1. Clemson QB Tajh Boyd (Sr.)
Boyd did not have an easy time early against North Carolina State. But he got the job done in a place that has been a nightmare for highly-ranked teams over the past few...
1. Clemson QB Tajh Boyd (Sr.)
Boyd’s win over Georgia still holds up as the most impressive win of the short season-especially considering Georgia’s win over South Carolina last week. He...
1. Tajh Boyd, Senior QB, Clemson:
Previous Game: 18-30, 270 yards, three touchdowns
Season: 18-30, 270 yards, three touchdowns
Being the only player on the list with a marquee win in this short...
Rick Barnes is changing strategies. After watching nine players leave the program for the NBA before becoming upperclassman, Barnes has decided to go with a different recruiting strategy.
The question...
With three departures already this offseason, Texas has gone from a young but more experienced team back to a young team with almost no experience. A five-man 2011 recruiting class has dwindled down to...
With the news that Myck Kabongo has elected to enter the NBA draft, Texas’ roster continues to shrink. The Longhorns, who now only have two rising juniors, have lost three players off of a team that...
The season is over and it's time to look to the future. There is no question that this campaign was a disappointing one for Texas and for its fans. A wide open Big 12 that saw three teams lose...
Eleven days ago, Texas was eliminated in the first round of the Big 12 tournament by Kansas State and its regular season came to an end.
A rough season that featured a nine-game losing streak, including...
Rick Barnes has been good for Texas.
Many of the peaks for the program have occurred under his watch.
Texas has been ranked in the Top 25 for 175 weeks under Barnes since 1999, which is more than...
The impossible happened Wednesday.
Holding a 22-point lead with less than eight minutes to go, Oklahoma’s win seemed to be written in stone.
After all, this was the Texas team that had...
In its second exhibition game of the spring season, Texas defeated St. Edwards 2-1.
Texas got up early with a goal in the opening few minutes of the game. Junior forward Allison Smith scored off a volley...
The hopes that Myck Kabongo would revive this team with a strong finish to end the conference slate on a high note are lost.
The only thing left for Texas to do in the wake of the loss to Kansas is...
It’s been no secret that Texas has not been the best of teams so far this season. Fresh off a 13-point loss to Oklahoma State, the Longhorns now sit six games back of Kansas State and need...
After ending a horrid losing streak, Texas has started a much more desirable one by putting together two wins in a row. The Longhorns now sport a solid 2-7 conference record, which is good for ninth in...
A familiar scene played out in Morgantown, W. Va. for Texas on Monday night.
After leading for most of the first half, Texas saw its early lead turn into a seven point halftime deficit. The second...
At last. The drought is over. Texas has won a basketball game. For the first time since Dec. 29, Texas enjoyed a victory as it beat Texas Tech. The losing streak is over, and with a win in its pocket,...
Already reeling in the middle of an awful losing streak, Texas was dealt another blow at the hands of the Kansas Jayhawks.
The Jayhawks lived up to their name by marauding and pillaging the Longhorns...
If you haven’t noticed that basketball season has started, don’t worry. There haven’t been many good reasons to watch.
Fans of the San Antonio Spurs have a title contender to cheer...
With the suspended Myck Kabongo a non-factor this season, the burden of leadership has fallen to the rest of the Longhorns. And the player most people are looking to to take up that responsibility is Sheldon...
Johnny Manziel, RS Freshman QB, Texas A&M
Last Week: 32-for-44 (73 percent) for 372 yards three TDs and one interception. 12 rushes for 67 yards (5.6 yards per rush) and two TDs.
Season: 273-for-400...
Killer instinct. It is necessary to play any sport at its highest level. It’s what gets a pitcher a strike out in the bottom of the ninth. It’s what a quarterback uses to convert a third and...
1. Kansas State:
The Wildcats are one win away from their first conference championship since their upset of Oklahoma in 2003. Texas has been playing better defense of late, so it will provide a better...
1. Johnny Manziel - Freshman QB, Texas A&M
Last Week: 32-for-44 (73 percent) for 372 yards three TDs and one interception. 12 rushes for 67 yards (5.6 yards per rush) and two TDs
Season: 273-for-400...
The BCS Championship and Rose Bowl matchups will be decided this weekend. The ACC, Big 12 and Big East champions will all get an automatic bid, leaving only three at-large bids. Florida and Oregon are...
Manti Te’o, Senior LB, Notre Dame
Last Week: Six tackles
Season: 96 tackles and six interceptions
Te’o and Notre Dame needed help and they got it. Stanford and Baylor both won to put...
