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Texas football fans may love head coach Steve Sarkisian for his turnaround of the Longhorns program in the past years. However, coming off a College Football Playoff semifinal loss, emotions are definitely running high, at least for some fans. On New Year’s Day, Texas football just fell in a close Sugar Bowl matchup against Washington […]

We still don’t know the answer to the long-awaited question, but one thing is for certain, and that is that No. 3 Texas football is in the Sugar Bowl facing Washington in a College Football Playoff semi-final matchup. So, that means that Texas is getting there. But back? That’s still to be determined. Of course, […]

The Texas football program has had a stellar 2023-24 college football run. The Longhorns made the final cut for the College Football Playoff, as they are taking on the Washington Huskies in the Sugar Bowl. Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian remains active on the recruiting front despite the Longhorn’s success. He shared his thoughts on […]

The college football transfer portal opened up a couple of weeks ago, and it has created a bit of an issue for some College Football Playoff teams. One of those teams is Texas football. The Longhorns have benefitted from the portal as they have landed some good talent for next year, but it has also […]

The Texas football team finally got over the hump in 2023 and won the Big 12 and they are headed to the College Football Playoff. The Longhorns have been waiting for awhile to get back to this level, and Steve Sarkisian is the head coach that got the job done for Texas. Many were expecting […]

The Texas football team is ranked fourth in all-time wins among NCAA football programs, and has a chance to add to their total with a win over Washington football in the Sugar Bowl on January 1. Recently Texas football QB Arch Manning got an eye-opening comparison from former Longhorns star and NFL QB Colt McCoy. […]

Steve Sarkisian and the Texas football program are getting busy ahead of the Sugar Bowl. The head honcho not only has to deal with new schematics to win over Washington but is also balancing recruitment duties. This is why the Longhorns coach got a new weapon for Quinn Ewers. It was not an easy task […]

Steve Sarkisian’s wife is Loreal Sarkisian. The couple tied the knot in 2020, making Loreal the second wife of Steve’s life. Steve Sarkisian is the head football coach at the University of Texas, leading the Longhorns to their first College Football Playoff. The University of Texas will face the University of Washington in the Sugar […]

The Texas football team wrapped up a one-loss regular season with a win in the Big 12 Title Game vs. Oklahoma State football. The Longhorns were led by a multitude of talented players in securing a College Football Playoff birth. Texas football has been named as a possible destination for a key South Carolina football […]

Newly extended Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian visited with five-star Florida commit Xavier Filsaime Thursday night, hoping he’ll begin to consider Austin over Gainesville. The visit was reported in a social media post by On3 Recruits. Safeties coach and Texas football alum Blake Gideon accompanied Sarkisian on the visit. Texas HC Steve Sarkisian and […]

The College Football Playoff committee’s greatest fears came true last Saturday night when No. 8 Alabama upset No. 1 Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. How could the committee leave out the SEC Champion—something it had never done since the inception of the playoff—and, better yet, how could it then leave out Texas football, who […]

The Texas Longhorns received great news shortly after winning the 2023-24 Big 12 Championship. The Longhorns are in the College Football Playoff as the third-ranked team. Head coach Steve Sarkisian was excited beyond belief about the news, but he was also uneasy. The Texas Longhorns make the CFP despite the odds Steve Sarkisian went on […]

Texas football’s Xavier Worthy appeared to have suffered a severe ankle injury in this afternoon’s Big 12 Championship game against Oklahoma State. Texas was in the process of blowing out the Cowboys 42-12 when the incident occurred. Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian provided an injury update on the wide receiver following his team’s Big 12 […]

Texas football has finally done it. After 14 long years, the Longhorns take home the Big 12 title. However, their season is still alive as there’s a chance they play in the upcoming College Football Playoffs. After the game against Oklahoma State, Texas football’s head coach, Steve Sarkisian, opened up about the big win. He’s […]

The Texas football team has had one of their best seasons in recent memory this year, and they have a chance to make it better on Saturday. The Longhorns are currently ranked #7 in the country and they are 11-1. Texas will play in the Big 12 Championship this weekend against Oklahoma State football, and […]

Mike Gundy is now the third most-winning coach in all of Big 12 conference history. The Oklahoma State football coach made his Cowboys blaze up to win seven out of their last eight games. But, Texas football fans did not like how Steve Sarkisian lost out on the Coach of the Year award. A lot […]

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian is hoping he will have his defense at full strength on Saturday when his Texas Longhorns play the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the Big 12 championship game. As of Tuesday morning, Sarkisian still doesn’t have that peace of mind. Two of Texas football’s top defenders remain questionable for the game, […]

Texas football fans finally got the moment they’ve all been waiting for when Arch Manning, nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning, made his debut against Texas Tech on Friday. The Texas crowd celebrated his arrival on the field for his first college football appearance. After the Longhorns took a huge lead early, Arch Manning got […]

Texas football and Texas Tech will have one final Battle for the Chancellor’s Spurs on Black Friday before the Longhorns bolt to the SEC. If Texas wants to keep their Big 12 Championship, along with their College Football Playoff hopes alive, they need not to look over the Red Raiders. However, a loss doesn’t necessarily […]

Texas beat Iowa State in one of their last Big 12 football games before they move to the SEC next season. Ahead of the contest, Iowa State talked some trash about sending Texas and head coach Steve Sarkisian out of the conferences with a loss, but after the win, the Texas head coach fired a […]

