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The Texas football program has former quarterback and 2005 national champion Vince Young working with the athletic department, and he is bringing some intensity to practice. Vince Young reportedly humbled five-star running back CJ Baxter during a practice. “You ain’t ready, rook!” Young shouted at CJ Baxter, according to Chip Brown of Horns247. “You didn’t […]

Texas football assistant coach Jeff Banks is not overblowing the early season matchup against Alabama. Banks, who is the assistant head coach, special teams coordinator, and tight ends coach for Texas, doesn’t consider this game any bigger than their other matchups this season. Banks also previously coached for Alabama where he was the tight end […]

The Texas Longhorns ruffled feathers across the college sports landscape by deciding to leave the Big 12 one year earlier than initially agreed upon. As a new season dawns, Texas football is ready to “embrace the hate” that comes with not only bailing on its conference, but entering kickoff of 2023 as favorites to win […]

Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian is looking forward to his matchup with Alabama football head coach Nick Saban in the 2023 NCAA season. Saban and Sarkisian have a history of prowling the same sidelines. However, Sarkisian knows it’s going to be all business when the two teams square off on September 9, per On3.com’s […]

The Texas football team is working to finally put it all together in 2023, and the hype hasn’t been this high in a decade. Star QB Quinn Ewers returns for the Longhorns, and head coach Steve Sarkisian is confidently backing his guy after offseason improvements. Sarkisian appeared on The Herd with Colin Cowherd and discussed […]

Texas football star Arch Manning recently signed a multiple year NIL deal with trading card company Panini, according to ESPN. At a charity auction on Sunday, a one-of-one signed Arch Manning card sold for $102,500. That number set the company’s new record for the most valuable card sold through Panini’s website, topping a Luka Doncic […]

Texas Football’s recruitment efforts for 2024 is now in full swing. One of their top targets comes in the form of Diablo Valley College cornerback Marcell Anderson, who for his part, just took one step closer to officially committing to the Longhorns. Anderson was back in Austin this past week to visit the University of […]

Gary Patterson might be back with Texas football this season after all. Just five months after leaving his position as a special assistant with the Longhorns, the former TCU head coach has received an invitation to return to Steve Sarkisian’s staff, according to Chip Brown of Horns247. Patterson assumed his role with Texas following the […]

The Oklahoma football team is looking to improve off a disappointing 6-7 record last season. The low point for the Sooners in 2022 came during the Texas-Oklahoma football game on Oct. 8. Often one of the most exciting games on the Big 12 schedule, the latest edition of the Red River Showdown saw Texas blow […]

College recruitment season is entering its final weeks. This means a lot of good football programs are wrapping up and working their magic. These are all to get the commitments of high school stars that have a fair shot of playing NCAA Division I football. No group of individuals is more coveted in these times […]

Texas Football quarterback Arch Manning has signed a rather unique NIL deal that will see him team up with a trading card company. Arch Manning, who is the son of Cooper Manning and nephew to Peyton and Eli Manning, was one of the top recruits in the country and an obvious candidate to land huge […]

Texas football just shored up its defensive line in a big way for the 2024 NCAA season. Four-star defensive lineman D’antre Robinson committed to the Texas Longhorns on Thursday. The Longhorns and Florida Gators were the last two teams on his shortlist, per ON3.com’s Hayes Fawcett. Prior to whittling down his choices to two programs, […]

With Texas joining the SEC for the 2024 season, Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel was asked whether or not the label “UT” belongs to Tennessee or Texas, and he responded in a way that Tennessee fans will absolutely love. “There’s only one real UT and only on right shade of orange,” Josh Heupel said, via […]

While Alabama football head coach Nick Saban is attempting to lead his program back to the College Football Playoff after missing out on a championship opportunity last year, he will soon have more competition towards that goal when Texas and Oklahoma join the SEC in 2024. Naturally, it was a topic of discussion at SEC […]

The Alabama football team is going to be tested very early in the 2023 season, and Nick Saban knows it. The Crimson Tide are scheduled to host Texas on Sept. 9 in their second game of the year. With Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers returning for a second shot at the Alabama football team, Nick Saban […]

After 12 largely successful years at Notre Dame, Brian Kelly took the head coaching job for LSU football in 2021. Turns out, Kelly didn’t want it at first. He had his sights set on the Texas Longhorns job, the Tennessee Volunteers job or perhaps an NFL position, according to Chris Low. When Kelly’s agent called […]

The Oklahoma football and Texas football programs are gearing up to leave the Big 12 for the SEC in 2024, and LSU football running back Josh Williams had some bold words for the two programs. “I don’t think they know what they’re getting into,” Josh Williams said, via Steve Samra of on3.com. “The SEC is […]

Allstate has been named the sponsor of the classic “Red River Rivalry” game between the Texas football program and the Oklahoma football program that takes place at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The new name is the Allstate Red River Rivalry, bringing back the “rivalry” name for the first time since 2013, according to a […]

The Texas Longhorns football program finds itself at a crucial juncture as it enters the 2023 season. This year marks their final campaign under the Big 12 banner before making the momentous move to the SEC next year. Additionally, it represents the third year under head coach Steve Sarkisian, who not only needs a strong […]

Arch Manning and Quinn Ewers will be in a quarterback battle for Texas football in 2023-24. The Longhorns are expected to win the Big 12 championship, but the decision they make between Ewers and Manning could decide how well they do. It is expected Ewers, who was the No. 1 prospect in the 2021 class, […]

