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McCoy, Ash unseat Gilbert as starting QB

Christian Corona September 13, 2011

No. 6 is now No. 1 on the depth chart. Two seasons after his older brother led the Longhorns to the national title game and two days after he led Texas to a come-from-behind win over BYU, Case McCoy finds...

Some benefit, some suffer from recent depth chart changes

Christian Corona September 13, 2011

Editor's note: Texas released its depth chart Monday morning and there was plenty of movement across the board. The Longhorns will take the field with six new starters, three on offense, two on defense,...

10 Texas football thoughts that have nothing to do with Garrett Gilbert

Trey Scott September 13, 2011

Here are 10 Texas football thoughts that have nothing to do with Garrett Gilbert: 1. I owe Jaxon Shipley an apology. Back in February, I covered the USA-World All-Star football game at Westlake High School,...

Texas defeats rival Penn State, falls to Florida in Big Four Classic

Chris Hummer September 12, 2011

The Longhorns took a giant step forward and a small step back over the weekend in the Nike Big Four Classic. On Saturday, No. 10 Texas (3-3) was finally able to clear a big hurdle against No. 2 Penn State,...

Texas finally had enough of Garrett Gilbert

Trey Scott September 12, 2011

The third-down pass sailed over the intended receiver, 10 yards too long and a bit wide, and fell to the turf. Not an unusual sequence of events in the Garrett Gilbert era, where just 57 percent of passes...

Three observations from Texas’ crazy comeback win over BYU

Christian Corona September 12, 2011

Tide turned after Gilbert was pulled Before junior quarterback Garrett Gilbert’s last play early in the second quarter, Texas was sluggish on offense, gaining just 59 yards in five possessions,...

McCoy makes case to be starting QB

Christian Corona September 12, 2011

Before Saturday, sophomore quarterback Case McCoy had not completed a pass in his college career, and Texas had never beaten BYU. After Saturday, that all changed. Junior quarterback Garrett Gilbert was...

Defense proves key in BYU game

Austin Laymance September 12, 2011

The Texas defense wasn’t going to be embarrassed again. The Longhorns trailed Brigham Young 13-3 entering halftime on Saturday night after being picked apart for 153 yards through the air. A feeling...

Women’s soccer team prevails in overtime

Sara Beth Purdy September 12, 2011

This past weekend, the Longhorns traveled to the Golden State to compete in the USC Invitational hosted in Los Angeles. After dropping the first game of the weekend 2-1 to San Diego, the Longhorns fought...

Case McCoy takes Texas to 17-16 win

Austin Laymance September 11, 2011

Freshman David Ash and sophomore Case McCoy relieved struggling starter Garrett Gilbert in the second quarter and combined to resurrect the Longhorns' dormant offense en route to a 17-16 win over Brigham...

National Notebook

Nick Cremona September 9, 2011

USC running back reinstated Senior running back Marc Tyler was reinstated to the Trojans’ football program Tuesday after he made comments to the website TMZ implying USC paid its players. Tyler...

Gone to Texas

Lauren Giudice September 9, 2011

Patrick Oborn was a walk-on wide receiver at BYU in the early ’90s. He wore blue and cheered for the Cougars then, just as he does now as an alumnus. “The fan base is really strong and BYU...

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