Elan Kogutt
The night before Texas 4000 began, I found myself at a house of mourning with close friends who lost their aunt to breast cancer. The first day of the ride and every day thereafter,...
I knew I brought my winter jacket to Austin for a reason.
Coming from Winnipeg, Manitoba — the coldest major city in the world — I wasn’t ready to scratch the down-lined peacoat from...
It was too good to be true.
In mid-November, sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes trotted off the field at Boone Pickens Stadium looking as though he had finally cemented himself as the Longhorns’...
No. 5 TCU comes to town as the Longhorns host the Horned Frogs on Thanksgiving. Having already gained bowl eligibility, Texas is riding a three-game win streak and looking to pull off a major upset...
When head coach Charlie Strong first outlined his five core values, Texas safety Josh Turner understood them to be a solid guideline for him and his teammates — a set of rules to help steer the football...
He may not have known it at the time, but senior defensive end Cedric Reed, before even enrolling at Texas, had already had a taste of the turmoil that would define the Longhorn football program throughout...
STILLWATER, Okla. — On a night when temperatures dipped below 40 degrees, sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes put the game on ice with a 45-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter, sealing...
The relationship between a player and coach at the collegiate level is unlike any other bond.
Many college athletes are able to attend school only because of their ability to play a sport, and, typically,...
Coming from a school where class has a good probability of getting canceled when temperatures require more than a sweatshirt, this weekend’s trip to Oklahoma State could provide a shock to the system...
For Joe Wickline, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, this weekend’s trip to Stillwater, Oklahoma, will be somewhat of an awkward homecoming.
On one hand, he will be returning...
The right Reed
It was as if senior defensive end Cedric Reed bottled up all his frustrations from the first 10 weeks of the season and let them out against West Virginia on Saturday.
Reed opened...
After claiming their third Big 12 win last weekend in Lubbock, the Longhorns look to win two straight against the Mountaineers in Austin. West Virginia comes in with a 6-3 record, ranked fourth in the...
It’s a term you’re more likely to hear in your grandma’s sewing room than in a football locker room, but for the Texas offensive line, there’s no better description than patchwork.
Offensive...
Like Steve Spurrier’s visor, Bill Snyder’s pullover, or Bear Bryant’s fedora, Texas head coach Charlie Strong’s game-day attire is most recognizable by one thing: the mock...
Almost as if he was back at Whitewright High School, taking advantage of overmatched 2A opponents, sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes had plenty of time to sit in the pocket and wait for the play to...
As far as adversity goes, it’s tough to imagine a group of Longhorns that has been through more than the current fifth-year seniors.
Before they arrived at Texas in 2010, Mack Brown had lost a...
With a 3-5 record heading into November, the football team’s performance thus far has been described in many ways.
Some players say they are disappointed, others find it frustrating, and...
MANHATTAN, Kan. — For the first time in over 10 years, the Longhorn football team was held off the scoreboard Saturday.
Texas dropped to 3-5 in a 23-0 loss to Kansas State in Manhattan, Kansas...
There is perhaps no college quarterback more honest than sophomore Tyrone Swoopes.
After a rough outing against Baylor, he admitted to being nervous in the game’s early stages. He looked a little...
Last week, against a struggling Iowa State team, the Longhorn defense turned in its worst performance of the season.
Save for a few well-timed turnovers, the Texas defense had a miserable time slowing...
The last time Texas won in Manhattan, Kansas, sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes was learning to write cursive, head coach Charlie Strong was at South Carolina and people were listening to music on...
The Texas defense gave a ranked UCLA team fits, stifled Baylor’s top-ranked offense and virtually slammed the door on then-No. 11 Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl.
But just when Longhorn fans thought...
Fifty-six combined points, 31 combined first downs and 578 combined yards of total offense. Just the first half shootout we all expected from Texas and Iowa State, right?
After the Longhorns and Cyclones...
The Longhorn special teams have been far from special in 2014.
A bad punt and poor coverage led to the game-winning drive for UCLA in Arlington, a blocked field goal returned for a touchdown swung the...
It was just his second year at Louisville, but Charlie Strong surely had high expectations for his Cardinals in 2011.
With a full season under his belt, Strong had already had the chance to instill...
