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Texas head coach Tom Herman donated to the Central Texas Food Bank during the uncertain, trying times surrounding the Coronavirus outbreak.
The University of Texas community continues to demonstrate thoughtful acts of kindness.
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The University of Texas community took to social media to relay positive messages during these trying times.
The University of Texas community is doing their part to spread positivity.
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If you could put together a team of Avengers using the Texas Longhorns football team, who would make the cut?
With no football going on, we decided to take a little different approach and bring some pop culture into sports talk. Over the last decade or so, Marvel’s Avengers movie series has been one of the hottest things to hit the theaters. Setting box office record after box office record. Here we compared current Texas Longhorns to their Avengers counterpart.
Nick Fury’s job is to lead his team of Avengers (Longhorns) against the evil group known as Hydra (Oklahoma). With Fury there is often times a plan in place but the end game is quite unclear on how to achieve it. The same can be said for Herman. At one point Fury disbanded the entire Shield team only to build it back up gain, Herman did the same with his new staff for 2020.
Hawkeye is the archer of the group who is all about his pinpoint accuracy. No one fits that better than Dicker the kicker. Cameron Dicker nailed 77.8 percent of his field goal attempts and 98.2 percent of his extra points in 2019. Poised for an even better year in 2020.
Take a look back at a few of the most thrilling yet unexpected trick plays in Texas football history.
Updated images of the South End Zone project show luxury suites with balconies on each side of the jumbotron.
The University of Texas began a $175 million project on the new South End Zone facility at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium last May. It is expected to be completed prior to the 2021 football season.
While this will enclose the stadium and enhance the gameday atmosphere for the fans, head coach Tom Herman explains the importance of the project for the players.
“When you come to The University of Texas, you deserve to train in the finest facilities in the country. We’re close right now with the renovations that we did when we first got here with our locker room and weight room, and this new project will certainly put us in the upper echelon of training facilities nationwide.”
Amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that has cancelled many sporting events around the world, Brian Davis of the Austin American-Statesman gave Longhorns fans some excitement to look forward to.
Here's a little pick-me-up for you Texas fans. I found some new images of the new south end zone project. I'm betting these are closer to what it'll look like. pic.twitter.com/KkhOdePjib
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) March 19, 2020
These updated images show an incredible upgrade to the South End Zone, including more permanent seating and luxury suites with balconies on each side of the jumbotron.
Although the stadium has been home to the Longhorns football team since 1924, it has been expanded several times since its original opening.
We’ve compiled a list of the best Texas football games to relive during the quarantine.
Do you miss watching Texas sports?
While there are no live sporting events present on our televisions due to the Coronoavirus (COVID-10) outbreak, we’ve compiled a list of the best Texas Longhorns football games to relive during the quarantine.
Other than the 2006 Rose Bowl where quarterback Vince Young scrambled for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to defeat the University of Southern California, it’s tough to rank the most exciting outcomes when there are many to choose from.
Here are just a few of our favorites.
Locked on Longhorns podcast brings another edition of Mock Draft Monday. Plus which Longhorn will return in 2021?
Cami and Patrick bring a new edition of the Locked on Longhorns podcast with an update on what they are doing since there are no sports going on. A Longhorn has decided to return to the Forty Acres in 2021.
The mock draft roundup shows where the top three Longhorns are projected. Plus an early look at which games Texas will be the underdog for in the 2020 season.
Also could this be Tom Herman’s last stand?
The impact of the coronavirus has crashed upon the sports world. Here is how we plan
Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione had an impromptu conference call with those who cover Oklahoma athletics late Thursday night.
It was so unexpected that the media was given a 15-minute heads up in an email before the call would start at 7:30. Like everything else going on right now in our world, it was a spontaneous call that offered insight, but left more questions than answers due to the sudden changes we saw in a matter of hours, not days.
During the middle of the call, a reporter started out his question with:
“Joe, how are you doing?”
His answer was brief, but his tone reflected a lot of what the world is dealing with right now:
This flat out sucks.
As journalists, we are trained to be prepared to deal with the unexpected. To work tirelessly to expect what’s to come so we aren’t hit with surprise. This, though, is like multiple tsunamis continuing to hit the sports world over and over and over and over again.
