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TCU DT Damonic Williams to visit Texas

Williams is set to visit Texas after Oklahoma on April 23.

TCU defensive tackle Damonic Williams is set to visit six schools. Texas is one of them.

Williams has a visit set for four teams beginning with the Oklahoma Sooners on April 20-21. Oklahoma has emerged as the early favorite for Williams and the fact that the lineman is opting to visit Norman for the team’s spring game is telling.

Next is Texas, who some believe to be the next highest priority for Williams. He’s set to be in Austin on April 23 and 24.

Colorado and LSU are next on Williams’ schedule of visits. Colorado’s inclusion speaks to the continued respect for head coach Deion Sanders and his staff after a poor showing in 2023. Williams will visit there on April 26 and 27 before going to Baton Rouge on April 30.

LSU and Texas likely need defensive tackle more than Oklahoma, but could be starting the recruitment trailing. Even so, expect the Tigers to do everything they can to bring top defensive line talent to repair their broken defense from a year ago.

Missouri and Oregon round out the list with expected visits.

Texas will look to make an impression and get into the race when Williams visits on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Big 12 analyst: Oklahoma’s future scares me more than Texas’

The immediate future in the SEC might be brighter for Texas than Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns enter the SEC in 2024. Continue reading “Big 12 analyst: Oklahoma’s future scares me more than Texas’”

247Sports ranks rivalry between Texas, OU among heated rivalries

Red River might be underrated on this list.

The Red River game is one of the best rivalries in sports.

Those on either side of the rivalry view the blue blood football matchup in the Cotton Bowl as a highlight of the year.  What makes the rivalry a spectacle is the passion each fanbase brings to the game.

247Sports’ Brad Crawford ranked the matchup among his top most heated rivalries in college sports. Crawford ranks it No. 5 on his list behind Ohio State vs. Michigan, Alabama vs. Auburn, Army vs. Navy and a basketball matchup between Duke and North Carolina.

Those who have sat on either side of the Cotton Bowl might view it as a more intense rivalry than three of the above four matchups. Outside of Michigan and Ohio State, there’s perhaps no more intense disdain than there is between the teams wearing burnt orange and crimson.

Red River could gain more acclaim as it heads to the SEC in 2024.

Advantages, disadvantages and early preview of Texas vs. Oklahoma

We take an early look at Red River for the 2024 season.

The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners play next season in the Cotton Bowl like they have since 1929. For the first time, the teams will play as members of the SEC.

The game will be of added importance for Texas after losing last year. While the Oklahoma game might have been on the back burner in preparation for Alabama last offseason, the Sooners should be the Longhorns’ top priority out of spring ball.

Oklahoma stunned Texas in Dallas in 2023. The game went down to the final seconds as the Sooners drove downfield with ease to take the lead with 15 seconds left.

Several faces from the game won’t be on the field for both teams. The Longhorns lose their dynamic interior defensive duo of T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy along with the majority of their receiving production. The Sooners will have a new offensive coordinator, quarterback and mostly new offensive line.

Let’s look at a few advantages and disadvantages each team will have in the game.

Early betting lines released for three key Texas games in 2024

FanDuel released early betting lines for Texas vs. Georgia, Texas at Michigan, and Texas vs. Oklahoma.

FanDuel recently released early betting lines for some of the top college football games in 2024. Continue reading “Early betting lines released for three key Texas games in 2024”

Forecasting predictions for every Texas football game in 2024

We share who we lean toward picking in every Texas football game next season.

We’re forecasting out the 2024 football schedule for the Texas Longhorns as are several others. Most view the Longhorns as legitimate College Football Playoff contenders. Others have starkly varied opinions on the team.

The vast majority view the Longhorns as a Top 10 team heading into next season. A minority of media members view Texas as a team due for a fall off, comparing the team to its 2019 iteration that went 7-5 after a Sugar Bowl victory over Georgia. But Texas returns far more impactful players than it did that season.

We expect across the country there will be some roster shakeup after spring football, but don’t anticipate much impactful roster change across the college football landscape. Let’s give our early prediction for each game on the Longhorns’ schedule.

Game-by-game predictions for Alabama’s 2024 season

With all the changes in the Alabama football program, how is the Crimson Tide expected to perform in 2024? Here are are-by-game predictions.

Alabama football is roughly a month into the 2024 offseason and it has been an absolute whirlwind. After losing to Michigan in the Rose Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal, head coach Nick Saban decided to retire and chaos ensued.

The Crimson Tide hired former Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer to be the successor to Saban, and he has his work cut out for him.

Once DeBoer was brought on staff, a handful of players hit the transfer portal and some high-profile commits reopened their recruitments, though he was able to land a re-commitment from five-star wide receiver Ryan Williams. However, that’s not where the uncertainty ends for Alabama.

The 2024 season will not just come with more than just a new coach on the sidelines of Bryant-Denny Stadium and a somewhat new-looking team on the field. The SEC welcomes in two new teams and has gotten rid of divisions, the College Football Playoff format expanded to 12 teams and the questions stemming from the transfer portal and name, image, likeness policy have yet to be answered.

How will all of this impact Alabama’s performance next season? For a clear answer, we will have to wait and see. For now, let’s try our best to make some predictions.

Opinion: Red River should be Texas’ most important game in 2024

Alabama was Texas’ most important game last season, but the Oklahoma game should take priority this year.

Texas enjoyed its best season in several years in 2023. The team won 12 games, won its conference and made the College Football Playoff. Continue reading “Opinion: Red River should be Texas’ most important game in 2024”

Most intriguing transfer portal options at defensive end

Most intriguing transfer portal options at defensive end #GoBucks

We already broke down our expectations for how Ohio State could handle the quarterback position (which it has handled) and then dove into the possible running backs (which it has also handled). We also recently covered the wide receiver position (if things break a certain way), tight ends, and offensive tackle, guards, and of course, the center position that was also already addressed by the staff. But now, we move on to the defensive side of the ball and we will start at defensive end.

Most of the guys on this list have committed already and the winter transfer portal is winding down. Still, these lists also provide the landing spot for these players, which tell an interesting story within the national landscape. For example, Indiana made some heavy-hitting moves in the transfer portal on the offensive side of the football. but let’s see which teams went out of their way to add one of the following big fish.