With football season just around the corner, returning students are preparing to cheer on their Longhorns. However, with the start of the new school year, many students will be supporting their team for...
It was a familiar moment.
Just seconds after the January 2025 loss to Ohio State in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff, then-junior safety Michael Taaffe let his emotions loose in the tunnel.
The...
Texas football has marked another first in program history.
The Longhorns ranked No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 for the first time Monday, after earning their first No. 1 ranking in...
Dylan Becker, General Sports Reporter
• August 7, 2025
Editor's Note: The Daily Texan decided to remove this article because we failed to properly attribute quotes in this story. The Texan sincerely regrets and apologizes for this ethical violation, and the...
In the College Football Playoff game against Arizona State, a potential fourth-quarter Texas win came down to the line.
Or, more accurately, the fourth-and-long field goal.
After missing two critical...
The US LBM Coaches Poll is a big deal.
Composed of a panel of 67 Division I head coaches, all members of the American Football Coaches Association, the poll is a metric to determine what the most...
Payton Blalock, General Sports Reporter
• August 4, 2025
The Texas Longhorns and the Georgia Bulldogs met twice on the field last year, but competition between the two has continued off the field this offseason in the form of recruiting battles.
Since joining...
The Longhorns stepped out on the green of the Frank Denius Fields to train on one of the last days of July — a hot, humid day with a feels-like temperature of about 106 degrees.
The first two and...
Ayan Masud, General Sports Reporter
• July 20, 2025
As five-star prospect Derrek Cooper took off one shirt to reveal another, it became clear that the running back from Hollywood, Florida, was committing to the University of Texas.
Cooper is ESPN’s...
In this age of college football, defensive superteams make the game — and break it for others.
Texas isn’t immune to the effects of a powerful defense. Georgia and Ohio State, the two teams that...
Tyler Firtel, General Sports Reporter
• July 17, 2025
With a school-record-setting 12 players selected in April’s NFL Draft and five others signing as undrafted free agents, it was clear that the Texas Longhorns’ depth chart would look quite different...
When incoming graduate safety Michael Taaffe walked into the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta for Southeastern Conference Media Days, he wore a burnt orange tie with a crisp blue suit.
At...