We work on a precise schedule that coincides with the sports teams that we cover. Those help us project numbers, project post totals and project how we will conduct our business. And that’s the worst part:
The coronavirus doesn’t care who you are, where you come from, what you believe in or where you are going, it just keeps coming for more and more and more.
Here at Sooners Wire, we decided once the news started to hit that we would strictly only write about how the coronavirus impacted Oklahoma athletics and the sports we cover. It didn’t lead to the most lucrative week, but it was something much bigger than sports.
Moving forward, we will continue to cover how the coronavirus is impacting Oklahoma sports, but we will also begin back to writing about your favorite players, teams and stories. We will get back to producing original content, previews, lists and now, nostalgic posts, as soon as we get them ready.
During this tough time in our country, our states, our cities and our communities, our audience will be a relief to us as we hope to be a relief to you. Sports are our outlet just as it is yours.
We’ll get past this and we’ll get past it together.
There is now no chance for the Texas baseball and softball programs to continue play at a later date this season.
Rather than cancelling the season entirely, many were hopeful that the Big 12 Conference would leave the door open to continue play in a few weeks for the baseball and softball programs.
Unfortunately, that’s not the case. According to Kendall Rogers of D1Baseball.com, the Big 12 officially announced that there would be no games played for the remainder of the season.
SOURCES: The @Big12Conference has canceled the remainder of its college baseball season. The league had hoped to continue in a few weeks. Not anymore. It’s done. #Big12
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) March 13, 2020
This applies to #Big12 softball, too. 😰 https://t.co/hQZMg7ea63
— D1Softball (@D1Softball) March 13, 2020
Both programs were off to an impressive start to the 2020 season. Texas baseball ended with an overall 14-3 record and was one week away from starting conference play. The Longhorns were scheduled to travel to Norman on March 20 to face the Oklahoma Sooners.
Several baseball teams within the Big 12 looked stout throughout the early part of the season. There was a legitimate chance for six teams to represent the Big 12 in the postseason. Texas Tech, Texas, Oklahoma and TCU finished atop the final conference rankings, with Oklahoma State and West Virginia close behind.
Arguably the most dominant team in all of Texas athletics this season, softball ended the year with an impressive 24-3 overall record. In her final appearance on the mound last week, senior Miranda Elish pitched a perfect game. Texas defeated the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams in the nation on back-to-back nights, which propelled the Longhorns to the No. 1 team in the nation according to Softball America.
Not only was Texas softball in a great position to take home the Big 12 conference title, they were a favorite to win the College World Series.
The NCAA officially announced the intent to add an extra year of eligibility to seniors who were not able to finish out the season. The details remain in the works, but having a chance to finish their collegiate careers on their own terms is a great place to start.
The public health and safety is top priority amid the Coronavirus outbreak, but it’s understandably an emotional period for college athletes who have dedicated countless hours into this season.
The final touches on the spring season have been put to rest. The Big 12 Conference has shut things down until March 29 and beyond.
The final touches on the spring college sports season have been put to rest.
The Big 12 Conference canceled the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday afternoon. They suspended regular season competition for everyone, on-and-off campus recruiting and out-of-season practices later Thursday afternoon. Now?
Everything is shut down through March 29 and all spring sports seasons for its 10 member league have been canceled.
“Due to the on-going developments related to COVID-19 the Big 12 Conference announces that all organized team activities whether organized or voluntary, including team and individual practices, meetings, and other organized gatherings, have been suspended until March 29 and will be re-evaluated at that time,” the Big 12 announced in a release on Friday evening. “In addition, all conference and non-conference competitions are cancelled through the end of the academic year, including spring sports that compete beyond the academic year.”
This will be the end of Oklahoma baseball’s promising season. The end of Patty Gasso’s late-season reign on college softball. The end of Oklahoma men’s golf’s run to another NCAA Championship.
What has not been decided is the potential for spring football to return. The Big 12 Conference have not decided whether to cancel it all completely, which includes spring games.
The University of Oklahoma has moved to online only classes for the two weeks after spring break. It has not been determined what Oklahoma football is going to do once the March 29 date of the end of the suspension of activities is over.
Sooners Wire will post updates as more information becomes available.
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