5 Longhorn football resolutions for returning to national prominence in 2013
It took only three years — three very long years in the minds of Longhorn Nation — to destroy what took 39 years to rebuild. Today it's nearly impossible to overstate the level of irrelevance the...
View ArticleLonghorn seniors chew up the Beavers for an Alamo Bowl win
For three quarters of the Alamo Bowl, the Texas Longhorns looked tired and disinterested, just another disappointing night in a disappointing season. But losing 27-17 midway through the fourth...
View ArticleLonghorns McCoy and Hicks lose in court of public opinion even with no...
They may be guilty of bad judgment, but Case McCoy and Jordan Hicks committed no crime, at least according to their attorneys, if not yet confirmed by the San Antonio Police Department, and the...
View ArticleNo crime committed: Longhorns McCoy and Hicks not charged
It's over. Texas Longhorn football players Case McCoy and Jordan Hicks committed no crime on December 28 before the Alamo Bowl, and no charges will be filed against them according to the Bexar County...
View ArticleThe Texas off-season: Coaching, returning and what to expect
I don’t hear you unless you knock, Curtis: Both the basketball teams won last weekend, the women snapping a 9-game losing streak and the men a 5-game losing streak. It was the first win of 2013 for...
View ArticleFrom the stands: A look at the Longhorn Class of 2013, Part I
It’s Signing Day. And if you have ever ready anything I write, you know I LOVE signing day. Love it. Recruiting is the lifeblood of college athletics. There is an old saying in college sports that I...
View ArticleIn full swing: A look at baseball season in the Big 12
As a year-round college sports fan, I have a sport for all seasons. Football takes up most of my time, but I make room for other things. I usually get into college basketball right about New Year’s...
View ArticleFrom the stands: A look at Longhorn spring practice and the special teams
Thoughts: Texas swept Nebraska over the weekend, dropping the Huskers to 0-7 on the season. The Horns, now 6-2 (lost to Sam Houston on Tuesday) and head to No. 14 Stanford this weekend for three with...
View ArticleFrom the stands: Spring practice 2013, focus on the defense
It was a tremendous weekend of suck for Texas sports: The basketball team, fresh off their monster comeback over ou in Austin last week, fell apart in the last 21 minutes of the game at Oklahoma State...
View ArticleFrom the stands: Around the Horn with Texas athletics
The Horns are about to start a run in the Big 12 Basketball Tournament that will rival... Okay, I realize how absurd that sounded as I was typing it... But hey! Anything can happen (more on hoops in a...
View ArticleFrom the Stands: Closing Texas' basketball season with CBI
Texas basketball We can officially close the books on the Texas basketball season. Texas finished the season with a loss to K-State in the Big 12 Tournament Thursday night, 66-49, in a game that was...
View ArticleFrom the Stands: Breaking down who's locked in and who's in the mix this spring
Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that...
View ArticleFrom the Stands: Orange-White Scrimmage signals the end of Longhorn spring...
Thoughts on the past week: Sheldon McClellan will transfer from Texas. The Longhorns’ leading scorer was at odds with head coach Rick Barnes for most of the season and the break from Texas is probably...
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