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The Jacksonville Jaguars are banged up at the wide receiver position prior to their Week 11 stint with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Jacksonville Jaguars hope to have every weapon at their disposal on Sunday as they prepare to face the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 11. Continue reading “Former Longhorn, Jaguars WR Collin Johnson questionable against Steelers”
CBS Sports released their top 101 basketball players of the 2020-21 season, two Texas players were included.
As the start of the Texas men’s basketball season rapidly approaches, the hype and expectations continue to grow.
CBS Sports recently listed their top 101 college basketball players for the upcoming season and Texas head coach Shaka Smart has two of the top players in the country on his squad.
There is no other player that fans are more excited about than former five-star prospect Greg Brown. Following his signing, we have seen countless highlight reel dunks on social media showcasing his unique athleticism. This is the type of athlete that can be a program-changer. It’s no surprise that CBS Sports listed him among the top 40 players this season.
“This is the type of one-and-done talent who could help Shaka Smart have his best season yet as Texas’ coach. The 6-9 jumping-jack was a consensus top-10 prospect in the Class of 2020.”
Matt Coleman leads a talented trio of guards this year for the Longhorns alongside Andrew Jones and Courtney Ramey. Coleman is a do-it-all player for this team and should be a driving force for the offense. It never hurts when you can knock down a walk-off three-pointer either, just ask Oklahoma. Texas will need to rely on Coleman’s strong defense if they hope to make a push for the Big 12 title this year.
“Shaka Smart has an embarrassment of talent this season, but it’s Coleman (12.7 ppg, 3.4 apg, 3.0 rpg) who is the most important and probably the best all-around player he’s got. Super defense, cunning instincts and needs to be the reliable guy to push Texas into that top-10 or top-15 conversation by the time Big 12 play starts.”
Shaka Smart and his squad will tip off the season on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin.
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Texas will now have three weeks off before facing the toughest conference opponent left on their schedule.
The Big 12 Conference announced on Wednesday that the game between Texas and Kansas on Nov. 21 would be postponed to Dec. 12. Continue reading “How the Kansas postponement benefits Texas’ schedule”
Texas head coach Tom Herman is mentioned on the watch list for the Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award.
Whomever is awarded Coach of the Year at the conclusion of the 2020 season will have certainly deserved the honor. Continue reading “Texas head coach Tom Herman named Paul “Bear” Bryant Award nominee”
Texas found momentum on the recruiting trail on Wednesday by landing former Baylor commit, four-star defensive tackle Byron Murphy II.
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Texas has finally received some momentum on the recruiting trail. Continue reading “Texas Football Recruiting: Longhorns flip four-star DT, former Baylor commit”
Texas would miss out on the Big 12 title game if the regular season were to conclude today, but these rankings will be shaken up next week.
If the regular season were to conclude today, Texas would be on the outside looking in. Continue reading “ESPN Big 12 Power Rankings: Texas is on the outside looking in”
The Big 12 Conference officially announced when ticket sales will start for the title game in December.
The two teams that finish the regular season with the highest winning percentage in conference games will compete for the Big 12 title on Dec. 19 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Continue reading “Big 12 Football: Date for championship game officially announced”
Texas and Oklahoma are back in the top four of ESPN’s latest Big 12 power rankings.
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Texas and Oklahoma are back in the top four of ESPN’s latest Big 12 power rankings after suffering consecutive losses early in the season. Continue reading “ESPN’s Big 12 Power Rankings: Texas and Oklahoma rise, Kansas State drops”
According to 247Sports potential college football coaching carousel, Urban Meyer could replace Tom Herman in Austin.
College football’s coaching carousel will be an interesting one to watch this offseason. Continue reading “Texas is college football’s most attractive job in upcoming coaching carousel”
Breaking down the three areas that the Texas Longhorns need to improve in the final stretch of the 2020 College Football Season.
Seven games are now in the books for the Texas Longhorns. Only Kansas, Iowa State and Kansas State remain on the schedule. The football team isn’t where maybe they thought they would, when I did the preseason predictions to this point in the season they were projected to be 6-1. Only a game off but the loss was thought to come against Oklahoma State and not on back-to-back weekends against Texas Christian and Oklahoma.
The Mike Yurcich offense was supposed to enhance the level of play by quarterback Sam Ehlinger. While it looked promising early on, he has since cooled off a bit. Could it be that he is missing his top two receivers from last year? Perhaps. Could it be that he isn’t healthy? Well there is that too. Or could it be that we are seeing a regression? All of these could be true. It is one area of improvement needed.
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Texas has to take it one game at a time as cliché as that sounds. It will all start against the Jayhawks on Nov. 21 in Lawrence. Once that game is out of the way, the team will have just six days to get ready for their last home game of the season against Iowa State. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, here are the three things that the Longhorns need to do in their final three games.
