I remember the last few days of high school pretty well. Although I didn’t much care for those four years of my life, there was a distinct sadness in leaving, because it was the first time I had...
A baseball crashed into Erich Weiss’s face two weeks ago, fracturing his nose and leaving a cut running down to his right cheek. In an unfortunate way, it’s perfectly symbolic of Weiss’...
NBA veteran Jason Collins disclosed he was gay Monday in a first-person account, published by Sports Illustrated. He has played for six teams in 12 seasons, including this past season with the...
My 2013 mock draft, version 1.0. Like I had anything better to do.
1. Kansas City - Luke Joeckel, OT, Texas A&M - Why bet against group-think?
2. Jacksonville - Eric Fisher, OT, Central...
I was both the perfect candidate to watch and not to watch “Friday Night Lights.”
The show, which premiered in 2006 and ended in 2011, centers around life in the fictional town of Dillon,...
1) William Powers, Jr., UT President
While the top pick here is obvious, it is easy to forget the breadth of responsibility and influence of the man at the top. Since stepping into office in February...
After agreeing to a deal Tuesday that will last the length of the playoffs, Tracy McGrady is a San Antonio Spur.
Now, the question of the hour: If the Rockets beat the Lakers on Wednesday to claim the...
Join our bracket pool — submissions are due Thursday — and see how you stand within the UT community. Winner gets a $20 gift card to The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. You don't...
A pair of letters obtained by The Daily Texan highlight an enduring friction between Bev Kearney, the former women’s track and field coach who resigned in January, and Bubba Thornton, men’s...
After the longest break from baseball he can remember, Jonathan Walsh is ready to start his second season in the minors. Where he ends up — whether it be San Bernardino, Calif., or Burlington, Iowa...
After the longest break from baseball he can remember, Jonathan Walsh is ready to start his second season in the minors. Where he ends up — whether it be San Bernardino, Calif., or Burlington, Iowa...
Offensive coordinator Major Applewhite engaged in “inappropriate, consensual behavior with an adult student” in 2009, according to a statement released by UT men’s head athletics...
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in The Daily Texan on June 9, 2011. Former Longhorns pitcher Taylor Jungmann, profiled here, will play in Saturday's Alumni Game.
Six straight...
Quarterback Case McCoy and linebacker Jordan Hicks were suspended by head coach Mack Brown and ordered home Friday from the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, according to multiple reports.
The move came...
Man, Texas A&M is cool. Seriously. Not satirically. The Aggies are all the rage, with a dizzying style of play and big conference wins and OMG JFF.
These aren’t the Aggies we grew up watching....
WACO — The night began with a prayer, which is really all Baylor had anyway. The No. 1 Wildcats were in town, 12-point favorites with the Heisman Trophy favorite in tow, and the Bears had only four...
There might not be a dry eye in the place as Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium turns into a living, breathing shrine Saturday in honor of the man who it’s named after.
Darrell Royal died Wednesday...
The UT community paid tribute to legendary football coach Darrell K Royal, who died from complications of cardiovascular disease early Wednesday morning at an assisted living facility in Austin. Royal...
Best player - David Ash, QB
After two years of shoddy quarterback play, it’s alarming that anybody would gripe about Ash underthrowing a few receivers. Those issues will get ironed out. It’s...
DENVER — The difference between Jordan Hamilton’s freshman and sophomore years at Texas was stark.
The former Longhorn swingman is hoping for the same kind of improvement as he enters his...
With a defense that will be among the best of any not in the Southeastern Conference, and the triumvirate of talented running backs Malcolm Brown, Joe Bergeron and Johnathan Gray, the Longhorns have enough...
1. Indianapolis Colts, Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
When comparing Luck to Griffin Robert Griffin III, it’s easy to overlook Luck’s athleticism. But the Stanford product ran the fourth-best 40...
It’s time for another year of second-guessing the computers and begging for a playoff. After so many years though, we should be used to controversy and a lack of clarity when it comes to these bowl...
It’s time for another year of second-guessing the computers and begging for a playoff. After so many years though, we should be used to controversy and a lack of clarity when it comes to these bowl...
Sheldon McClellan averaged 26 points as a senior at Bellaire High School — he says he had to shoot a lot for his team to win games — but came to Austin this summer with a surprising reluctance.
