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Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune April 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The University of Texas Longhorn Band performed during the 2017 Fiesta Flambeau Parade April 29. The school song, “The Eyes of Texas,” is always a crowd favorite, and was penned by a student from San Antonio in 1903.Edward A. Ornelas /San Antonio Express-News Next fall, University of Texas at Austin students who play on the football team or watch in the stands can choose whether to sing the “The Eyes of Texas” at the end...

Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 UT students and football players singing "The Eyes of Texas" after a win. AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas Longhorns had just lost to rival Oklahoma for the third time in a row — this time after a quadruple overtime. The bruising loss was quickly overshadowed when then-Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger stood alone on the field for the playing of the university’s alma mater song "The Eyes of Texas," a postgame tradition. The rest of the team, who typically stay to sing the song...

"It is disgraceful to see the lack of unity and our fiercest competitor Sam E[h]linger standing nearly alone," wrote one graduate whose name was also redacted by the university to protect the identity of a donor. "It is symbolic of the disarray of this football program which you inherited. The critical race theory garbage that has been embraced by the football program and the university is doing massive irreparable damage." Among the donors who reached out was billionaire businessman and alumnu...

UT donors have threatened to withhold their money if the school caves to activist students and removes the school song, "The Eyes of Texas."

Rich Texas Donors Threaten to Pull Funding if Players Dont Sing School Song On 3/1/21 at 7:41 PM EST Rich donors and alumni of the University of Texas have threatened to stop feeding the cash cow otherwise known as the schools athletic department if the Longhorns quit playing the alma mater that is more than 100-years-old. The threats arent just about monetary donations to the school and various other benefactors. Theyre threatening to cancel season tickets, boycott games and shut off the money...

Wealthy UT-Austin alumni supporting Eyes of Texas threatened to pull donations, emails show Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune March 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The Texas Longhorns had just lost to rival Oklahoma for the third time in a row — this time after a quadruple overtime. The bruising loss was quickly overshadowed when then-Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger stood alone on the field for the playing of the university’s alma mater song "The Eyes of Texas," a postgame tradition. The rest of t...

Emails obtained by The Texas Tribune show alumni and donors threatened to stop supporting the university financially.