The Texas Football program went 8-5 overall in the 2022 season, and quarterback Quinn Ewers spoke about instances when he was hard on himself, and he said that he was most hard on himself after the 41-34 loss against Oklahoma State. “I was pretty hard on myself, especially after that Oklahoma State game,” Quinn Ewers […]

Texas football quarterback Quinn Ewers stunned Longhorns fans when he decided to cut his signature- and instantly recognizable- mullet this offseason. But that wasn’t the only change Ewers made. The Texas football signal-caller also changed his diet and has been eating healthier, resulting in a leaner physique heading into 2023. Ewers revealed why he chose […]

Steve Sarkisian’s Texas football program was picked as the preseason favorite to win the Big 12, and the head coach certainly didn’t shy away from such lofty expectations at Big 12 Media Days on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Sarkisian, whose Longhorns team will be playing one final season in the Big 12 before packing their […]

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian has a message for all 32 NFL teams, specifically the ones that will need a new quarterback next season. And that message is that Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers deserves to be a first-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. At Big 12 media day, Sarkisian sang the praises of his […]

Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark put Oklahoma and Texas Football in their place at Big 12 media day. After Yormark was asked about Oklahoma and Texas “carrying the conference” in recruiting, Yormark disagreed. “I don’t think they’ve carried the conference in recruiting. They haven’t been in our championship game the past few years,” per Brett […]

The college football season hasn’t begun and the rookies from the 2023 NFL Draft have yet to make their respective debuts, yet eyeballs are starting to glance ahead to 2024, specifically the quarterback prospects. One of the more interesting signal-callers to watch is Texas football’s Quinn Ewers, a former 5-star recruit who seemed poised for […]

Expectations for the Texas Longhorns’ football program in 2023 are as high as the heat in the Lonestar state, where, at the very least, it has most talking Big 12 Championship aspirations. That includes head coach Steve Sarkisian. “I really feel like our team is on a mission,” Sarkisian said via the Always College Football […]

Arch Manning didn’t exactly look like the No. 1 quarterback in his recruiting class during the 2023 Texas football spring game. The nephew of Eli and Peyton Manning had a rough go of it during his first showing in a Longhorns uniform. It’s not something that Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian seems to be concerned […]

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian is looking to bolster the passing game in his offense. Sarkisian remarked that in 2023 he wants to balance the offense by improving the Texas pass attack in an interview with ESPN’s Greg McElroy. Texas went 8-5 last year, but largely behind their running game which starred Bijan Robinson and Roschon […]

College football season is going to be fun, especially with some new programs in the Big 12 Conference and plenty of other realignment rumors. On Thursday, the Big 12 media preseason poll was released, and the Texas Longhorns landed on top of the list in the new-look conference. Texas is BACK (atop the Big 12 […]

The Texas football program, which will be moving from the Big 12 Conference to the SEC in 2024, has a lot to be excited about for the future. But they also have a lot to be excited about right now. And if Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian’s recent comments are any indication, the team is embodying […]

The Arch Manning Era of the Texas football program is off to a good start, at least in the weight room. Quarterback Maalik Murphy shared a video of the Texas Longhorns quarterbacks flexing, and Arch Manning looked a lot more jacked than his uncles, Peyton and Eli, ever did. Murphy, a redshirt freshman and four-star […]

Texas football is adding to the big expectations that fans have set for their 2024 move to the SEC, after earning a commitment from 4-star wide receiver recruit and Dallas resident Parker Livingstone. “Man {it means} everything to be close to home and stay in the state of Texas,” he told Hayes Fawcett of On3.com […]

The Texas Longhorns football program has desperately been seeking their way to back to college football relevancy. The Longhorns haven’t won a National Championship since 2005 and haven’t played for one since 2009 when they faced Nick Saban and Alabama. That game arguably changed the entire landscape of college football as we know it, where […]

Former New York Giants quarterback and two-time Super Bowl champion Eli Manning has been around the block as a quarterback. And naturally, Manning is taking a keen interest in his nephew Arch Manning’s career with Texas football. Manning, who made his debut for the Longhorns in their spring game back in April, struggled and took […]

Bijan Robinson is the latest Texas football running back to take his talents to the NFL as a first-round pick. In a few years’ time, don’t be surprised if Jerrick Gibson follows in those hallowed footsteps previously walked by Longhorns greats like Cedric Benson, Ricky Williams and Earl Campbell. Gibson, one of the country’s most […]

Orlando Magic point guard Anthony Black, who they selected with the No. 6 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, stands tall at a listed 6-foot-7 and 198 pounds. At that size, with his skillset as a bouncy playmaker, he’s bound to be a constant mismatch at his position. As a team with plenty of length, […]

From stints with the Atlanta Falcons to Alabama under Nick Saban, Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian has no shortage of experience when it comes to developing quarterbacks. After all, he was one himself, playing college ball at Brigham Young before a brief spell in the CFL. Given his wealth of knowledge, it certainly comes […]

Texas football’s quarterback room is teeming with talent, boasting top college football prospects such as Quinn Ewers, Maalik Murphy, and the highly anticipated Arch Manning. Despite the high stakes and intense competition, Ewers, the projected starter for the 2023 season, insists that a positive atmosphere permeates among the signal-callers at Texas. Manning’s arrival at Texas […]