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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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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...

A Moment of Silence

Kristin Otto September 9, 2011

“That day was a catalyst for change in everything that America was,” said Sgt. Paul Gray, as he reflected on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, nearly 10 years ago. At the Texas-BYU...

Red Raider’s Doege gets back in the swing of things

Michael Morton September 9, 2011

It had been almost two years since Seth Doege made his last start at quarterback for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. But last Saturday, the junior from Wolfforth stepped back onto the field of Jones AT&T...

Heaps of confidence

Chris Hummer September 9, 2011

There have been some great quarterbacks in BYU’s storied football history, including NFL legends Steve Young and Jim McMahon, which lends itself well to the school’s unofficial nickname “Quarterback...

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