The Daily Texan

Slew of injuries on offense bring bad tidings for struggling Longhorns

Peter Sblendorio • September 17, 2013

After failing to score in the second half against Ole Miss last week, the Longhorns’ offense could be in even bigger trouble this Saturday. Texas enters the week with five offensive starters battling...

Five Longhorn starters battle injuries going into Kansas State game

Peter Sblendorio • September 17, 2013

After failing to score in the second half against Ole Miss last week, the Longhorns’ offense could be in even bigger trouble this Saturday. Texas enters the week with five offensive starters battling...

Texas Longhorn football team attempts attitude adjustment before facing Kansas State

Garrett Callahan • September 17, 2013

A football team gets physically injured. Players get tossed around and thrown into scrums, and bones get broken. But most people do not see the mental injuries. Coming off back-to-back losses to non-conference...

Fantasy Football: Who’s rising and who’s falling after Week 2

Taylor Piper • September 17, 2013

Rising Michael Vick: Chip Kelly’s new offense is firing on all cylinders, and Vick looks like the key cog in the machine. He is currently behind only Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning in...

Texas football on track to being worse than 2010 team

David Leffler • September 17, 2013

In 2010, the Texas football team entered the season fresh off a BCS National Championship appearance, ranked fifth in the country. Led by quarterback Garrett Gilbert, who had an impressive showing against...

Texas Longhorn Injury Report: David Ash, Case McCoy could both start against K State

Garrett Callahan • September 16, 2013

Texas was hit with three injuries this weekend against Ole Miss in addition to the two it suffered against Brigham Young University the previous week. Right guard Mason Walters and right tackle Josh...

14 Things you didn’t know about Bevo XIV

Zachary Strain and Christine Ayala • September 16, 2013

1. Bevo XIV took over as the official University mascot at the age of two. 2. Bevo XIV was originally named Sunrise Studly and was a champion show steer before taking...

Texas still believes a Big 12 Championship is possible, but 5-7 is more likely

Chris Hummer • September 16, 2013

Effort, intensity and confidence were the words thrown around by the Texas players after the team’s 44-23 loss to Ole Miss on Saturday. They weren’t in glowing praise, or even thoughtful...

Texas falls to No. 25 Ole Miss as defense fails to stop running game

Peter Sblendorio • September 15, 2013

Chants of “SEC! SEC!” bellowed from the Ole Miss fans and filled Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium as time wound down in the fourth quarter. Much of the Longhorns faithful departed well...

Russell Erxleben, former UT and NFL star, will remain locked up

Alberto Long • September 15, 2013

Russell Erxleben, a former NFL kicker and UT football player currently in federal custody for spearheading a slew of bogus investment operations, will stay behind bars until his trial begins Jan. 6. On...

Coach Darrell K. Royal’s legacy lives on at UT’s exhibit

Erica Laible • September 15, 2013

This weekend marked the opening of an exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 national championship football team, the first national championship won by Coach Darrell K Royal. The...

Life of Bevo — The past and present of the Texas Longhorn mascot

Christine Ayala • September 15, 2013

The speckles of orange and white on Bevo’s coat match the blurs on the football field as he watches on from the sidelines for his ninth straight season as UT’s living Longhorn mascot. The...