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Linebacker Morice Blackwell Jr. with the golden hat on Oct. 12, 2024.

Week 8 SEC stat leaders

Anna Ambrose, General Sports Reporter October 17, 2024

As college football enters its eighth week, the SEC continues to dominate the standings. Eight SEC teams sit in the AP Top 25, with Texas at No. 1 and Georgia at No. 5. Those two teams will face off this...

Linebacker Morice Blackwell Jr. with the golden hat on Oct. 12, 2024.

SEC Power Rankings

Henry Hipschman, General Sports Reporter October 17, 2024

The SEC has seen a hectic few weeks with powerhouse teams experiencing unexpected grudge matches, crazy upsets and major changes in the SEC rankings. No. 1 Texas (6–0)  Texas, one of the newest...

Redshirt sophomore Vivian Ovrootsky hits the ball in a match against Kansas State University on March 24, 2024.

Women’s tennis fall season recap: Freshmen make a statement

October 16, 2024

As Texas women’s tennis gears up for the conference and championship season in the spring, fall tournaments represent a crucial step in reaching their goals. Matches in the fall allow for player development,...

Coach Rodney Terry during Texas' game against HCU on Dec. 9, 2023.

Texas men’s basketball to face former coach Chris Beard

Isa Almeida, Senior Sports Reporter October 16, 2024

Early 2023 was a troubled time for Texas men’s basketball. Former head coach Chris Beard was fired and assistant coach Rodney Terry rose to the interim position. What followed was one of Texas’...

Jamail Swim Center taken on July, 22, 2016

Olympian Aaron Shackell arrives on the Forty Acres

Jacob Shaw, General Sports Reporter October 16, 2024

Bob Bowman’s impact on Texas men’s swim and dive was felt immediately on the recruiting front when high-profile swimmer Aaron Shackell transferred from the University of California, Berkeley to the...

Sophomore Ashlyn Miller prepares for a corner kick during a game on Oct. 09, 2022.

Ashlyn Miller grows into a leader for Texas soccer on and off the field

Ylver Deleon-Rios, General Sports Reporter October 16, 2024

Pivotal to Texas soccer this season has been a senior midfielder with consistent game time from the start. Now in her fourth year with the program, Ashlyn Miller has matured into a leader the team needs...

Sophomore linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. tackles Oklahoma wide receiver Brenen Thompson during the Red River Rivalry game on Oct. 12, 2024.

Two football, soccer and swimming and diving athletes awarded with weekly SEC honors

Luke Lawhorn, General Sports Reporter October 15, 2024

Football Texas football’s junior left tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. and sophomore linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. were each named for Southeastern Conference awards for their performances in Saturday’s 34-3...

Head men's basketball coach Rodney Terry motions to his players during Texas' game against Iowa State on Feb. 6, 2024.

It’s a great day to be alive: Texas men’s basketball built a culture ready for SEC

Lauren Hightower, Senior Sports Reporter October 15, 2024

“It’s a great day to be alive.”  These are the words Texas men’s basketball head coach Rodney Terry says to his team every morning before practice and what he started his opening remarks with...

Graduate student Isaac Alonzo leads the Texas Cross Country team down the first 100-meters of the Stormy Seas Opener course on Aug. 30, 2024.

Competing year-round, distance runners pace themselves race-by-race, month-by-month

Tyler Firtel, General Sports Reporter October 15, 2024

In the midst of his senior year cross country season, distance runner Isaac Alonzo is navigating life as a fall in-season student athlete. But he prepares to do so in the spring as well.  Each year...

Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian holds a horns up while "The Eyes of Texas" plays celebrating the win over Colorado State on Aug. 31, 2024.

Texas and Georgia: five years after ‘We’re back,’ the Longhorns aim to prove it

Katie Borchetta, Associate Sports Editor October 14, 2024

After then-No. 15 Texas conquered No. 5 Georgia in the 2019 Sugar Bowl 28-21, Texas quarterback and MVP of the game Sam Ehlinger claimed Texas football was back. “Longhorn Nation, we’re back!” Ehlinger...

Head basketball coach Rodney Terry yells at his players during Texas' game against OSU on March 2.

Texas men’s basketball ranked No. 19 in AP preseason rankings

Lauren Hightower, Senior Sports Reporter October 14, 2024

Texas men’s basketball team is one of nine Southeastern Conference teams that have made The Associated Press Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll.  Ranked at No. 19, the Longhorns follow Alabama...

Longhorn band members celebrate as runningback Quintrevion Wisner lands in the endzone for a touchdown on Oct. 12, 2024.

Steve Sarkisian, Texas football, enamored with themselves: it’s wreaked havoc on college football

Emma Hutchinson, Sports Desk Editor October 14, 2024

This year’s Red River Rivalry may not have dazzled with explosive plays and a high-stakes score, but the final result proved another statement win for Texas. The Longhorns stunned the Oklahoma Sooners...

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