Each morning, Longhorns Wire scours the web for the top Big 12 headlines happening around the conference. Today’s stories are courtesy of 247Sports, The Texas Tribune, and ESPN.
Texas preparing for full 12-game schedule, 50% capacity
Although the NCAA and Big 12 Conference have yet to announce a firm decision on how college football will proceed, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte emailed season ticket holders to let them know that they are working hard at salvaging the full schedule.
Seating at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium will be reduced to 50% capacity to abide by social distancing measures, but that still allows roughly 50,000 fans to be in attendance. At this time, they’re fully preparing for the season to kick off on Sept. 5.
If this were not to come to fruition, a nine-game season with one nonconference game is on the table for review. This would force Texas and Oklahoma to play a home and home series over the next two years.
Texas and Oklahoma battling for five-star running back
Five-star running back Raleek Brown announced via Instagram on Wednesday that he’s received an offer from the University of Texas. However, 247Sports’ Crystal Ball Predictions currently expect Brown to commit to the Oklahoma Sooners at a 100% confidence level.
Brown is the No. 3 overall player in the state of California out of the 2022 recruiting class. The 5-foot-9, 170-pound speedster has a recorded 40-yard dash time of 4.47.
He’s received numerous Power Five offers, but his talent alone is worth targeting heavily throughout the remainder of this recruiting cycle.
Problems in West Virginia
The Mountaineers have decided to mutually part ways with defensive coordinator Vic Koenning. He had two seasons remaining on his contract at a value of $1,074,059.
The separation agreement from West Virginia states that Koenning is to be paid $591,451 over the next 19 months. The decision comes shortly after an investigation into allegations of Koenning’s mistreatment of players.