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Chuba Hubbard #30 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys is stopped short on a fourth down by Joseph Ossai #46 of the Texas Longhorns in the second half at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on September 21, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Getty Images)
CONROE, TX The 2021 NFL Draft begins Thursday night, and there is a good chance the Oak Ridge and Conroe communities will have cause to celebrate as Joseph Ossai will likely be selected within the first three rounds.
Ossai, who played three seasons at Texas, and former Oak Ridge teammate Grant Stuard, coming off his senior season at the University of Houston, have a chance to be the first players in Oak Ridge program history to be selected in the draft.
Texas Players Were Forced to Stay on Field For The Eyes of Texas To Appease Donors
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The controversy surrounding The Eyes of Texas continued on Wednesday, as the Texas Tribune published another troubling story about it and Texas football program. According to the report, Longhorns players were forced to remain on the field during the postgame playing of the song because donors and alumni were upset by athletes leaving the field and refusing to take part in the tradition. University of Texas athletic officials in October told Longhorn football players they had to remain on the field postgame for “The Eyes of Texas” singalong with fans because donors were upset by athletes protesting the game day tradition, two Longhorn football players told The Texas Tribune.
UT donors threaten to pull funds over calls to change school song with racist origins
Emails revealed alumni and donors would no longer financially support the Texas university if they separate from its racist past
Donors and alumni of the
University of Texas at Austin have threatened to halt financial support for the school’s athletic department if University President
Jay Hartzell did not take a stronger stance over the school song “The Eyes of Texas.”
In emails obtained by the
After losing, Texas quarterback
Sam Ehlinger took the field alone as the fight song “The Eyes Of Texas” was played. While he later said he was only on the field to talk with coaches, the appearance of a lone quarterback after students spent months protesting and advocating for the song to be removed alarmed certain donors.
County judge asks SA Stock Show & Rodeo to postpone, but organizers say show will go on
‘Protocols will be difficult to enforce with large crowds,’ Wolff says in letter to Rodeo board chairwoman
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SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff wants the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo postponed due to COVID-19 concerns, though it looks unlikely to happen.
In a letter to the rodeo board’s chairwoman, Nancy Loeffler, on Monday, Wolff cited the current pandemic conditions in Bexar County and warned that safety protocols would be difficult to enforce. Wolff later confirmed his concerns and request for a delay were centered on the rodeo competitions and concert events that would take place in the Freeman Coliseum and not on the stock show events that will take place in nearby barns on the same grounds.