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WATCH: First glimpse of new WR Tarik Black impressing at practice

The Texas football social media department released a highlight video of new wide receiver Tarik Black during fall camp.

With all of the misinformation and news flying around the past few days, Texas fans are in need of a bright light. Continue reading “WATCH: First glimpse of new WR Tarik Black impressing at practice”

Texas administrators ‘feel good’ about playing football this season

University of Texas administrators feel they’re in a good shape to attempt to play college football this fall.

It feels like a month’s worth of news all seemed to surface in one day. Continue reading “Texas administrators ‘feel good’ about playing football this season”

Locked on Longhorns Podcast: ‘We Want To Play, Big 10 cancelled?’

The latest Locked on Longhorns Podcast discusses the ‘We Want To Play’ movement that started Sunday. Plus is the Big 10 cancelled?

It seems as if we know a lot and nothing all at the same time. In an attempt to gauge the temperature around the college football landscape, it seems like a lot of battle for position. On Sunday night players, coaches and athletic directors took to Twitter to voice their opinion on the top of playing football. This movement came off the heels of the Big Ten Conference allegedly getting ready to cancel the 2020 season.

Clemson’s star quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Ohio State’s Justin Fields joined players from Power Five conferences with the hashtag “We Want To Play.” Lawrence has been vocal about players needing to be on campus, he sent a series of tweets pleading his case. As far as the Big 12 is concerned, they are scheduling a Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday to make their final decision on playing football in 2020.

One rumor on the docket being four Big Ten schools heading to the Big 12 to play football for one season. Bruce Feldman of the Athletic refuted the report on Twitter. The rumored schools were Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa and former Big 12 foe Nebraska. Another report from the Dan Patrick show discussed Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC for one season. Seems farfetched but it would be a fun idea. Maybe the Longhorns could finally get their hands on the Texas A&M Aggies once again.

The Tony Fields II saga is continuing as Longhorns fans are waiting on his transfer announcement. All reports are trending towards Texas but he has yet to make a formal announcement. It could be due to the fact that a school he was looking at Minnesota is part of the Big Ten, they are set to cancel the season. Also Myron Warren has removed himself from the transfer portal.

Plus we discuss Longhorns in the NFL, Charles Omenihu and Alex Okafor.

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President Donald Trump shows supports to #WeWantToPlay

Players have tweeted out ‘#WeWantToPlay’, in response to season cancelations. President Trump showed his support for the movement on Monday.

College football has been a circus in the past 24 hours, with rumors of the Power Five conferences canceling their seasons. In response, players from across the country have tweeted out ‘#WeWantToPlay’, showing their desire to have a 2020 college football season.

It began with Clemson’s quarterback Trevor Lawrence and has spread throughout the entire country. Texas players such as Caden Sterns and D’Shawn Jamison have show support for the movement.

The biggest endorsement of all came on Monday afternoon when President Trump quote tweeted Lawrence’s original tweet. Support from such a figure such as the president will massively help the players, coaches, and administration who are in favor of having a football season of sorts.

“The student-athletes have been working too hard for their season to be canceled. #WeWantToPlay,” said President Trump. 

There is still a long way to go for college football to happen this season. The players involved with #WeWantToPlay are giving it their best shot, outlining guidelines for how it can be done.

Even if it takes Texas joining another conference for one season, the Longhorns seem committed to playing their 2020 season for now. However, things can always change at the snap of a finger.

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Report: SEC courting teams to play, Texas and Oklahoma among them

According to Dan Patrick of the Dan Patrick Show, Texas and Oklahoma could join the SEC for the 2020 college football season.

If there was ever a time to get wild and think outside the box, it is during the COVID-19 pandemic. Especially with college football on its last limb, trying to find a way to be played.

Reportedly, the Big 10 has already pulled the plug, with the Pac 12 shortly behind them. Three other Power 5 conferences remain. The ACC, Big 12, and SEC.

While there are multiple different things being reported, one scenario could bode as a last-ditch ever from Big 12 powerhouses Texas and Oklahoma. The two rivals could link up together and join the SEC for the 2020 regular season.

According to Dan Patrick of the Dan Patrick Show, that could be an option. The SEC wants the ACC and Big 12 “to go along with them” in having a college football season. If they decide to cancel, the conference could pouch some teams to join them.

“The SEC is trying to see if they can pick off some of these schools and see if they want to join them,” Patrick said. “If you can get Texas and Oklahoma from the Big 12 and they’re going to join you in the SEC, you’ve got a super conference.”