All week long, Longhorn players and coaches talked about the importance of big plays in the Red River Rivalry. They stressed how helpful it would be if Texas could score on defense or come up with a momentum...
For the past 15 years, there were a few things to count on at the annual Red River Showdown in Dallas: greasy food, a stadium divided and Mack Brown and Bob Stoops pacing opposite sidelines, leading their...
For the first time in program history, the Longhorns have three losses on their record heading into their annual rivalry game with Oklahoma.
At 2-3, Texas has been historically bad this season, and,...
A week after slamming the door on Kansas, Texas came within a couple minutes of being on the other end of a shutout Saturday, losing to Baylor, 28-7, at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Until...
As Texas head coach Charlie Strong sat in his Moncrief office last Sunday morning, still savoring his team’s shutout victory over Kansas the day before, he received an unexpected phone call.
Troy...
In their last year together, senior Malcolm Brown and junior Johnathan Gray were expected to make up one of the most dominant backfield tandems in the country for Texas.
Ranked as the second best and...
A stud coming out of high school, senior linebacker Jordan Hicks faced new, defining challenges at Texas.
In addition to missing 19 games because of injuries over the last two seasons, Hicks was...
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas’ 23-0 loss to Texas on Saturday proved to be the last straw for the Jayhawks, as they fired head coach Charlie Weis on Sunday morning.
But, if it weren’t for...
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Despite a sloppy first 30 minutes, the Longhorns lead the Jayhawks, 13-0 at half-time in Lawrence, Kan.
Texas fumbled a snap, turned the ball over on downs and had a three-and-out on...
When David Ash committed to play at Texas in February 2010, he wasn’t expected to leave much of a legacy as a Longhorn.
Garrett Gilbert, former Gatorade Player of the Year, had just held his own...
Before he’d even played a down in 2014, senior defensive end Cedric Reed was one of the hottest players in the country.
A consensus preseason All-American and one of the favorites to win the Ted...
One of the great things about the Big 12, or any of the six power conferences in college football, is that no matter how poorly one team performs in non-conference play, there is still a shot at a BCS...
Coming into the season, sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes was just an inexperienced backup quarterback whom Longhorn fans were hoping they wouldn’t have to see in 2014.
Swoopes struggled in...
In his second career start, sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes led the Longhorns to a 10-3 lead over No. 12 UCLA at halftime.
Swoopes completed his first 11 passes of the game and finished the half...
Imagine buying your dream car. It has all the bells and whistles you can imagine, but just two weeks after you drive it off the lot, two of the tires are flat; the air conditioning breaks; the power windows...
Last week, head coach Charlie Strong redecorated the Longhorn locker room, filling it with images from last year’s loss to BYU in Provo, Utah. He posted photos of BYU quarterback Taysom Hill running...
Fans watching Saturday’s game might have thought they were seeing a replay of last year’s contest against BYU, as the Cougars trounced Texas for the second consecutive year, picking the Longhorns...
Amid all the dismissals and suspensions that would make for a great “Survivor”-esque reality TV show, Texas walk-on safety Dylan Haines is writing a feel-good, “Rudy”-esque story...
There is no Longhorn position group as interesting as Texas’ linebacking corps.
From fifth-year senior starters to some of the lesser-known reserves, each linebacker has an interesting story to...
Mere hours after learning their starting quarterback won’t play against BYU this weekend, head coach Charlie Strong and his players faced the media, and one thing was clear: Sophomore quarterback...
It took just one game, and possibly just one hit, for Texas junior quarterback David Ash’s concussion symptoms to return in 2014.
Longhorn head coach Charlie Strong announced Monday that Ash,...
A dominant effort by the Longhorn defense has given Texas a 21-0 halftime lead over the North Texas Mean Green at Darrel K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Walk-on safety Dylan Haines and veteran linebacker...
Last August, senior defensive end Cedric Reed was nothing more than “the other guy.”
Star defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat was returning for his senior season as the leader of the...
Gone are the days of seeing head coach Mack Brown standing on the sidelines of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in his usual pose — with his hands on his knees, nervously awaiting Texas’...
Football: Strong making his presence felt as new boss
It didn’t take new football head coach Charlie Strong long to demonstrate the toughness and discipline that his teams have been known for....
