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Texas Longhorns’ name quickly losing luster, might not be able to regain anytime soon

Christian Corona December 3, 2012

If you have ever shown up to a decent number of Texas home football games on time, you are familiar with John Steinbeck’s take on the Lone Star State. The Pulitzer Prize winner is known for saying...

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Texas falls to Kansas State

Lauren Giudice December 2, 2012

The Longhorns’ regular season is now over and, thanks to Kansas State’s finishing touches, they finished with an 8-4 record. Not exactly the season Texas was hoping for. Even with Case McCoy...

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Texas vs. Kansas State: Longhorns lead Wildcats 10-7 at half

Chris Hummer December 2, 2012

Texas could not have asked for a worse start, but the Longhorns rebounded well to enter halftime with a 10-7 lead over Kansas State. On Case McCoy’s second pass of the contest he threw an interception...

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Unaccustomed to playing role of spoiler, Texas has chance to knock K-State out of Big 12 title race

Christian Corona November 30, 2012

The Longhorns will be in an unfamiliar spot this weekend when they play the role of spoiler. Kansas State, out of the national championship picture because of a loss to Baylor in its last game, still...

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Texas must find its ground game to upset Kansas State

Chris Hummer November 29, 2012

Eighty-six yards rushing. That’s all the Longhorns mustered last Thursday against TCU, 93 yards below Texas’ season average. Johnathan Gray received 15 touches, Joe Bergeron carried the...

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Alex Okafor ends his time at Texas as a leader

Lauren Giudice November 28, 2012

When Alex Okafor arrived on campus in 2009, Texas went to the BCS National Championship and its defense ranked third in the country. Things haven’t been quite the same for the Longhorns or Okafor...

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Case McCoy will start over David Ash against Kansas State

Chris Hummer November 27, 2012

A full year since his last start, Case McCoy is once again atop the depth chart. On Monday, head coach Mack Brown announced that McCoy will start this weekend’s game at Kansas State after David...

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Forced into decision, Longhorns make the right choice at quarterback with Case McCoy

Christian Corona November 27, 2012

Mack Brown, however reluctantly, did the right thing. He made Case McCoy his starting quarterback. The Longhorns’ longtime head football coach would not make it clear if David Ash was Texas’...

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Oklahoma Sooners need help from Texas to make BCS

Wes Maulsby November 27, 2012

The BCS Championship and Rose Bowl matchups will be decided this weekend. The ACC, Big 12 and Big East champions will all get an automatic bid, leaving only three at-large bids. Florida and Oregon are...

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With four turnovers, the Texas Longhorns fall to TCU

Lauren Giudice November 26, 2012

Why Texas Lost This loss falls on UT’s offense and its turnovers. Texas had four turnovers, three interceptions and one fumble. David Ash’s two interceptions were both in the red zone and...

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BCS bowl hopes lost in crushing loss to TCU

Chris Hummer November 26, 2012

David Ash reverted to his 2011 form and Case McCoy failed to engineer another last-minute Thanksgiving Day comeback, leading to a BCS-shattering loss to TCU this past Thursday. Ash threw a pair of interceptions,...

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Texas Longhorns suffer for more than a loss this Thanksgiving

Christian Corona November 26, 2012

Just when the Longhorns looked like they had turned the corner, TCU rolled into Austin and stuffed them like a turkey. The Longhorns disposed of Texas Tech and Iowa State with ease. They headed into the...

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