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Not an ideal start for Riojas. He opens the game with a four-pitch walk.

Ruger's first pitch is a 96 mph fastball that misses for a ball.

Lifetime Longhorn Tommy Nicholson got a nice ovation from the crowd when he and Schloss exchanged lineup cards.

He's getting back into baseball mode after getting banged up toward the end of football season.

No sun, lots of clouds and the wind is blowing out to left-center less than an hour before first pitch.

Yeah. It's at 6:30.

I'm not 100 percent sure, but I think the professional services portion of the compensation is what Texas will pay Muschamp for the right to use his name, image and likeness. I believe that money comes from things like sponsorships and advertising revenue.

Third-ranked Texas opens the 2026 season tonight against UC Davis, with the first pitch set for 6:30 p.m. at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. UC DAVIS vs. (3) TEXAS Feb. 13-15, 2026 Where: UFCU Disch-Falk Field Time: Friday at 6:30 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m.; Sunday at 12 p.m. Stream/TV: SEC Network+ Radio: The Zone AM-1300/103.1 FM Live stats: texas.statbroadcast.com PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS FRIDAY – UC Davis RHP Noel Valdez (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Texas RHP Ruger Riojas (0-0, 0.00 ERA) SATURDAY – UC Davis LHP Jack Pezzolo (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Texas LHP Luke Harrison (0-0, 0.00 ERA) SUNDAY – UC Davis RHP Carter Speights (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Texas LHP Dylan Volantis (0-0, 0.00 ERA) OPENING NIGHT BATTING ORDER/LINEUP 1. Ethan Mendoza, 2B 2. Adrian Rodriguez, SS 3. Aiden Robbins, CF 4. Carson Tinney, C 5. Josh Livingston, DH 6. Casey Borba, 1B 7. Ashton Larson, LF 8. Temo Becerra, 3B 9. Anthony Pack Jr., RF

Here are Muschamp's contract details:

Here are the changes to Nansen's contract:

Here are the changes to Flood's contract:

The University of Texas System Board of Regents is set to approve a three-year, multi-million contract for Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp at next Thursday’s regents meeting. The regents are also set to approve contract extensions for offensive line coach Kyle Flood and linebackers coach Johnny Nansen. According to the agenda book for the regularly scheduled meeting, Muschamp’s contract with the Longhorns will run through the 2028 season, if approved by the regents. Muschamp’s guaranteed salary is split between his annual salary for three years ($1.08 million for the first year) and three professional services payments ($1.62 million in the first year). All told, Muschamp is due to make $2.7 million in the first year of his deal, $2.8 million in the second year and $2.9 million in the third year. Annual Salary Dec. 19, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2026: $1.08 million Jan. 1, 2027 through Dec. 31, 2027: $1.12 million Jan. 1, 2028 through Feb. 28, 2029: $1.16 million Professional Services Payments Dec. 19, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2026: $1.62 million Jan. 1, 2027 through Dec. 31, 2027: $1.68 million Jan. 1, 2028 through Feb. 28, 2029: $1.74 million Muschamp’s contract also includes an automobile, a club membership and tickets to Texas sporting events, all of which are “pursuant to Athletics Department’s policies and procedures,” according to the pending employee agreement. Flood, whose current contract was set to expire after the 2026 season, will remain on the Forty Acres through the 2027 season. Flood’s annual salary will be $1.525 million, with his new deal set to expire on Feb. 29, 2028. Nansen’s new deal will also run through the 2027 season, with a raise to $1.2 million annually. View full news story

Yes. I will start a thread tomorrow. I’m planning on being at the game tomorrow.

Yep.

I wasn't alive when Chris Gilbert was on the Forty, but those who played with him, coached him and watched him speak of his football career with a great deal of reverence.

Back to the team that initially drafted him in 2019.

LSU is the preseason pick to win the conference, FWIW. The order of finish preseason team are voted on by the league’s coaches.

Also, there were five Longhorns named to the preseason All-SEC team:

Engagement farming should be beneath him. The only thing Aggies seem to allow to be beneath them, unfortunately, are helpless farm animals.

I’d still like to believe that that team would’ve gotten to 10 wins (bowl included) if Fozzy hadn’t shredded his knee on that awful Mizzou turf.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas was out of sorts for large stretches of Tuesday’s 84-75 win over South Carolina. Nevertheless, the Longhorns overcame a forgettable offensive first half (8-for-26 shooting) and turnovers and defensive lapses in the second half to exit Moody Center with a victory over the Gamecocks in a must-win game. Dailyn Swain scored 15 of his team-high 22 points in the second half (10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season, with three assists and two steals), while Tramon Mark scored 15 of his 18 points over the last 20 minutes of play. Texas (14-9, 5-5 SEC) remained KenPom.com’s No. 34 team after the win, maintaining the Longhorns’ case to stay on the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble (Texas entered Tuesday’s game as one of Joe Lunardi’s last four teams in the field of 68). Here are three takeaways from a win the Longhorns had to grind out: 1. Along with Swain making clutch plays at both ends of the floor and Mark finding his groove offensively in the second half, Texas got a big lift from Cam Heide (12 points, five rebounds and two assists), who delivered arguably his best performance as a Longhorn. He drilled back-to-back 3-pointers to break a 50-50 tie midway through the second half, but his defensive effort, including the three rebounds he grabbed down the stretch, kept him on the court. With Matas Vokietaitis (12 points on 3-for-8 shooting and nine rebounds) unable to get into a flow offensively (four turnovers) before fouling out, and Jordan Pope (three points on 1-for-6 shooting in 26 minutes) struggling, Heide’s offensive output was a godsend. 2. Even though Simeon Wilcher (seven points, four assists and two rebounds) dealt with foul trouble throughout the game, he led a productive night by the Longhorn bench. It’s the second game in a row Wilcher has come up big off the bench after scoring 10 points with two rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal in 22 minutes in last Saturday’s 79-69 road win over Oklahoma. Wilcher, Chendall Weaver and Lassina Traore combined for 17 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals, helping the Texas bench outscore South Carolina’s (17-15). It’s how they scored, however, that made a difference on Tuesday: Weaver knocked down a big corner three at the 6:36 mark of the second half to extend the lead and Traore scored all five of his points at the foul line (5-for-6), positively contributing to the team’s 29-for-36 performance on free throws. 3. It was two made free throws by Traore that allowed the Longhorns to take their first lead of the game with 4:36 remaining in the first half. A dismal 1-for-10 start put Texas in a hole to open the game, one from which it spent most of the night trying to emerge. The Longhorns eventually got there, in part, by making an effort to attack the basket and force the issue with paint touches after missing five 3-pointers before the first media timeout of the first half. The defensive lapses and sloppy sequences aside, the slow start (the Gamecocks led by as many as nine points in the first half) could be chalked up to Miller’s squad feeling the impact of playing a fourth SEC game in 11 days. Thankfully, Texas gets a day off on Wednesday and two full days to get ready for Ole Miss on Saturday. Chris Beard’s return to the Forty Acres since he was fired in January 2023 should make it an emotionally charged affair. The Longhorns know they need to be better on Saturday than they were on Tuesday. A couple of days to catch their breath after winning three of their last four should help the cause. View full news story

That's it from Sean Miller and the Texas players after the win.