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Steve Sarkisian was available to field questions from the media on Wednesday’s SEC coaches teleconference ahead of No. 21 Texas traveling to Kentucky for a conference road game on Saturday (6 p.m., ESPN). Sarkisian’s normally scheduled obligation occurred one day after the departures of running back Jerrick Gibson and kicker Will Stone from the football program. When asked what went into their respective decisions, Sarkisian didn’t elaborate beyond the facts of the situation. “They wan

With their season on the line, the Texas Longhorns stood tall and delivered in Dallas. Behind an efficient, methodical offense and a defense that feasted on No. 5 Oklahoma’s one-dimensional offense, Texas claimed the Golden Hat for the third time in four years by winning a slugfest with the Sooners, 23-6. The conditions weren’t ripe for an aesthetically pleasing performance. Nevertheless, the Longhorns won the Red River Shootout by winning the battles they needed to win. Quintrevi

Alright, same rules as always. Closest score to the final gets a free year's subscription. Or they can give it to someone else like Bobbers did last week. Couple of rules: - Only one entry per person. - Only one winner. If there's a tie, the person who registered their pick first wins. ** Texas 20- Oklahoma 17  

Brent Venables is keeping the availability of Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer for Saturday’s Red River Shootout under wraps. When asked on Wednesday’s SEC coaches teleconference about how the No. 6 Sooners planned to list Mateer’s status on the conference’s official injury report, Venables indicated he won’t release anything other than what the league requires coaches to divulge. “That’ll come out tonight and everybody will get it at the same time,” Venables said. Whether it’s Ma

To what extent Texas can pull the nose up and salvage the 2025 season, which is trending in the wrong direction after last Saturday’s 29-21 road loss to Florida, will depend on what the Longhorns do against No. 6 Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday (2:30 p.m., ABC). A win over the Sooners would position Steve Sarkisian’s squad for a strong finish to the October portion of the schedule, played entirely away from Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. A loss would be the

As Saturday’s 29-21 loss to Florida unfolded, it became clear that Texas has significant issues. Some of those issues can be fixed over the seven remaining games on the regular-season schedule, but others will require changes after the season. Still, Saturday’s loss to the Gators came down to the Longhorns losing the line of scrimmage battle in a landslide. From the jump, Florida (2-3, 1-2 SEC) punched Texas (3-2, 0-1) in the mouth up front and never let up. The Gators finished th

With Emmett Mosley V hopefully making his Texas debut on Saturday, when the ninth-ranked Longhorns travel to the Swamp to face Florida (2:30 p.m., ESPN), and the Gators expected to have true freshman Dallas Wilson available for the first time this season, Arch Manning and DJ Lagway could get some much-needed perimeter weaponry for their respective offenses. If Mosley and Wilson are on the field, the wide receivers might do more than beef up the Texas (3-1) and Florida (1-3, 0-1 SEC) passing

When the dust settles on Saturday’s SEC action, including a pair of top-25 showdowns — No. 13 Ole Miss hosts No. 4 LSU in Oxford and No. 5 Georgia welcomes No. 17 Alabama to Athens — everyone will get a better feel for the conference pecking order entering October. The good news for Texas, even with an open date on the schedule, is that more football must be played before clear-cut frontrunners for SEC Championship Game berths emerge. The Longhorns, who’ve spent 36 consecutive weeks ra

At some point, opposing quarterbacks must stop picking on Jelani McDonald. According to Pro Football Focus, McDonald has been targeted 15 times in coverage through four games. That’s No. 1 among SEC safeties, and tied for 20th among FBS safeties, but McDonald has made teams pay for throwing in his direction. McDonald has allowed eight receptions for 76 yards (9.5 yards per reception). With two interceptions (PFF also has him down for one dropped interception), McDonald has held opposin

The Texas offense didn’t resolve all of its issues in last Saturday’s 55-0 win over Sam Houston. Still, getting DeAndre Moore Jr. back from injury went a long way toward helping the Longhorns cultivate an offensive identity heading into SEC play. A player that Steve Sarkisian said on Monday is “part of our personality,” Moore returned to action following an injury sustained during the team’s 38-7 win over San Jose State on Sept. 6, which caused him to miss the 27-10 win over UTEP on Sept. 1