1.Kansas State: The Wildcats’ control over the national rankings didn’t last long. A road trip to Waco against the struggling Baylor Bears proved too much for Kansas State to handle. Baylor...
Following two scoreless halves and overtime, TCU gained a 4-2 edge in the penalty shootout to end Texas’ season earlier this month.
In the Big 12 preseason poll, the Longhorns were picked to finish...
1. Kansas State: The Wildcats remain at the top of the list and don’t appear to be going anywhere. Collin Klein left the game against Oklahoma State in the third quarter after an injury and the Wildcats...
Rising:
Kenjon Barner
Senior RB, Oregon
Last Week: 38 rushes for 321 yards (8.4 yards per carry) and five TDs
Season: 179 rushes for 1295 yards (7.2 yards per carry) and 19 TDs
What was once a...
For the second time this season, TCU got the best of Texas.
The Longhorns and Horned Frogs played a scoreless 90 minutes and were forced to go into overtime. The defenses continued its advantage...
Leader:
1. Collin Klein
Senior QB, Kansas State
Last Week: 19-for-26 (73 percent) for 233 yards and two TDs, 12 rushes for 83 yards (6.9 yards per carry) and two TDs
Season: 117-for-165 (70.9...
TCU shocked Texas for its first and only win in conference play Oct. 21. On Wednesday, the Horned Frogs pulled off another upset by taking down the regular season conference champions.
West Virginia...
1. Kansas State: The Wildcats solidified their control of the Big 12 by demolishing Texas Tech in Manhattan. Kansas State’s schedule gets a lot easier now as the season nears the closing stretch....
Texas and Oklahoma played a close game that was decided by a single goal in September. This time, Wednesday afternoon, the Longhorns came out and made a statement that they are a serious contender for...
Texas looked like a dark horse contender for the conference championship early in Big 12 play, but a three-game losing skid brought the Longhorns back down to earth. However, they have an altogether improved...
In its first conference game of the season, Texas beat Iowa State by four goals for an easy win. Every game since then has been a nail-bitter with all six being decided by just one goal. Friday’s...
1. Kansas State:
After steamrolling West Virginia in Morgantown, Kansas State is not only in prime position to win the Big 12, but is now one of the frontrunners for the national championship. Kansas...
Top Tier
Collin Klein
Senior QB, Kansas State
Last Week: 19-for-21 (91 percent) passing for 323 yards and three touchdowns, 12 rushes for 41 yards (3.4 yards per carry) and four TDS
Season: 98-for-139...
Texas will be playing its last home game of the 2012 season Friday. After being picked to finish sixth in conference before the season, the Longhorns have a shot at finishing as high as third with a win.
West...
After getting off to a fast start in Big 12 play, Texas dropped two straight decisions this weekend with only one game remaining in the regular season.
On Friday, Texas traveled to take on Baylor. The...
1. Collin Klein - Senior QB, Kansas State
Last Week: 16-24 (67 percent) for 187 yards. 25 rushes for 105 yards (4.2 yards per carry) and three TDs.
Season: 79-118 (67 percent) for 1074 yards for...
After being picked to finish No. 6 in the Big 12 before the season started, Texas has had a surprising start to its conference slate. The Longhorns knocked off defending Big 12 champions Oklahoma on the...
After seeing its five-game winning streak snapped by Texas Tech on Friday, Texas rebounded with a 1-0 win over Kansas Sunday to remain in prime position in the Big 12.
“I’m pleased with the...
After toppling the defending conference champions, Texas now stands second in the Big 12 standings with nine points. West Virginia leads the conference with 15 points off five straight wins to begin conference...
Following its big win in Austin, West Virginia joins Kansas State atop the conference.
1. West Virginia: In front of what may have been the loudest crowd ever at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium,...
Last Saturday, Texas saw a game that it very well could have won slip away. In the process, Texas missed its opportunity to take a step and rejoin the nation’s elite teams, a group West Virginia...
Geno Smith
Senior QB, West Virginia
Last Week: 25-for-35 (71percent) for 268 yards and four TDs.
Season: 166-for-204 (81 percent) for 1996 yards and 24 TDs.
Smith put himself in the Heisman lead...
It seems like Texas and Oklahoma State just can’t play without any controversy.
Six days after the football team seemed to fumble the ball while going in for the go-ahead score in Stillwater, Oklahoma...
Geno Smith - Senior QB, West Virginia
Last Week: 45-51(88 percent) for 656 yards and eight touchdowns.