This, of course, would pair Texas back with their oldest rivals, Texas A&M. It has been since 2011 since the two schools matched up because of the Aggies’ departure to the SEC.

During a normal SEC schedule, the conference holds 14 teams across 11 different states. Adding in Oklahoma would make 12 total states teams from around the SEC could possibly travel to.

Here is what the hypothetical divisions could look like in the SEC:

East West
Arkansas Alabama
Florida Auburn
Georgia LSU
Kentucky Mississippi State
Missouri Ole Miss
South Carolina Oklahoma
Tennessee Texas
Vanderbilt Texas A&M

The only flip that would be needed would Arkansas joining the SEC East after being in the SEC West throughout their time in the conference. None of this is official, so there is no definite answer as to how the SEC would handle the addition of two teams.

College football is in for an interesting roller coaster before the season starts up in either August or September. The Big 12 has said they are still planning on playing football at the moment.

Commissioners and athletic directors across the conference seem as if they will do anything in order for the 2020 college football season to be saved. Even if it takes the Longhorns joining a tougher conference for one season.

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College football players react, express fear of a cancelled season

College football players, coaches and athletic directors began a ‘We Want To Play’ movement on Twitter.

Where do we begin?

With every minute that passes, a new opportunity seems to present itself with college athletics. This particular offseason has been unlike any other and has brought on a significant amount of anxiety and uncertainty to all those involved.

The past few months have been centered around an ongoing fluid situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s getting down to crunch time to make a final decision on the upcoming college football season this fall.

It appeared things were trending in the right direction when Power Five conferences agreed to a shortened, conference-only schedule. However, over the past two days the rumors have become more rampant that there may not be a college football season at all.

The Big Ten and Pac-12 are pushing towards not playing, while the SEC, ACC, and Big 12 are doing their best to salvage what they can.

A common denominator among all major conferences is that the athlete’s want to play. On Sunday night, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence took the lead for all players when he began a ‘We Want To Play’ movement on Twitter.

While Lawrence was the first high-profile athlete to speak out in that sense, several began to follow suit. Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer, Texas safety Caden Sterns and many other coaches, athletic directors, and players express their views on the next page.

Will their voices be heard?

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Report: Longhorns’ Myron Warren no longer in transfer portal

According to a report from 247Sports, Texas redshirt freshman defensive lineman Myron Warren has removed himself from the transfer portal.

It was only a few days ago that Texas Longhorns defensive lineman Myron Warren put his name into the transfer portal. Texas has seen this occur a few times this offseason with Anthony Cook and Juwan Mitchell. Much like the previous two cases it appears that Warren has removed his name from the portal and will continue his playing career in Austin per 247Sports.

According to Chip Brown of Horns247, Warren removed himself on Monday morning.

According to a 247Sports check of the transfer portal, Warren’s name was removed shortly after 10 am CT on Monday.

Warren came to Austin as part of the Longhorns’ 2019 class and did not play last season. He ranked as the No. 289 overall player in the 247Sports Composite that cycle. The 6-foot-2, 290-pound Louisiana native is expected to be a part of the Longhorns’ two-deep this season as a redshirt freshman, potentially backing up defensive tackle Ta’Quon Graham.

The redshirt freshman is looking to get into the mix among the defensive line now headed up by new defensive coordinator Chris Ash. The report also stats that Warren could be in the mix at nose tackle as a backup for Keondre Coburn.

Despite rumors swirling around the possible cancellation of the college football season, the Longhorns are in the midst of fall camp. Provided the season continues as planned they will open up the year hosting Texas-El Paso on September 12th at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The kickoff time has yet to be announced. As the Big 12 meeting draws near, we hope to have some finality on all these questions.

Caden Sterns: ‘Worked way too hard for the season to be cancelled’

Texas Longhorns junior safety Caden Sterns went to Twitter to have his voice heard. He feels like he worked too hard for this.

Much like many of the fans are expressing on social media with the reports of a cancelled season, the players are just as upset. Much like Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, other players are taking to Twitter to get their voice heard. Players much like Lawrence feel as if they would be better off on campus around their team than at home. One reason was that often times these athletes are in better situations than home. Football is their way to escape a world and they are given a better opportunity.

One Texas Longhorn has made his voice known. Caden Sterns is no stranger to letting his voice be heard. He took to Twitter shortly after Lawrence to let his frustrations be known.

