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Texas tailgaters party on, but struggle in football season-opening weekend

Stephen Wagner September 18, 2020

Texas Athletics may have banned football tailgates due to COVID-19 concerns, but Longhorn fans who still want to tailgate are finding ways to partake in game day fun. On Saturday, Horn-Ball Texas Tailgaters...

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Texas football players opt out of ‘The Eyes’ as fans sing on

Myah Taylor September 18, 2020

Renditions of “The Eyes of Texas” after Longhorn sporting events may never again be like the spectacles of old — especially not now, when fans, students and athletes seem irreversibly...

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No. 9 Longhorns find comfort in new defensive scheme, young depth

Stephen Wagner September 16, 2020

Texas’ defense may not have executed perfectly in its season opener against the UT-El Paso Miners this past weekend, but its players are finding comfort in the new defensive scheme. The Longhorns...

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‘I’m just glad we’re playing football’

Nicole Stuessy September 15, 2020

Scott Wilson hasn’t missed a Texas football game in 43 years. In his first semester at UT, he was at the 1969 Texas vs. Arkansas game — known to fans as “the game of the century.” In 2006, he...

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Jordyn Fields blazes trail as a Black woman on Texas football staff

Myah Taylor September 15, 2020

Before Jordyn Fields arrived in Austin two years ago to serve as Texas football’s assistant director of player personnel, she made a few pit stops. Fields has lived everywhere, from Florida and...

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Big Ticket holders split on new COVID-19 testing requirements for Texas Football attendance

Stephen Wagner September 15, 2020

Being tested for COVID-19 before a football game is part of the price Texas’ student Big Ticket holders will have to pay to watch the Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium this fall. In...

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Tom Herman discusses injuries, roster depth after Texas football home opener

Myah Taylor September 14, 2020

The Texas football team blew out UT-El Paso in its home opener Saturday night, and a few Longhorns got banged up in the process. Redshirt freshman wide receiver Jordan Whittington sat out in the second...

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No. 14 Longhorns wallop UTEP Miners 59-3 in season opener

Stephen Wagner September 13, 2020

There may have been limited crowds and masks on the sideline, but watching Texas crush the UT-El Paso Miners 59-3 in its season opener Saturday night resembled the closest thing to normalcy the Longhorns...

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Not your average game day: Texas football hosts 15,000 fans in historic season opener

Myah Taylor September 13, 2020

Fans danced and players celebrated during Texas football’s home opener Saturday night, but Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium has seen better days. The sun set over the rafters like normal,...

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Opponents to watch: DeHaro, Amaewhule lead way for UTEP

Carter Yates September 12, 2020

Texas will face an undefeated team to open its 2020 college football season. The University of Texas-El Paso comes into Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium boasting a 1–0 record after a 24-14...

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Notes from the opponent: The Prospector

Myah Taylor September 12, 2020

Ahead of the Longhorns’ home opener against the Miners this Saturday, The Daily Texan spoke with Michael Cuviello, sports editor of UTEP’s The Prospector. The Daily Texan: UTEP picked up...

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