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

Okafor earns All-American honors, first Longhorn to do so since 2009

Christian Corona December 6, 2011

For the first time in two seasons, Texas is not only going to a bowl game but bringing an All-American with them. Junior defensive end Alex Okafor was named to the AFCA All-American team Monday, making...

Quandre Diggs inspired by brother

Austin Laymance December 6, 2011

Quandre Diggs is used to following in his brother’s footsteps. The freshman cornerback came to Texas a decade after his older brother, Quentin Jammer, starred with the Longhorns as a defensive back....

Best and worst: The Texas season

Trey Scott December 6, 2011

It’s an odd thing to call a 7-5 season a success — especially at Texas. But, all things considered, this year was one. Think about it. The Longhorns never found a quarterback out of their...

Texas squaring off against Cal in Holiday Bowl

Christian Corona December 5, 2011

Texas is headed to San Diego to face California in the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl on Dec. 28. After wrapping up the regular season with a 48-24 loss to Baylor Saturday, the Longhorns are set to...

Press Box Observations: Texas vs. Baylor

Christian Corona December 5, 2011

Here are three observations from Saturday’s loss to Baylor. Griffin made case to win Heisman, Vaccaro hopes he wins it With Alabama’s Trent Richardson and Stanford’s Andrew Luck not...

Bears maul Horns, take advantage of Texas miscues

Christian Corona December 5, 2011

Beating a team as good as Baylor is hard enough without beating yourself like Texas did Saturday. The Longhorns committed half a dozen turnovers and twice as many penalties. Justin Tucker, the reliable...

Texas loses to Baylor 48-24

Austin Laymance December 4, 2011

Editor's note: updated 12/04/11 at 11:00 p.m. WACO — It wasn’t the ending Texas envisioned. The Longhorns needed to limit their turnovers. They couldn’t. They wanted to contain...

A&M coach fired after spotty year for Aggies

Christian Corona December 2, 2011

Texas A&M will make the transition to the SEC with a new head football coach. Mike Sherman was fired Thursday, a week after the Aggies wrapped up their regular season with a 27-25 loss to the Longhorns....

Aggies fire Sherman after disappointing season

The Associated Press December 2, 2011

Mike Sherman was fired as Texas A&M’s coach Thursday after the Aggies finished the regular season a disappointing 6-6. Athletic Director Bill Byrne announced the move in a statement. Sherman,...

Vaccaro recalls memories of decade-long friendship with Griffin

December 1, 2011

Kenny Vaccaro, like many of Texas’ players on defense, vowed to deny Baylor’s Robert Griffin III a signature moment that would help him win the Heisman Trophy. “We definitely don’t...

Griffin III has lifted Baylor, could get another signature win against Horns

Trey Scott November 29, 2011

Want to make the Baylor-Texas rivalry one built to last? Make 20 or so clones of Robert Griffin III and let me know. Because after the all-world quarterback is gone, we’re back to blowouts. So...

McCoy named starter against Baylor

Austin Laymance November 29, 2011

 For the first time in months, the Longhorns won’t need a quarterback battle in practice to determine Saturday’s starter. Case McCoy gets the call in the regular season finale against...

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