Sports
August 30, 2023
What the Texas Big 12 Football Coaches’ Favorite Musicians Tell Us About Them
Sark bangs Tupac, the Baylor and TCU coaches pump themselves up with Dave Matthews Band, and guess who loves Post Malone?
UT Football
Style & Design
June 7, 2023
Loreal Sarkisian, First Lady of Texas Football, Shares Her Fashion Staples
The wardrobe stylist knows how to turn heads on and off the field.
The Texanist
September 7, 2021
The Texanist: Now That the Longhorn-Aggie Rivalry Is Back, Can UT and A&M Alums Stay Friends?
Two Texas buddies stationed at an Air Force base in Qatar wonder if their bond can survive the SEC’s recent expansion.
Sports
April 23, 2021
“You Can’t Fake the Real”
An interview with the outgoing Longhorns quarterback touches on playing through the pandemic and learning to be vulnerable with teammates.
Sports
April 2, 2021
Behind the Scenes of UT’s ‘The Eyes of Texas’ Controversy
In interviews with dozens of football coaches, athletic department officials, university administrators, and current and former Longhorn players, we found that the athletes were largely left to navigate the turmoil by themselves.
Sports
February 3, 2021
Who Had the Better College Football Career, Sam Ehlinger or Kellen Mond?
The next time we’ll see the Longhorn and Aggie quarterbacks is at the NFL draft. How will fans remember them?
Sports
December 29, 2020
Can the Texas Longhorns Still Be a National Football Powerhouse?
The Longhorns' disappointing 6–3 season closes against Colorado in tonight's Alamo Bowl; but is the program's future any brighter?
Sports
December 11, 2020
If UT Gets a New Football Coach, We Have Ideas About Who it Might Be
From James Franklin and Matt Campbell to Urban Meyer to someone you may not have thought of, the season of coaching rumors is upon us.
Sports
December 9, 2020
Fred Akers, 1938–2020: A Remembrance
The former Texas Longhorns head coach was “one of those guys ... you realize that part of your lifestyle is based on things you learned from him."
Sports
November 23, 2016
Why I Want Texas to Keep Charlie Strong
It’s about more than character, recruiting, or staffing; it’s about how doing things the right way sometimes takes time.
Sports
November 21, 2016
If Charlie Strong Is Out, Then What?
Sometimes the best solution is the most obvious one.
Sports
June 4, 2015
The New UT President Wants to Sell Beer at Football Games
UNT and SMU are among the handful of schools in the country where fans can get drunk while they’re at the game—and new UT President Greg Fenves wants Darrell K. Royal Stadium to join them.
The Daily Post
October 22, 2014
UT’s Football Program Is the Most Profitable in the Country. By a Lot.
You can make jokes about the team's 3-4 record, but $109 million in revenue has Texas football laughing all the way to the bank.
The Stand Up Desk
August 15, 2014
Steve Patterson, UT’s New Athletic Director, on Student-Athletes Profiting From Their Name and Likeness
In a preview of our September cover, Patterson says college players shouldn't be able to monetize their famous names.
Sports
August 6, 2014
Can Steve Patterson Fill This Stadium?
It was just last year—amid spectacular losses and dramatic resignations—that the University of Texas saw its sports program go up in flames. As the new athletics director knows, a return to glory now rides on one person: him.
Sports
June 10, 2014
Mack Brown’s Resignation Impacted at Least 103 Coaching Jobs Around the Country
That's at 47 colleges, 4 NFL teams, and 2 high schools, according to some exhaustive reporting from ESPN. What, no CFL?
Sports
May 9, 2014
The Eyes of East Texas Are Upon Him
UT fans meet Charlie Strong.
Politics & Policy
January 10, 2014
Red McCombs Is Sorry
Red McCombs proves that money doesn't buy brains when it comes to UT football.
Sports
January 6, 2014
Texas’ New Football Coach Is Black So Guess What That Means
According to various pundits, he's "not a hip hop coach," but that won't stop them from comparing him to Arsenio Hall.
Politics & Policy
November 7, 2013
And the Next UT Football Coach Is?
Could the rumors that University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban may be the next football coach at the University of Texas be true?