Season: 141-169(83 percent) for 1728 yards and 20 touchdwons.
If there was any question as to...
1. Kansas State: The Wildcats hold the top spot for one more week, but could see their position taken due to no fault of their own. The matchup between West Virginia and Texas will likely provide a new...
With three shutouts under her belt, Abby Smith has quickly made her mark on the Texas program. She missed most of the nonconference schedule while playing internationally with the U.S. Under-20 Women’s...
With the field dwindling as the ITA All-American Championships near their end, only three Longhorns remain in the competition.
In the main singles draw, Daniel Whitehead fell in the first round to Alex...
Kansas State
Kansas State is certainly not the most glamorous team in the conference, but it may be the toughest and most physical. It forced Oklahoma into three turnovers, and ran for over 200 yards...
Geno Smith - Senior QB, West Virginia
Last Week: 30-43 (69.8 percent) for 338 yards and three passing TDs.
Season: 96-118 (81.4 percent) for 1,072 yards and 12 TDs.
The Mountaineers’ signal...
One week after finishing its nonconference schedule strongly, Texas began conference play the same way. A dominant 4-0 win against Iowa State followed by a 1-0 win over Oklahoma sealed an outstanding opening...
Texas will take its show on the road for the first conference games under new head coach Angela Kelly. The Longhorns will start their Big 12 schedule against Iowa State and Oklahoma over the weekend.
The...
Texas won consecutive conference tournaments in 2005 and 2006 but has since struggled to finish near the top of the league. Out went Chris Petrucelli and in came Angela Kelly. Texas wanted to return to...
After struggling through their nonconference schedule, Texas put together its best weekend performance of the season to date.
Following two games in a row without a Texas goal, the Longhorns finally got...
1. West Virginia
The West Virginia offense is among the best in the Big 12, but its defense could be vulnerable. It gave up 545 yards to Marshall, with over 400 yards coming through the air. The Mountaineers...
Jonathan Franklin, Senior RB, UCLA
Last Week: 26 carries for 217 yards (8.3 avg.) and no touchdowns.
Season: 41 carries for 431 yards (10.5 avg.) and three touchdowns.
Franklin makes his debut to the...
A disastrous non-conference season comes to an end for Texas soccer this weekend. The Longhorns have limped out to a 2-6 start this season. Now they’re looking down the barrel of Big 12 play starting...
At Texas, winning is the standard. Excellence is expected, and this manifests itself in athletics where the Longhorns are expected to vie for championships year in and year out. With this winning tradition...
After a disastrous game against BYU, Texas took on Utah, who has not lost a game since mid-August. Another scoreless first half gave Texas a chance to pick up a significant win, but Utah pulled out a 1-0...
Heisman Watch
1. Matt Barkley, Senior QB, USC
Last Week: 23-38 (60.5 percent), 372 yards, 4 touchdowns, 0 interceptions
The Trojans may have lost the top spot in the polls, but Barkley retains...
1. West Virginia: The Mountaineers basically did whatever they wanted to against the Thundering Herd, rushing for 331 yards on the way to 655 yards of total offense. The defense could become a concern,...
In just their second game away from Austin Thursday, the Longhorns were looking for their first signature win of the season. And if only one half had been played, Texas might have had a shot. After a scoreless...
Texas will be on the road this weekend with two stops in Utah. First, the Longhorns will be taking on a BYU team fresh off an win over former No. 11 Long Beach State as well as a shutout win over Colorado...
With an opportunity to get its first marquee win of the season, Texas dropped a pair of games over the weekend, falling to 2-4 on the season.
Friday’s match against Virginia was Texas’ first...
1. Matt Barkley - Senior QB, Southern California
Barkley is the de-facto Heisman leader heading into the season, which shouldn’t come as a surprise. He is burdened with guiding a thin USC team to...
1. Oklahoma
The Sooners find themselves in a familiar position: sitting atop the preseason rankings for the conference. Mike Stoops returns to the Oklahoma sideline as defensive coordinator and will be...
Texas began the season with four straight one-goal games, and was shut out in its last two games against Arkansas and North Carolina State. Despite only giving up just one goal in each game, and restricting...
Texas needed just one good half of basketball to seal its trip to the NCAA tournament. A sparse resume that only had 17 wins to 10 losses, and three wins over quality teams had a chance to get a lot spicier...
Texas took the top two spots in the 400-meter races to lead a strong performance at the Houston Invitational. Alicia Peterson ran a 55.39 to win the event, and Danielle Dowie placed second with a time...
