EDITOR'S NOTE: Texas' legendary publicist and Hall of Fame sports information director Bill Little was the preeminent historian of Texas Athletics and often weighed in with insightful and informative commentaries throughout his career. Little sadly passed away on August, but his many stories and legacy will live on forever. Here's a wonderful piece he wrote on the Texas-Rice football series in 2007.
I have told this story before, but as Rice University visits Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium as the Longhorns' home facility is undergoing a transformation, it is worth telling again.
In the movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the bad guy says to Indiana Jones as he points to the Arc of The Covenant, "Indy, we are only passing through history -- this IS history.