During...
Round one, they will say, did not go the Longhorn Network’s way.
This summer saw a battle develop between ESPN/Longhorn Network and cable and satellite distributors such as Time Warner Cable,...
While most students study and sleep their “dead days” away, the Longhorns will play host to UT-Arlington.
Texas (5-2) has won three straight games since a 0-for-2 showing in New Jersey and...
It’s an odd thing to call a 7-5 season a success — especially at Texas.
But, all things considered, this year was one.
Think about it. The Longhorns never found a quarterback out of their...
After playing overmatched opponents in their last two games, the Longhorns head to California this weekend to take on a college basketball powerhouse in UCLA.
Although, it’s not what it used to...
With J’Covan Brown’s continuing offensive struggles, it looks like the Longhorns will have to learn to rely on other scoring threats.
Tuesday’s 73-57 win over North Texas at the Frank...
Want to make the Baylor-Texas rivalry one built to last?
Make 20 or so clones of Robert Griffin III and let me know.
Because after the all-world quarterback is gone, we’re back to blowouts.
So...
It was ugly, and at times, it was boring. But it was a win, and with the way the Longhorns’ previous two games had gone, they’ll take it.
Texas fell behind 16-4 to Sam Houston State (1-5)...
In his 13 years of coaching in the Texas-Texas A&M rivalry, head coach Mack Brown’s favorite memory is not a big win. Instead, it’s a moment. And his least favorite memory has almost nothing...
Texas struggled a bit in its first road trip this season, falling to Oregon State 100-95 in overtime Saturday night. But with a team that counts six freshmen among its key players, that’s not too...
Garrett Gilbert sat down with The Daily Texan for an exclusive interview, discussing his time at Texas, high expectations and his future at Southern Methodist University.
The Daily Texas: What do you...
February 7, 2008: “I am here to announce my commitment to the University of Texas ... I’m very excited about this opportunity. I feel very blessed ... It’s been my dream ever since I...
After he put together the finest performance of his career, J’Covan Brown was asked what, exactly, had worked for him so well.
“Everything,” he said.
Sums that up pretty good.
And...
It’s hard not to overreact. It really is.
Texas runs for 880 yards in two games and then — BAM! — it looks like the Longhorns could sneak into a BCS bowl.
A week later, the team is...
Texas will try to get its second win of the young season in an afternoon showdown today against Rhode Island in the TicketCity Legends Classic.
The game will tip-off at 3 p.m., part of a 24-hour...
Big men? Who needs ‘em.
In their season-opener, the Longhorns ran right past Boston 82-46 Sunday in the first round of the TicketCity Legends Classic, relying on strong perimeter play that more...
Sports writers don’t root for teams, they root for storylines. Something new to write about, some story to tell, something that makes this week different than last week.
For most of this season,...
Maybe it has something to do with the breadth of fine journalists the school pumps out each year but, recently, those associated with Missouri have no problem speaking their mind.
And it’s not making...
If you were to look at the season in chunks — as Texas coaches like to do — then this is how it would look:
First chunk: After wins over Rice, BYU, UCLA and Iowa State, the Longhorns’...
You don’t know how much I’ve wanted to write the following in a postgame column:
“Have the Longhorns found their quarterback of the future? ...
You bet your Ash they have.”
Ba-dum-ch.
Wanted...
We learned Saturday in emphatic fashion that Texas can really run the ball.
Now we’ll begin to find out if they can actually run the table.
A 43-0 win over Kansas — perhaps the worst team...
From the onset, one of the initial motives of the Longhorn Network was to increase Texas’ national clout.
At the two month-mark, it appears instead that the Texas football program has become...
We interrupt your continued celebration of Oklahoma’s 41-38 loss to Texas Tech for one very sobering message: Texas’ second-half schedule? Yeah, not as easy as we thought.
To reach a bowl...
If UT’s new standard of discipline for an action such as peeing-and-fleeing is dismissal from the program, it’s a good thing the school doesn’t dish out retroactive punishments.
What...
Jordan Etier has been released from the Texas baseball team, school officials announced Monday.
The senior infielder was arrested over the weekend for possession of marijuana and evading police, both...
