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Texas seniors show up in dominant victory over Texas Tech

It was an emotional night for the Texas seniors as they played their last game in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

It was an emotional night for the Texas seniors, as they played their last home game in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Friday. Continue reading “Texas seniors show up in dominant victory over Texas Tech”

Five standout defensive players from Texas’ 2021 spring game

Texas’ defense seems as if they have not missed a beat from last season. Here are five defensive players who stood out from the spring game.

Throughout much of spring practice, reports surfaced of how well Pete Kwiatkowski’s defense was performing in comparison to the offense. Even with Juwan Mitchell entering the transfer portal and DeMarvion Overshown dealing with surgery, Texas’ defense seemingly didn’t skip a beat.

Caden Sterns and Joseph Ossai add to the major losses from last season. Ray Thornton out of LSU has stepped up to replace the pass rusher, while Jerrin Thompson and Brenden Schooler are battling it out to replace Sterns. Everywhere else across the defense, especially the secondary, will return players who made significant contributions last season.

Saturday’s spring game was a successful one for both the first-team and second-team defenses. Kyle Flood’s offensive line played so poorly because of how dominant Texas’ defensive line was. Some current backups may have opened some eyes heading into the fall.

Here are five defensive players who stood out from the spring game:

Report: Texas Longhorns pass rusher to enter the transfer portal

The Longhorns talented pass rusher Byron Vaughns has entered the transfer portal per a report. This is Texas’ fifth player to do so.

It has been a rough year for the Texas Longhorns. Sitting at 3-2, they are nowhere near where many thought they would be at this point in the season. They had opportunities to win all five games they have played so far, only the Baylor and UTEP games were decided well before the fourth quarter. Not only have they had issues with bonehead plays and poor decisions, but their roster has been an issue as well.

Prior to the season even getting underway Juwan Mitchell, Anthony Cook and Myron Warren each entered the transfer portal. In each case they decided to ultimately stay with the team. After the UTEP game it was reported that B.J. Foster quit the team over frustrations but again cooler heads prevailed. Most recently Kenyatta Watson II entered the portal but unlike the previous three he transferred to Georgia Tech.

It was reported by Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle that Vaughns would enter the transfer portal.

Vaughns was expected to be one of the contributors at the new ‘Jack’ position for Chris Ash’s defense. He played 18 snaps against the UTEP Miners in the opener but has been used sparingly since. Most of which on special teams. He played nine snaps on special teams in the Texas Tech game and just six against Texas Christian. He hasn’t seen the field since.

When Joseph Ossai went down with his injury against Baylor, Vaughns was one of the players who should have played some snaps against the Baylor front. It never happened, instead the team went with former walk on Jett Bush and Reese Leitao. It has likely become another issue where a talented player is getting overlooked.

Byron Vaughns was the 28th ranked outside linebacker in the country when he committed to Texas.

 

Wednesday Big 12 Morning Rush: Another game postponed

In this edition of the Big 12 morning rush, another conference game postponed due to COVID-19. Plus a player gets put on scholarship.

It is now just three days away from the Texas Longhorns season opening game against the UTEP Miners. As of right now, Texas is one of seven Big 12 games that are set to take place. As the team prepares for the game against UTEP, one player got the best news that a walk-on could receive.

Watch Tom Herman deliver scholarship news to a player’s parents

Longhorns linebacker Jett Bush found out that he was going to be placed on scholarship from his dad. Head coach Tom Herman enlisted the help of his parents to deliver the news to the team. Before you watch this video make sure you have tissues nearby, because someone is cutting onions.

Baylor-Louisiana Tech game postponed over COVID-19 outbreak

Following in the footsteps of SMU-TCU and Tulsa-Oklahoma State, the Baylor game has been postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak. The timing of the Hurricane Laura during a pandemic did not help matters. It is unclear if and when this game will be played. Louisiana Tech doesn’t have a vacant spot on Sept. 19 to allow the game to be pushed back one week. Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports was the first to report the news.

 

Kansas State kickoff time moved to 11:00 am

In light of the Louisiana Tech-Baylor game being postponed, it left a vacancy at 11 am for Fox. The Arkansas State-Kansas State game will now be moved up to take it’s place. It was originally set for 2:30 pm..