The Texas football team has been a big story in college football this year as they are having one of their best seasons in recent memory. The Longhorns also picked up a massive win at the beginning of the season at Alabama, and it was Nick Saban’s worse home loss with the Crimson Tide. Texas […]

Texas football narrowly survived Kansas State in overtime on Saturday without starting quarterback Quinn Ewers. Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian gave an injury update and said Ewers was able to throw on Monday. His status is day-to-day, which means he could be available for the Longhorns’ Week 11 matchup against TCU. “Quinn’s update, you know, […]

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian has a lofty prediction for his three quarterbacks — he believes that Quinn Ewers, Maalik Murphy and Arch Manning can all become NFL starting quarterbacks. Sarkisian spoke about his trio of quarterbacks with former USC legend and Heisman winner Matt Leinart, who he coached along with Carson Palmer and Matt […]

Ahead of the Texas-BYU football game this weekend, Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian said he’d play both Maalik Murphy and Arch Manning at quarterback with starter Quinn Ewers out with an injury. The game came, Texas won 35-6, but we didn’t get to see the highly-touted Manning, as Murphy played the entire game for the […]

Without starting quarterback Quinn Ewers, Texas football secured a 35-6 win over BYU last Saturday. Freshman Maalik Murphy got the start under center for the Longhorns and played fairly well in his first collegiate start. Murphy completed 64% of his passes, throwing for 170 yards and two touchdowns with an interception. Texas football head coach […]

The BYU Cougars are the newest member of the Big 12, and this week’s meeting with Texas will be their only Big 12 showdown before the Longhorns depart for the SEC. BYU is unranked and getting used to life in a Power 5 conference. Despite being forced to turn to redshirt freshman Maalik Murphy with […]

Quinn Ewers fell to injury during the Texas Longhorns win against Houston. For that reason, Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian was given the tough choice of naming the replacement. The Longhorns have a plethora of capable quarterbacks, one of which is Arch Manning who has received a ton of hype coming out of high […]

Texas football entered the 2023 season with a national title in mind, considering they hold one of the most talented rosters in the country. One of those ultra-talented athletes was quarterback Quinn Ewers, who had a tremendous start to the season, leading Texas to a 5-0 start. Ewers has since gone down with an injury […]

The Texas football program is expecting quarterback Quinn Ewers to miss some time after he suffered an AC joint sprain during the team’s win over Houston on Saturday, and Steve Sarkisian detailed the plan in practice with Maalik Murphy and Arch Manning this week. Steve Sarkisian said that the Texas football program will, “go through […]

The Texas football program is feeling the sting of their Big 12 football loss to the Oklahoma Sooners. The game was tight, but costly mistakes allowed the Oklahoma football squad to prevail. Steve Sarkisian is facing major backlash for some of his game-time decisions. Many fans believe his failure to capitalize in critical situations caused […]

The Red River Rivalry showdown in Dallas, Texas did not disappoint on Saturday as Oklahoma football beat Texas football in an absolute thriller. This is one of the best rivalries in college football, and Saturday’s game showed why. Texas kicked a field goal to put the Longhorns up 30-27 with a little over one minute […]

Steve Sarkisian’s Texas football has gotten the attention of his rival coaches. Not only are they off to a 5-0 start, but they’re also favorites to win their fifth national title. Several coaches raved about Texas football’s dominance to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman on October 3. All of them agreed Steve Sarkisian and Co. have […]

No. 12 Oklahoma football takes on No. 3 Texas on Saturday in the 119th edition of the Red River Rivalry, hosted at the original Cotton Bowl in Dallas. These are the only two ranked teams in the Big 12, and both are undefeated. This is a revenge game for Brent Venables and the Sooners after […]

The Texas Longhorns have been rolling to start the 2023 season. At 4-0 to start the season, the team has looked pretty impressive, albeit against less stiff competition. Still, a win over Alabama should make Texas football fans feel a bit more confident in their undefeated record so far. However, the Longhorns might face their […]

The Texas Longhorns football team is on a roll. Coming off a 38-6 win over the unranked Baylor Bears, the Longhorns will be approaching their Saturday afternoon clash against Big 12 rival Kansas Jayhawks with utmost confidence, raring to show everyone that their hot start is no fluke given how stacked their squad is. Head […]

The Texas football program is preparing to face Kansas on Saturday while looking to stay undefeated, and Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian opened up on the 57-56 overtime loss to Kansas two years ago, how that changed the program now, and how different Kansas is now as well. “I kind of referenced it to the […]

The Texas football team is expected to have one of its dynamic playmakers back for its upcoming game against Baylor. Running back CJ Baxter missed last week’s victory over Wyoming because of a foot injury. Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian indicated to reporters that CJ Baxter should be back on the field Saturday. “He looked […]

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian is getting his team set to play against the Big 12, starting with Saturday’s game versus Baylor. Sarkisian’s squad has gotten off to a strong 3-0 start beating Rice, Alabama, and Wyoming, but now they get to face their conference rivals for the last time before they head for the […]

The Texas football program is riding high ahead of Saturday’s matchup with Baylor. After beating Wyoming to improve to 3-0, the Longhorns won’t be at full strength for the start of the Big 12 schedule. Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian told reporters that a couple of players won’t be available against Baylor because of injuries. […]