We don’t know for sure if Texas is back to being a good team. We really don’t. Its 4-2 record is identical to the one it held last year after six games. But here’s one thing we do know:...
There’s not too much different about Erich Weiss this fall, only that he’s bigger, stronger and faster than he was as a freshman.
He’s working on growing a beard, too.
The sophomore...
Yes, the Longhorns lost their second-straight game Saturday, losing to No. 6 Oklahoma State 38-26.
And yes, it was Mack Brown’s first loss in a week following the Red River Rivalry, and it left...
Somewhere above the Red River, lives a top-10 team, one with a Heisman contender at quarterback, the nation’s most dangerous receiver and an offense that moves so fast it —
OK, I’ll...
In honor of the Longhorns’ freshmen-centric team, I present to you 15 thoughts — all about the rookies — to chew on.
1. It’s tough to put into context the impact cornerback...
It wasn’t the intent, but Mack Brown’s opening statement with the print media for his Monday press conference sounded more like a death sentence you’d hear before an execution than an...
Jesus Christ.
Nope, just Landry Jones.
There are other reasons why the Longhorns were flattened Saturday. Where was the pass protection? What was with the odd penchant for calling reverses and sweeps...
One of these days, we presume, Oklahoma will be led by a bad quarterback.
It’s becoming apparent, however, that our grandkids will be the only ones to see that come to fruition.
Seriously, when...
With all the recent praise for the flashy new coordinators Bryan Harsin and Manny Diaz, it seems like we’re forgetting somebody pretty important.
Doesn’t Mack Brown deserve more credit?
Not...
Editor’s note: The following piece appears in ESPN College GameDay’s Student Ambassador section in anticipation of No. 11 Texas’ showdown with No. 3 Oklahoma Saturday at the Cotton Bowl.
The...
It was a nice win for Texas on Saturday night, exacting revenge for last year’s loss to the Cyclones — pretty boring second half though.
And that’s a good thing.
Fans of this team have...
The lesson Iowa State is so gleefully learning this year is the same one Texas learned the hard way last season.
It doesn’t matter who you’ve got on defense, how many skill players you’ve...
College baseball is back.
Well, kind of.
Just months after making a trip to the College World Series, the Longhorns have begun fall practice. And already, head coach Augie Garrido said he has a good...
It has not been a good month for Garrett Gilbert. The Texas quarterback was benched midway through the Sept. 10 game against BYU and was demoted to third string for the next week’s game against UCLA....
A six pack of thoughts that thankfully have nothing to do with conference realignment:
1. In case you’re not keeping up, Texas commit Johnathan Gray, who already owns the state record for career...
The Southeastern Conference officially added Texas A&M as its 13th member Sunday, a move that will become effective in July of 2012.
“We are excited to begin competition in the nation’s...
Well, the Big 12 is going to stay alive, but Dan Beebe’s time as conference commissioner has come to an end.
Beebe fell on the sword for the Big 12 on Thursday, stepping down as commissioner in...
Garrett Gilbert, if you didn’t know, has had shoulder surgery before.
In February of 2008, right after his junior season at Lake Travis High School, Gilbert underwent a procedure to repair a torn...
These McCoys sure love proving people wrong.
Colt did it time and time again during his time in Austin, winning a starting quarterback job he wasn’t supposed to win, having a freshman season he...
With more dominoes falling this weekend, it appears ever more likely that college football is about to change drastically as schools look to form “super conferences.”
Texas, Oklahoma, Texas...
Though they failed to move the ball last year, the Longhorns entered this season with a group of young, up-and-coming wide receivers that looked like it had the potential to grow into one of the best units...
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,...
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...
We already know Texas A&M, soon to be the newest member of the Southeastern Conference, doesn’t like the Longhorn Network.
Judging by some recent comments on our website, it looks like Texas...
Ready for a rather improbable comparison?
In 2006, a solid and steady (but certainly not spectacular) Chris Leak captained Florida to a national championship. Behind him was freshman quarterback Tim Tebow,...
If a $300 million network launches in the middle of campus with nobody able to watch it, does it make a sound?
That’s a rhetorical question.
Sorry to bludgeon a dead horse, but the commencement...
Besides Heisman hopefuls and No. 1 NFL draft picks, there’s something else the past six national champions have in common.
