, the most impressive band, the most impressive, whatever. We were playing in the first round of the playoffs. Gordon was coaching, about 1970
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Jessica McClure
So, some stories maybe don’t get better with age but they are so indwelled in your memory that you know they’re not going anywhere. Every year we get ready to start football season, I think of Jessica
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Sick in the heat
Time to go back in history a bit – I said a bit but it’s about as far as I go back with the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets and the Brownwood Lions. I started in ’63 with
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Amazing team of coaches
It’s always difficult as you get ready to start football season. You wonder about what players are going to be playing where. Who is going to be the key contributor and on and on and on. But,
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: 1959 Lions
Going back to 1959, it was my senior year in high school and I remember the football team very well. Fact is, in 1959 we thought we had a shot at the State Championship. We didn’t know