May 4, 20232 yr Popular Post Edit to add: 24.7 Sports Reporting that Lance Blanks has passed away. TJ Ford posted this on Twitter. God bless him, if true. BMW forever.
May 4, 20232 yr I posted on the former Longhorns thread. Eric Metcalf tweeted too: "Everyone hug your family and friends and tell them you love them. We lost a dear friend and brother. People are going through things and you never know it!!!"
May 4, 20232 yr Yeah, not good. Never assume someone isn't in a bad place. Reach out if you think something may be wrong. Rest in peace, Lance.
May 4, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, LonghornD said: I posted on the former Longhorns thread. Eric Metcalf tweeted too: "Everyone hug your family and friends and tell them you love them. We lost a dear friend and brother. People are going through things and you never know it!!!" 8 minutes ago, ztejas said: It should have been Lowell. After the appropriate amount of time has passed, a joke can be made about what led to this. RIP Lance. As a kid I had a "Come Dance With Lance" t-shirt.
May 4, 20232 yr Fuck. That sucks. I remember that BMW team was the first Longhorn basketball team I followed during that that awesome Elite Eight run. Edited May 4, 20232 yr by gofuckyourself
May 4, 20232 yr Popular Post 2 minutes ago, Saint Tacky said: Side note. I don't know what we were doing then but all of our sports teams in the late 80s/early 90s had the most incredible looking burnt orange.
May 4, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, Red Five said: After the appropriate amount of time has passed, a joke can be made about what led to this. RIP Lance. As a kid I had a "Come Dance With Lance" t-shirt. No I would literally rather his dipshit broadcasting partner be dead. Lance always seemed like a good guy. RIP.
May 4, 20232 yr Man, this sucks. Really fun team to watch and some solid kids later in life. RIP Lance.
May 4, 20232 yr Popular Post wow. i've known Lance my entire life. this is jarring. i'm speechless right now. how could i know that the last time i saw him would be the last time i saw him. i'm speechless. i guess it time that i go through all of those old photos from way back when. shit this is tough. i'm totally stunned. RIP Lance. 🤘🏼 Edited May 4, 20232 yr by shadow_operative
May 4, 20232 yr 11 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: wow. i've known Lance my entire life. this is jarring. i'm speechless right now. how could i know that the last time i saw him would be the last time i saw him. i'm speechless. i guess it time that i go through all of those old photos from way back when. shit this is tough. i'm totally stunned. RIP Lance. 🤘🏼 btw my dad made that video when he w as at UT. it's my favorite video ever, i've watched it a thousand times, and going all the way back to when i was a small child my favorite part was Lance's acrobatic finish followed by him running/twirling down the court in jubilation. this is truly shocking. such an upbeat and positive guy, and truly authentic and humble. i just don't know what to say. i'm still stunned.
May 4, 20232 yr Texas Basketball social media going crazy over a couple of middling transfer recruits while not mentioning Lance is really irking me right about now.
May 4, 20232 yr Damn. Lance seemed like a good guy. Sounds like from the tweets etc that his death was unexpected. So sad to hear this.
May 4, 20232 yr @Pancho @blacklab please sticky this to the top, and maybe consider changing the title to reflect the news.
May 4, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: @Pancho @blacklab please sticky this to the top, and maybe consider changing the title to reflect the news. I think this is appropriate to do.
May 4, 20232 yr Damn. This one hurts. Such a wonderful guy to watch play the game, and later to hear him talk about it. BMW was absolutely electric, and such a shot in the arm for Texas sports in general.
May 4, 20232 yr a class act , from Conroe McCollough and transferred from UVA . Heavily recruited as # 1 Texas recruit.
May 4, 20232 yr 54 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said: BMW was my intro to Texas basketball. RIP Lance. this back in the day college basketball was a hell of a sport. the programs, the coaches, the players, it was damn great. Pinders and BMW splashed UT into the big time.
May 4, 20232 yr I was at Conroe when he was at McCullough and both of those teams were really good. Back then in the pre game warmups you could dunk all you wanted so both teams would put on a show, especially for big rivalry games. Our student section was ragging lance pretty badly so he proceeded to do a one hand tomahawk while looking right at us and flipping us off. I've liked him ever since then. Seemed like a good guy.
May 4, 20232 yr I've always been more of a football person growing up, but that 1990 team was my intro to Texas basketball. Loved watching them. I also had the "Come dance with Lance" shirt. RIP to a Texas legend.
May 4, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, shadow_operative said: wow. i've known Lance my entire life. this is jarring. i'm speechless right now. how could i know that the last time i saw him would be the last time i saw him. i'm speechless. i guess it time that i go through all of those old photos from way back when. shit this is tough. i'm totally stunned. RIP Lance. 🤘🏼 Damn, I’m in that video from the Arkansas game.
May 4, 20232 yr I leased condos in West Campus for a couple of years in college. The management company I worked for managed a couple that he owned. He would check in on them when he was back in Austin. Real nice guy. RIP.
May 4, 20232 yr My freshman year was Weltlich's last year as coach. I knew a guy who was a manager for the team, and all year he kept raving about these two transfers who were able to practice with the team but couldn't play until the following year. He was convinced that those transfers plus Travis Mays would make Texas a good team even if Weltlich returned. Luckily we didn't have to find out how Kaiser Bob would have handled Blanks and Wright joining Mays on the court. I will always be thankful for the two years I got to see Blanks playing for UT, and I am terribly saddened by his passing.
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