Texas had a very strong performance at the Razorback Invitational over the weekend, led by freshman Ryan Crouser, who broke the school indoor shot-put record with a throw of 20.29 meters.
“It feels...
Texas will lead a loaded field into Birmingham, Alabama this weekend for the Auburn Indoor Invitational Indoor Track and Field Meet.
The No. 4 ranked Longhorns will face other top 10 teams, with No. 5...
Doak Walker for Best Running Back
Trent Richardson, Running Back, Alabama
A finalist for the Heisman trophy, Richardson rushed for 1,583 yards this season, which was good for No.5 in the nation while...
Robert Griffin III, Junior quarterback: Robert Griffin III has gone from being a solid player on a fringe bowl team to a household name and one of the top candidates for the Heisman Trophy. He has passed...
Quarterback: This one is obvious. Baylor has a Heisman candidate at quarterback with Robert Griffin III. He has passed for 3,678 yards with 72-percent completion. He has led Baylor to eight wins this season,...
At times, Craig Lutz may look like a boy among men when competing for Texas. But make no mistake, Lutz runs with ability beyond his years and is now the cornerstone for a rising program.
In his first...
Ryan Tannehill, senior Quarterback
With injuries chipping at the Texas A&M running back position, Tannehill’s arm becomes the main source of offense for the Aggies in this game. He has thrown...
Under 20
In the 13 years that Mack Brown has been the head coach at the University of Texas, he has only lost five games where Texas has held the opposing team to under 20 points. This has happened twice...
Quarterback:
The Texas quarterback play has been abysmal. Kansas State scored 10 points directly off Texas interceptions on Saturday. Ryan Tannehill has passed for more than 3,100 yards this season...
Craig Lutz earned All-American honors at the NCAA Championships on Monday as the Texas men’s cross-country team finished 11th place overall.
“We set some high goals at the beginning of the...
For the second straight year, Texas will be running in the National Championships and trying to improve on last year’s 20th-place finish, the best finish in more than 20 years for the Longhorns.
Texas...
Coming off a win at South Central Regional, No. 9 Texas will run in the National Championship today. The 10K race will be run at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind.
Led by freshman...
2-5
This is the number that most will be familiar with. Kansas State is the only other school in the Big 12 that has a winning record against Texas other than Oklahoma. Texas’ only two wins over...
Collin Klein, Junior Quarterback: Kansas State is last in the Big 12 in passing offense and is No. 109 in the nation, ahead of only two other BCS conference teams. Klein’s abilities aren’t...
Quarterback: Kansas State ranks last in the Big 12 in passing offense, but that’s not what the Wildcats use it for. Wildcat signal caller Collin Klein is fourth in the conference in rushing. Kansas...
Texas earned a bid to the NCAA Championships with a second-place finish the South Central Regional Championship on Saturday.
“I am very glad that we met our objective of qualifying for the NCAA...
Texas won the South Central Regional Championship on Saturday, which guarantees the Longhorns a berth in the NCAA Championships in two weeks.
“The whole team was really excited about today’s...
Quarterback: David Ash had his best game of the season last week against Texas Tech. Although he only threw seven passes, he completed four of them for 125 yards and ran four times for 59 yards. He threw...
James Franklin, sophomore Quarterback:
In recent years, Missouri has produced quality quarterbacks starting with Brad Smith who played from 2002 to 2005, Chase Daniel in 2006 and Blaine Gabbert who followed...
Shootout:
Texas’ 24-14 win over Texas Tech last year was only the second game under Mack Brown in which neither team scored at least 30 points in the game. The only other time that happened was...
Seth Doege, Junior Quarterback: Like all other Texas Tech quarterbacks in the modern era, Doege has been putting up big numbers all season for the Red Raiders. He is averaging almost 350 passing yards...
Quarterback: Although he is coming off a poor performance in his last game, Texas Tech’s Seth Doege has been having a season typical of the Tech starting quarterback. Before the game against Iowa...
Men’s
After a string of strong races, Texas was able to use that momentum to put together a third place performance in the Big 12 Championships on Saturday.
Texas finished with two all-conference...
Run the Ball
Last game was the first loss in Mack Brown’s career in which his team ran for more than 200 yards. Before, he was 70-0 in those situations. Texas needs to run the ball in order to...
Texas has won every meet it has competed in so far this season and will be taking some momentum and confidence into the Big 12 Cross Country Championships this weekend in College Station. The 6,000-meter...
