Willinsa
06-26-2006, 04:50 PM
UT Men Dominate Big 12
The University of Texas men's athletics program has just completed by
far the best single-season performance in Big 12 Conference history.
The Longhorns accomplished a Big 12 first by having all nine men's
sports programs place in the top two in their respective conference
final standings or championship event.
They also won the National Championship in football, the biggest sport
of them all, by going 13-0 and defeating two-time defending National
Champion Southern California in the Rose Bowl, thus ending the Trojans
34-game winning streak.
Texas recorded a league-record seven Big 12 Conference titles on the
men's side, winning or sharing league crowns in football, swimming and
diving, indoor track and field, basketball, tennis, baseball and outdoor
track and field.
Texas placed second in cross country and golf. No other Big 12 member
institution claimed more than one league title during the 2005-06 year.
In fact, UT's seven Big 12 titles this year are as many (or more) than
seven league schools have recorded in the 10-year history of the
conference. The Horns have now tallied 30 all-time league men's crowns,
nearly twice as many as any other conference school.
Nebraska is second with 17, Oklahoma State has 12, Colorado 11, Baylor
9, Kansas and Oklahoma 7 each, Texas A&M 5, Iowa State and Texas Tech 2
each and Kansas State 1. Missouri has never won a Big 12 regular season
championship.
On a national scale, seven of UT's nine men's sports teams finished in
the Top 10 nationally.
Men's Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds, who has held that job for the last
25 years, was chosen recently by the National Football Foundation and
College Hall of Fame as the 2006 John L. Toner Award winner.
The award is given each year to a director of athletics who has
superior administrative abilities and shown outstanding dedication to
college athletics and particularly college football.
Dodds says the huge way Longhorns support their teams with donations and
attendance is the key factor in building a great athletic program.
But he was the one who pushed through the creation of the Longhorn
Foundation years ago, and it raised $22 million last year, which is more
than the total budget of many athletic programs nationally. He also
hired the coaches who won those championships.
"This award affirms what we at the University of Texas, and Longhorn
fans throughout the nation, have felt about DeLoss Dodds for many
years," said William Powers, Jr., President of The University of Texas
at Austin.
"He is simply the best director of men's athletics in the country,"
Powers said. "He is a man of enormous integrity, and he's built a
championship program that reflects that integrity."
"DeLoss is the best AD in America," said Texas head football coach Mack
Brown. "He has meant the world to us and played such a critical role in
the growth and development of college football."
"DeLoss is a tremendous leader with unbelievable vision and a man who
has given and contin-ues to give so much to college athletics," Brown
said "He's not only a great boss and person, but also a dear friend."
Since Dodds has been at Texas, the Longhorns have won 12 National
Championships (1 in football, 3 in baseball, 8 in swimming and diving)
and 86 team titles in the old Southwest Conference and the current Big
12 Conference.
The University of Texas men's athletics program has just completed by
far the best single-season performance in Big 12 Conference history.
The Longhorns accomplished a Big 12 first by having all nine men's
sports programs place in the top two in their respective conference
final standings or championship event.
They also won the National Championship in football, the biggest sport
of them all, by going 13-0 and defeating two-time defending National
Champion Southern California in the Rose Bowl, thus ending the Trojans
34-game winning streak.
Texas recorded a league-record seven Big 12 Conference titles on the
men's side, winning or sharing league crowns in football, swimming and
diving, indoor track and field, basketball, tennis, baseball and outdoor
track and field.
Texas placed second in cross country and golf. No other Big 12 member
institution claimed more than one league title during the 2005-06 year.
In fact, UT's seven Big 12 titles this year are as many (or more) than
seven league schools have recorded in the 10-year history of the
conference. The Horns have now tallied 30 all-time league men's crowns,
nearly twice as many as any other conference school.
Nebraska is second with 17, Oklahoma State has 12, Colorado 11, Baylor
9, Kansas and Oklahoma 7 each, Texas A&M 5, Iowa State and Texas Tech 2
each and Kansas State 1. Missouri has never won a Big 12 regular season
championship.
On a national scale, seven of UT's nine men's sports teams finished in
the Top 10 nationally.
Men's Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds, who has held that job for the last
25 years, was chosen recently by the National Football Foundation and
College Hall of Fame as the 2006 John L. Toner Award winner.
The award is given each year to a director of athletics who has
superior administrative abilities and shown outstanding dedication to
college athletics and particularly college football.
Dodds says the huge way Longhorns support their teams with donations and
attendance is the key factor in building a great athletic program.
But he was the one who pushed through the creation of the Longhorn
Foundation years ago, and it raised $22 million last year, which is more
than the total budget of many athletic programs nationally. He also
hired the coaches who won those championships.
"This award affirms what we at the University of Texas, and Longhorn
fans throughout the nation, have felt about DeLoss Dodds for many
years," said William Powers, Jr., President of The University of Texas
at Austin.
"He is simply the best director of men's athletics in the country,"
Powers said. "He is a man of enormous integrity, and he's built a
championship program that reflects that integrity."
"DeLoss is the best AD in America," said Texas head football coach Mack
Brown. "He has meant the world to us and played such a critical role in
the growth and development of college football."
"DeLoss is a tremendous leader with unbelievable vision and a man who
has given and contin-ues to give so much to college athletics," Brown
said "He's not only a great boss and person, but also a dear friend."
Since Dodds has been at Texas, the Longhorns have won 12 National
Championships (1 in football, 3 in baseball, 8 in swimming and diving)
and 86 team titles in the old Southwest Conference and the current Big
12 Conference.