"Hector Steven Garcia," known as "H. S. "Buddy" Garcia", is a former interim member of the Texas Railroad Commission, the elected body which regulates the oil and natural gas industries in Texas. Garcia was appointed to the commission by governor of Texas/Governor Rick Perry on April 12, 2012, to replace Elizabeth Ames Jones, who resigned to run unsuccessfully for the Texas State Senate. Garcia's appointment expired a few days after the November 6 general election, and he was succeeded by fellow Republican Christi Craddick, who defeated a Democratic Party (United States)/Democrat, Dale Henry, to claim the position for six years. Craddick is the daughter of the former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Tom Craddick of Midland, Texas/Midland.

A resident of Austin, Texas/Austin, Garcia served from January 2007 until his April 2012 appointment to the railroad position as a commissioner at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. He is a past deputy Texas Secretary of State and a former state border commerce coordinator. He is a member of the Texas Coastal Land Advisory Board and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance. Garcia is a former deputy legislative director for Perry and special assistant to the governor for Texas/Mexico border issues.

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Coach tells us a lot - since we don't have any seniors, we have to have leaders. It's not just any one person. The whole team has to be leaders. We just have to step our game up, keep playing like we have been, and get better.

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It's really a situation where they're more mentors than coaches. There's a lot of good people on the staff.

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Every time we go out on the field it's a team effort. It was special. It was a good feeling, opening up a new house. The fans were really in it. We're trying to get the community in it.

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I give all the credit to the offensive line. They opened the holes. All we had to do was run through them.

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