Skip to Main Content
Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Football

Sponsored by CapMetro. Avoid the traffic and hassle. We will get you to DKR for FREE with a valid UT ID. Find your way around here.

LSU’s rivalries go across state lines

LSU’s rivalries go across state lines

Isa Almeida, Senior Sports Reporter August 23, 2024

Alabama has Auburn, Mississippi has Mississippi State, Texas has Texas A&M, LSU has… Unlike most Southeastern Conference teams, LSU has no in-state rivals in any of the Five conferences. That’s...

A live tiger and 52 national championships: Get to know the LSU tigers

A live tiger and 52 national championships: Get to know the LSU tigers

Isa Almeida, Senior Sports Reporter August 23, 2024

Louisiana State University is the flagship university of Louisiana. Located in the state capital of Baton Rouge, LSU is home to over 30,000 students and a very special live mascot. Like Texas has Bevo,...

Across states, across conferences: The Missouri-Kansas border war

Across states, across conferences: The Missouri-Kansas border war

Isa Almeida, Senior Sports Reporter August 22, 2024

Kansas and Missouri know each other like the backs of their hands. The two teams were in the same athletic conference from 1907 to 2012, facing each other every year until Missouri left for the Southeastern...

Missouri athletics: 134 years of history and traditions

Missouri athletics: 134 years of history and traditions

Isa Almeida, Senior Sports Reporter August 22, 2024

Until Texas and Oklahoma joined the SEC, Missouri was one of the two programs that was a part of the last conference expansion in 2012, alongside Texas A&M.  Located in the fourth most populous...

Ole Miss’ Track and Field prestige, Collegiate and Olympic

Ole Miss’ Track and Field prestige, Collegiate and Olympic

Ylver Deleon-Rios, General Sports Reporter August 22, 2024

A bit of an unknown program to the wider world of college athletics is the sheer dominance and powerhouse that is Ole Miss track and field. The team has churned out multiple Olympians and several Southeastern...

Ole Miss football vs LSU on Friday, Sept. 30, 2023, at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, MS.
Photo by HG Biggs/ Ole Miss Athletics
Twitter and Instagram: @OleMissPix

Ole Miss Unveiled: Traditions and the Heartbeats of Rebel Pride

Ylver Deleon-Rios, General Sports Reporter August 22, 2024

Two and a half hours north of Jackson, Mississippi, sits the University of Mississippi. Known better as Ole Miss, the school is located in the heavily forested hills of the city of Oxford. Founded in 1844...

South Carolina: Home of the Fighting Gamecocks

South Carolina: Home of the Fighting Gamecocks

Meaghan English, Senior Sports Reporter August 22, 2024

Founded in 1801, the University of South Carolina is a sprawling campus located in Columbia, South Carolina with a rich history, quality academic program and a top-notch athletic department. When the college...

Steve Sarkisian coaches from the sidelines during the game vs Kansas State on Nov. 4, 2023.

Texas football secures first five star, still falls short in recruiting over summer

Evan Vieth, Sports Editor August 22, 2024

On Aug. 7, the Texas Longhorns received their best news in months.  Five-star wide receiver Kaliq Lockett, ranked as the No. 2 player in the position by 247Sports, announced his commitment to the Longhorns...

From The Rooster to Cocky: Meet South Carolina’s Iconic Mascot

From The Rooster to Cocky: Meet South Carolina’s Iconic Mascot

Meaghan English, Senior Sports Reporter August 22, 2024

One of the most iconic symbols of South Carolina is none other than Cocky. Seen cheering on the sidelines of every football game, Cocky is one of the most well-known mascots in the Southeastern Conference. USC’s...

Tennessee Traditions that make up Rocky Top

Tennessee Traditions that make up Rocky Top

Alistair Manliguez, General Sports Reporter August 22, 2024

Founded as Blount College in 1974, two years before the state of Tennessee came to be, Samuel Carrick became the University of Tennessee’s first president. The school started as an all-male and all-white...

How 10 minutes of songwriting became Tennessee’s unofficial fight song

How 10 minutes of songwriting became Tennessee’s unofficial fight song

Alistair Manliguez, General Sports Reporter August 22, 2024

When songwriting couple Felice and Boudleaux Bryant came to the Gatlinburg Inn on Aug. 28, 1967, to write a few songs, they could not have expected the impact they were going to make on the state and the...

Longhorn legend Steve McMichael elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame

Longhorn legend Steve McMichael elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame

Nicholas Kingman, General Sports Reporter August 8, 2024

Former Texas Longhorn and Chicago Bears legend, Steve McMichael, was welcomed into the Pro Football Hall of Fame surrounded by his family and former Bears teammates in his home in Chicago this past Saturday.  Due...

Activate Search
Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin