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Tennessee vs. Texas injury report: Latest updates, news

All the latest updates and news on Tennessee’s injury report ahead of Saturday’s basketball game versus Texas.

No. 1 Tennessee (14-1, 1-1 SEC) will return to Southeastern Conference play on Saturday after suffering its first loss of the season. Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll.

Texas (11-4, 0-2 SEC) will host Tennessee at Moody Center in Austin, Texas. Tipoff between the Longhorns and Vols is slated for 6 p.m. EST.

ESPN will televise the SEC matchup. Tom Hart (play-by-play) and Dane Bradshaw (analyst) will be on the call.

Tennessee leads the all time basketball series against the Longhorns, 5-4, dating to 1952. Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes is 2-1 against Texas. The Vols have a two-game win streak in the series.

Beginning with the 2024-25 athletics calendar, Southeastern Conference schools will provide public reports on availability of student-athletes to participate in each conference game in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball.

Tennessee sophomore forward J.P. Estrella is listed as out against Texas. Estrella will miss the remainder of the season due to a foot injury.

Junior guard Chendall Weaver is also listed as out for Texas against Tennessee.

PHOTOS: Rick Barnes through the years

J.P. Estrella (13). Steven Erler-USA TODAY Sports

Notre Dame All-Time Bowl History

What is your favorite Notre Dame bowl memory?

Notre Dame has played in 44 bowl games and counting all-time, a number that might seem low considering they’ve been playing football for over 130 years.  However, Notre Dame didn’t play in bowl games out of their belief in amateurism for over 40 years which means for a lot fewer bowl appearances than several other blue-blood programs.

There have been great triumphs and incredible heartbreakers both over those 44 games.

Legends were made, thrilling wins were had, and heartbreaking losses also occurred.

Check out the game-by-game history of Notre Dame in postseason bowl games below.

More Bowl Game History from the College Wire Network:

Alabama / Aub / Fla / LSU / Tenn. / UGA // Mich. / Mich St. / Ohio St. / Wisc. // Okla. / Texas // ND // USC

Rookie Saints linebacker carted off after ugly special teams collision

Rookie Saints linebacker Jaylan Ford was carted off the field after an ugly collision on special teams. Here’s to a full recovery for the young pro:

This is worse to see than any lopsided tally on the scoreboard. New Orleans Saints rookie linebacker Jalan Ford was carted off late in Sunday’s game with the Las Vegas Raiders after an ugly collision on special teams left him in a heap on the turf clutching his leg.

The Saints medical staff quickly attended to Ford and stabilized his leg in an air cast before helping him onto a cart, which carried him off the field. The team later announced he had been ruled out with a fibula injury.

You really hate to see young players dealt with serious injuries like this, especially so late in the season. Ford, a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft out of Texas, was just covering a punt return and trying to put positive plays on film when he and other players ran into each other, which resulted in the injury.

We’re rooting for Ford. He may be facing a difficult path back to the field in 2025.

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Former Michigan State punter commits to transfer to Texas

A former Michigan State punter is transferring to Texas

At one point in time, Australian punter Jack Bouwmeester was in line to be the future starting punter for Michigan State football. Then, the pandemic sent him back to Australia, and he reset his collegiate football career with Utah.

Now, Bouwmeester’s unique journey will take him to one of the top programs in the country as he committed to transfer to Texas on Friday.

Bouwmeester led the Pac-12 in average punt yardage in 2023 with 45.5 and averaged 44.7 yards per punt in 2024.

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Notre Dame women’s basketball defeats UConn for third straight season

That’s three wins over top-five teams, too.

Notre Dame and UConn is as anticipated a matchup as you’ll find in women’s basketball. With numerous former Irish players on hand along with a sellout crowd at Purcell Pavilion, not to mention [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag], all eyes were on whether the Irish could beat a top-five opponent for the third time this season.

With the university nearing final exams, the Irish passed its own exam and won, 79-68, for their third victory over the Huskies in as many seasons. That means UConn, Texas and USC are a combined 0-3 against the Irish but 26-0 against everyone else.

The Irish (8-2) led the Huskies (8-1) for most of the game but never by more than 13 points. That lead was cut to one in the waning seconds of the third quarter, but [autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag] hit her career-high sixth 3 at the buzzer, and the Irish proceeded to score the first six points of the fourth quarter to go back up 10.

Although the Huskies got within six with 3:12 left, the Irish doubled their lead over the next two minutes, and that was that. This was the latest in a series of statement wins:

Hidalgo led all scorers with 29 points to get the better of fellow All-American Paige Bueckers, who had 25 points. She achieved a double-double with 10 rebounds and also had a game-high eight assists.

[autotag]Liatu King[/autotag] had her own double-double with 16 points and 12 boards. [autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] overcame an early ankle injury to also score 16 points.

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Notre Dame defensive coordinator makes final cut for Broyles Award

Way to go, Al!

Notre Dame wouldn’t have made the College Football Playoff without its defense. That wouldn’t be possible without a solid defensive coordinator in [autotag]Al Golden[/autotag].

The Irish bet big on Golden by signing him to a four-year contract extension in the offseason. Golden has rewarded their faith and then some.

Now, Golden could be recognized nationally for his work as he has been named one of five finalists for the Broyles Award, which is given to the best assistant coach in college football. The winner will be announced at a ceremony Feb. 13.

Broyles fellow finalists also helped their teams make the playoff. Arizona State’s Marcus Arroyo is the only offensive coordinator who made the cut. The rest, all defensive coordinators, are Indiana’s Bryant Haines, Tennessee’s Tim Banks and Texas’ Pete Kwiatkowski.

Golden would be the second Irish assistant coach to win this award, joining [autotag]Bob Diaco[/autotag] in 2012. Let’s hope that comes to pass.

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Fourth different Notre Dame player this season earns weekly honor

Congrats, Sonia!

If you want to you know exactly how talented Notre Dame is this season, simply look at the roster. A Notre Dame player has been received a weekly honor from the USBWA for the fourth time this season. A different player has won it each time.

This time, it was [autotag]Sonia Citron[/autotag] earning the honor. She began the week with 18 points, seven rebounds and a career-high seven steals in the Irish’s overtime win over Texas in the ACC/SEC Challenge. She followed that with her first double-double of the season (25 points, 11 rebounds) to help the Irish beat Syracuse in their ACC opener.

Citron joins [autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] and [autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag] as the third Irish player this season to be named one of five national players of the week by the USBWA. [autotag]Kate Koval[/autotag] also has a freshman of the week honor.

The Irish have another big test coming up Thursday against UConn, and the Huskies might be in trouble if Citron has another game like this one:

Best of luck to the Irish against a quality opponent they have beaten in each of the past two seasons.

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Panthers rookie RB Jonathon Brooks tears ACL

The Panthers selected Jonathon Brooks in the second round of the 2024 NFL draft.

Tragic news out of Carolina: It is being reported that the Panthers’ rookie running back, Jonathon Brooks, suffered a torn ACL and will miss the remainder of the season. The Panthers selected Brooks in the second round of the 2024 NFL draft out of the University of Texas.

This is the second time in just over a year that Brooks tore the ACL in his right knee, according to ESPN reporter Adam Schefter.

 

Brooks had played a very limited role in his first NFL season. He had only appeared in three games and his season ended with only nine carries for 22 rushing yards.

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Notre Dame photographer lauds women’s basketball student turnout

This is great to see.

When you photograph Notre Dame women’s basketball games for over 30 years, you tend to pick up on certain things. That’s the case for longtime Notre Dame photographer Matt Cashore. He graduated from the university in 1994 and has stuck around capturing the sights of campus ever since.

Among Cashore’s most prominent photographers have taken place at the athletic events on campus. That includes women’s basketball games, and he noticed one thing in particular during the Irish’s overtime win over Texas. That one thing was more students attending such a game than he could remember, and he took to social media to make that known.

It’s great to know that the Notre Dame students have started to take notice of a team that has national championship dreams this season. The men’s basketball team has to wait another season for arguably the best 2025 recruiting class in the country to arrive, so the women’s basketball team will do just fine this year:

The Irish need the students’ support if for no other reason than to make Purcell Pavilion an intimidating place for opponents. Hopefully, that will be the case by season’s end.

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Notre Dame breaks two-game losing streak with overtime win over Texas

Back on track in a big way.

Notre Dame and Texas was billed as a game to watch in this year’s ACC/SEC Challenge, and it definitely lived up to the hype. The problem with that was the Irish needed to sweat it out to try and overcome its disastrous two games in the Cayman Islands Classic.

The Irish took all they could handle from the Longhorns, but it was enough to get them back on track. They’ll head into their ACC opener against Syracuse coming off an 80-70 overtime victory.

The Irish (6-2) were in control for much of the game after the first quarter, but the Longhorns (7-1) came alive to begin the fourth, and the teams engaged in a back-and-forth throughout that frame.

[autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] broke a tie with what appeared to be the game-winning layup in the final seconds, but [autotag]Liatu King[/autotag] fouled Rori Harmon with one second left and the Irish in the penalty. Harmon hit both free throws to tie it back up. The Irish called a timeout to set up a game-winning shot, but [autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag]’s corner 3 missed everything, necessitating free basketball.

Kyla Oldacre scored the first basket of overtime 15 seconds in, but that proved to account for the Longhorns’ final points of the game as they missed their final 10 shots. Four of those misses came from Madison Booker, who wasted a 20-point effort.

The Irish were happy to take advantage as their overtime showing was highlighted by 3s from Hidalgo and [autotag]Sonia Citron[/autotag]. The Longhorns couldn’t answer as they simply had run out of gas:

Hidalgo scored a season-high 30 points. Miles and Citron both scored 18 with Citron collecting a career-high seven steals. King achieved a double-double of 10 points and 12 rebounds.

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