FARE THEE WELL, COACH ROYAL

BEGINNING NOV. 7, there was the expected and much deserved blitz of tributes to Darrell K Royal, former football coach at the University of Texas, who passed away at age 88 after a six-year battle with Alzheimer’s and, ultimately, complications from a fall in the extended care facility in which he most recently lived.

Coach Royal epitomized the class and quality of the University of Texas, turned Longhorn football into ...