Call it a guilty pleasure, but the best in the country can’t help...
Just days before the 2011 season officially begins, the Longhorns have already suffered a tremendous loss.
Texas A&M is officially leaving, having sent a letter of withdrawal to Big 12 Commissioner...
Texas finally announced Garrett Gilbert as its starting quarterback. Big surprise.
Now for the better question — one that won’t take 5-7 months to answer:
How short is his leash?
“If...
By now, after sifting through this first edition of Double Coverage, you’ve come across a lot of names. Running backs and receivers, linebackers and quarterbacks, offensive tackles and defensive...
It is highly unlikely that when Col. Walter S. Hunnicutt wrote the lyrics to “Texas Fight” in the 1920s, he had any idea his words would take on such a literal meaning 90 years later.
After...
Missed our first live football chat? Fear not, here are some highlights.
Question from Jake15: Do you think Texas will use multiple QBs against Rice?
Double Coverage Editor Sameer Bhuchar: Great question.
Sports...
‘Quandre The Giant’
Listed as a slight 5-foot-10 — though, that may be two inches too generous — Quandre Diggs would not seem like one to merit a nickname befitting Goliath.
But...
If what Sam Stafford had to say the day the New York Yankees made him the 88th player selected in the First-Year Player Draft was any indication, there was no way the junior left-hander was coming back...
My mom wants to know if her man Mack can get Texas back to a bowl.
The guy at the textbooks stand wants to know if it’s going to be Garrett Gilbert or Case McCoy.
The man installing my...
With the beginning of football season a mere 24 days away, head coach Mack Brown and his coaching staff are taking a hard look at their team. Fall camp started last Friday and every unit is making noise;...
Malcolm Williams should have been dominant. He would have been a future NFL receiver. He could have been big this year.
Shoulda, coulda, woulda.
Williams’ four-catch, 182-yard, two-touchdown...
It’s so easy to (incorrectly) label Garrett Gilbert as the starting quarterback. Much too easy. There’s a quarterback battle between four players starting Friday when the Longhorns begin...
The Texas women’s basketball team’s next exhibition game will take them a thousand miles from home.
A 10-day trip to Europe for some summertime basketball and sightseeing begins Aug....
After losing its three best cornerbacks, the Texas secondary needs to rebuild somewhat. But a strange offseason trip by Duane Akina landed the accomplished defensive backs coach in Austin after a month-long...
Quarterback
No news on any transfers, although there have been some rumors floating around out there.
Backfield
-Fozzy Whittaker says he is 100 percent healthy after a stinger rendered him ineffective...
While so many people choose to blame last season’s offensive disaster on quarterback Garrett Gilbert, it would be unfair to do so without remembering that he had little to no ground game relief.
In...
It’s good to be Ryan Tannehill.
He’s the starting quarterback on a Texas A&M squad picked as the second-best in the conference. The Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien Award...
It’s the hottest topic on the Forty Acres: Who’s going to start as quarterback? Head coach Mack Brown and senior running back Fozzy Whittaker weighed in at the Big 12 Media Days.
Strong...
It is summertime, so you know what that means: sun, fun and talks of the Big 12 being split apart.
While reports that Texas A&M and Oklahoma were interested in moving to the Southeastern Conference...
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me six times? You need some serious help.
Former Longhorn running back Cedric Benson had his sixth run-in with the law last weekend when...
If the 2011 All-Big 12 Preseason team is any indication, the rest of the league has some catching up to do.
Oklahoma paced the conference with a total of nine selections, five more than any other...
Our lives have been taken over by recent Longhorn Network advertisements — bold statements and rah-rah delivered by the venerable Matthew McConaughey.
“We are Texas. It’s not just...
Quarterbacks like Connor Brewer don’t just grow on trees.
Not too many put up the high school numbers that the Scottsdale, Arizona native has — 2,677 yards last season with 37 touchdowns....
Two Texas seniors were announced as members of the 2011 preseason Lombardi Award watch list, given annually to the nation’s top lineman.
Kheeston Randall, who has started 22 games in three...
Senior safety Blake Gideon has been named as one of 38 members of the 2011 preseason Jim Thorpe watch list, given annually to college football’s best defensive back.
Gideon, who is on track...