Caden joined his teammates on Friday in the first day of fall camp as they tried to get ready for the upcoming season. Under new defensive coordinator Chris Ash there was much to be optimistic about. Ash’s defense was going to focus on pressure and taking the ball away. Sterns was pretty good at taking the ball from offenses in his freshman season. It is a craft he was working on early in camp.

After a down year in 2019, Sterns seemed poised to become the ballhawk he was in 2018. He was named Freshman All-American for his efforts and led the team in interceptions that year with four. It is unclear at this moment whether or not the Big 12 Conference and Bob Bowlsby will follow the lead of the Big Ten.

All we know is the players want to do what they do best, play the game they love.

As reports surface about cancelling football, Big 12 sets meeting

SI’s Pat Forde and Ross Dellenger are reporting that the Power Five conferences are looking to cancel the season. Big 12 set Monday meeting.

Over the past several days there has been an uneasy feeling about the possibility of a cancelled 2020 college football season. The NCAA President Mark Emmert recently spoke about the path forward being a rough one. Even CBS Sports writer Dennis Dodd spoke with two anonymous athletic directors that believed it was inevitable.

On Sunday afternoon however, the report that many didn’t want to hear began to make its way to twitter. Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde and Ross Dellenger tweeted out that the Big Ten Conference was set to cancel football for the 2021 season. Again it isn’t surprising but nothing something that one wants to hear.

Shortly afater that report surfaced, Clemson’s quarterback Trevor Lawrence took to Twitter to plead for the opportunity to play. Many athletes have voiced their opinions with hashtag Let Us Play. Here is what Lawrence had to say about it.

People are at just as much, if not more risk, if we don’t play. Players will all be sent home to their own communities where social distancing is highly unlikely and medical care and expenses will be placed on the families if they were to contract covid19 (1)

Not to mention the players coming from situations that are not good for them/ their future and having to go back to that. Football is a safe haven for so many people. We are more likely to get the virus in everyday life than playing football. Having a season also incentivizes

Players being safe and taking all of the right precautions to try to avoid contracting covid because the season/ teammates safety is on the line. Without the season, as we’ve seen already, people will not social distance or wear masks and take the proper precautions

The former National Championship winning quarterback makes a sound argument for not only his teammates but for players across the nation. While you can argue it could be safer for athletes if they don’t subject themselves to contraction by playing. The players seem to want to play. They don’t feel that they are safer by not playing. You can be the judge on being for or against it. As for the Big 12 Conference, they are set to meet on Monday at 5 p.m. according to Drew Davison of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Nothing has been made official yet but it is quite possible come 6 p.m. on Monday that we will have some finality to this situation. Whether or not the Big 12 follows the Big Ten or they attempt to play on their own.

Bowl Projections: Texas back to Alamo Bowl vs Arizona State

Lindy’s Sports recently gave bowl predictions in their 2020 preview magazine. UT was in the Alamo Bowl, going up against Arizona State.

The status is college football is currently up in the air thanks to the coronavirus. However, if there is anything that is consistent about the sport, pandemic, or no pandemic, it is preseason bowl projections.

Lindy’s Sports recently dropped their preview magazine for the 2020 season and gave bowl predictions before schedule changes. Texas was once again in the Alamo Bowl, going up against Arizona State this season.

Herm Edward’s squad is an up and coming one, projecting to be Pac 12 contenders for years to come. Sophomore quarterback Jayden Daniels is the star, becoming the first true freshman quarterback to begin the season as the starter in program history.

It would only be the second meeting between the Longhorns and Sun Devils, meeting up in the 2007 Holiday Bowl.

For Texas, returning back to the holiday bowl would be seen as a disappointment. With quarterback Sam Ehlinger entering his senior season and the defense returning 10 starters, the Longhorns should be making a push for a New Year’s Six bowl game.

Even with a 9+1 scheduling method, Texas will still be expected to significantly improve from 7-5 in 2019.

Usually, the Big 12 champion gets an automatic bid to the Sugar Bowl, assuming the College Football Playoff is out of the equation. This season, the New Orleans based bowl will host a semi-final, giving the Big 12 champion an at large bid.

In Lindy’s preview, Oklahoma would represent the conference in the New Year’s Six, facing Wisconsin in the Cotton Bowl. It would be the Sooners’ 17th BCS/NY6 bowl game, currently holding a 6-10 record.

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