Brazos Valley Texas Exes Chapter

07/24/2026

After a high school transfer ruling rendered him ineligible, the nation's No. 1 CB prospect is heading to Austin a year early to join Steve Sarkisian's squad

07/23/2026

TONIGHT! See y’all at 6!

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07/17/2026

Local Longhorns - check out Rod Babers and his comments for a glimpse of those that just might be shared next Thursday night!

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07/16/2026

Longhorn cookies! If you’d like one of these, please buy your ticket to attend the scholarship dinner! These beauties (along with others) will be available on the dessert table!

07/16/2026

Next Thursday - ! Get your tickets NOW to enjoy time with our local Longhorn faithful as well as to have an opportunity to purchase amazing silent auction items, eat some great food, and support local kids planning to head to UT! (Plus - getting to meet Rod Babers is a sweet extra!)

As we've been sharing for some time, we are also offering an opportunity to win a fabulous trip to one of four amazing locations! Check the link to get all the details - (and to buy your tickets)!

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07/16/2026

Scholarship dinner next week! If you haven't yet purchased tickets, please consider doing so at this time; this is our one annual fundraiser that helps to support the chapter and the scholarships (link will be re-shared in an additional post).

Additionally, our speaker is ROD BABERS! His bio is shared below. You don't want to miss this amazing opportunity to get to meet a UT star!

Rod Babers is a former NFL player who played collegiate football at The University of Texas. He is currently a sports analyst who provides analysis and insight as a Longhorn Football insider for On Texas Football. Rod Babers is a multimedia personality who has over 18 years of experience in sports entertainment. Prior to joining the OTF (On Texas Football) family, he entertained central Texans as a host/co host of multiple sportstalk radio shows in the Austin & San Antonio markets on AM1300 & 104.9 The Horn. Rod Babers was also an analyst for LHN (Longhorn Network) pre and post game broadcasts during the 2016 football season. He also served as sideline correspondent for the IMG radio network during Texas Football broadcasts from 2011-2013. Prior to his time as sideline analyst for Texas Football, from 2009-2012 Rod Babers was also a color analyst and sideline correspondent for high school football games (Westlake football; Austin American Statesman game of the week). Rod Babers was formerly a writer and podcaster with Horns247, most notably the Texas Football podcast "Longhorn Blitz" which was syndicated in several cities in Texas.

Before embarking on a career in sports broadcasting, Rod Babers was an NFL player who was originally drafted by the New York Giants in 2003. He would go on to play 5 total years in the NFL; spending most of his career with the Detroit Lions. During his NFL career Rod also played for the Tampa Bay Bucs, Chicago Bears and the Denver Broncos. After leaving the NFL, Rod headed north to play Canadian Football for the Hamilton TigerCats. Rod's stint with the TigerCats was brief and afterwards he would return to The University of Texas to acquire his bachelors degree in Education.

Rod was heavily recruited by several college football powerhouses at the time including Texas, Florida State, Colorado, Texas A&M along with Penn State & numerous others. Rod decided to stay close to home and attend The University of Texas @ Austin. His commitment helped UT garner the nations top recruiting class in 1999. As a freshman for the Longhorns Rod would start only two games. As a sophomore Rod would earn the starting cornerback spot alongside Quentin Jammer; together the physical combination of Quentin Jammer and Rod Babers would lead the Longhorns to the No.1 ranked pass defense in the nation. Rod would finish his UT career as a 3 year starter and a team captain (starting 38 consecutive games {40 total}) capturing Third Team All America honors with The Sporting News and Third Team All America Honors with the Associated Press; he was also awarded with First Team All Big 12 honors.

Rod Babers attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in Houston Texas. As a junior he excelled in football & his senior campaign earned him Sporting News All American honorable mention honors, USA Today All American honorable mention honors and 1st Team All State honors.

06/30/2026

We are less than 30 days out from our annual scholarship dinner!

If you haven’t purchased your tickets to the dinner and for the Golden Ticket, NOW IS THE TIME! The dinner is being provided at the very low price of $35! This includes entry to the event, catered dinner, UT-themed desserts, exciting entertainment, and the camaraderie that only Texas Longhorns can share.

Further, our Golden Ticket this year offers you the chance to win an amazing trip to one of our fabulous locations (see below for details)! Importantly, know that if your name is drawn and you cannot travel, your ticket is transferrable! We will sell ONLY 100 tickets. Remember – this is our major fundraiser of the YEAR! Your donation for a ticket, even if your name isn’t drawn, provides ongoing support for the local BVTE chapter as well as support to local students planning to attend UT. This is the annual opportunity for our local Longhorns to show support! Help keep our beautiful burnt orange shining in Aggieland!

***As we have previously shared, Bobby Burton of “On Texas Football” was scheduled to speak at our dinner. However, Bobby relayed last week that our event is the final day of “Media Days” and Coach Sark is the very last speaker that day; certainly this is not something he wants to miss. We are now excited to welcome Rod Babers as our event speaker - ! If you need an introduction to Rod, the following clip offers a glimpse of his time at UT in 2002 as a Defensive Back. He’s a Texas native and was drafted by Detroit in 2003.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2-c1CrJclE&t=135s

If you weren’t planning to attend our scholarship dinner before…now is your opportunity for a personal interaction with a Texas legend! ***
Lastly, if you have any items to donate for the Silent Auction, it’s not too late! Please reach out to Shelley at 760-285-3009 if you have an item to donate. THANK YOU to all those who have already contributed.

Tickets may be purchased via our Event Brite site here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brazos-valley-texas-exes-chapter-scholarship-fundraiser-tickets-1986777936290

Get yours today! You don’t want to miss this exciting evening!

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06/10/2026

If you haven't done so...SAVE THE DATE (AND BUY TICKETS)!

We have two amazing scholarship recipients we will award as well as several fantastic silent auction items that will be up for bid. Our speaker will be Bobby Burton, from "On Texas Football" podcast!

Do you have any burnt orange items you'd like to donate for the silent auction? (Very gently used or new items only, please.) If you have items or have questions, please text Shelley at 760-285-3009.

BVTE Scholarship Dinner
Thursday, July 23
6:00-10:00 PM

Click the below link to access tickets to the event and to purchase a Golden Ticket!

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05/14/2026

Just a reminder that our final Monthly Meet Up for 2025-26 is TONIGHT! Please plan to join us! We will be in Room A (look for the burnt orange; you can't miss it!)

5:30-7:30 PM
C&J BBQ
2112 W Briargate
Bryan

Hook 'em!

05/08/2026

Local Texas Longhorns Unite!

Our Monthly Meet Up is next Thursday, May 14th! We will be gathering again at C&J BBQ, but this time in a reserved room.

Since this is our final Meet Up for the 2025-26 year, we wanted to provide private space in which we can adequately hear announcements from our outgoing President (Cesar Rodriguez) as well as discuss information about our upcoming Scholarship Dinner in July!

Especially if you haven't had many opportunities to join us, we encourage you to meet up with us next week - please plan to stop by!

Monthly Meet Up (Final Meet Up until September!)
C&J BBQ, Room "A"
5:30-7:30 PM
2112 W Briargate Drive, Bryan

HOOK 'EM!

(Email with similar information is headed out shortly, if you receive emails from our chapter!)