In his first public appearance in a football setting since the BCS title game against Alabama, Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert passed most of the tests as Colt McCoy's likely successor.
Senior Damion James scored 24 points in his final home game for struggling Texas, and fellow senior Justin Mason (24) and the Longhorns rallied for an 87-76 win over Oklahoma on Monday night in Austin.
When Rick Barnes' assessment of a frightening injury (UT's J'Covan Brown suffered only a neck strain after a frightening fall) covers the postgame "positive" news, it's a bad day for Texas, writes Tim Cowlishaw.
Donald Sloan scored 19 points to lead No. 22 Texas A&M to a 74-58 win over No. 21 Texas on Saturday in a game that saw Longhorns guard J'Covan Brown injured after a hard fall late in the game.
02/26/2010 Texas Longhorns' Gary Johnson to honor Dogus Balbay with No. 4 No. 21 Texas has lost its two starting point guards due to injury this season in Varez Ward and Dogus Balbay. But even though Ward and Balbay cannot physically contribute on the court, their spirit remains strong within the Longhorns who can.02/27/2010Texas guard J'Covan Brown carried off court with apparent neck injury Texas guard J'Covan Brown has been taken off the court on a board with his neck stabilized after falling hard on a drive to the basket late in a game against No. 22 Texas A&M.02/26/2010Texas' Mack Brown critical of coaches-in-waiting rule Texas' Mack Brown, as might be expected, is no fan of the new NCAA rule that restricts coaches-in-waiting. Brown said that edict will adversely affect the way defensive coordinator Will Muschamp can do his job and recruit.Texas Longhorns coach wants more trick plays like Boise State With spring practices starting Friday, Mack Brown and the Texas coaching staff have a myriad of adjustments to make to their football team. Besides the obvious decisions that affect the positions that have lost its' starters, Brown wants to spark up his offense a little more.Texas hopes to start a new run
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Texas' spring football practice starts today, and improving the running attack will be a focal point for Mack Brown and the Longhorns, writes Chuck Carlton.
Taylor Bible said this week that Texas will win four national championships and the next four Red River Rivalry games while he’s a Longhorn. His predictions seem to throw all those low-key, humble observations about him out the window -- except when you hear the reasoning behind his projections.
In a perfect basketball world, coach Rick Barnes would prefer to have a good idea what to expect in late February, writes Chuck Carlton. For Barnes and Texas, very little has approached perfection lately.
Texas wasn't about to quibble or nitpick about any win, let alone Saturday's 71-67 victory in Lubbock against a Texas Tech team that was equally desperate, writes Chuck Carlton.
If you think Texas is content to be buckled up with the Big 12 for another 50 years or 20 or 10 or five, you don't know Texas, writes Kevin Sherrington.
Despite 24 points from Justin Hamilton and 18 from Damion James, Texas lost at Missouri, 82-77, on Wednesday night, its sixth defeat its past nine games.
Chuck Carlton takes a look at whether it would make sense for Texas to jump to the Big Ten, which was reported to have made overtures to the Longhorns.
Women's basketball: Texas 74, Colorado 50 In Boulder, Colo., Ashleigh Fontenette scored 13 points, Cokie Reed added 12, and Texas routed mistake-prone Colorado for its fourth consecutive win.Horns 'singled out' by new NCAA recruiting rule The recruiting role of Texas football defensive coordinator Will Muschamp will be dramatically curtailed under a new NCAA rule that targets head coaches-in-waiting.