Our seats were on the north end of DKR, about midway up, diagonal to the back northwest corner of the end zone. It was September of 2015, a night game, and my son Miles and I were thrilled with the v...

Sloppy-drunk on burnt orange Kool-aid in July, I stated - publicly and emphatically and foolishly - that Texas would beat USC this week in Los Angeles. Less than two months later, it's Trojan game we...

Horns up D’Onta Foreman did lose two fumbles, but the nation’s most productive rusher broke Earl Campbell’s school record with his 12th straight 100-yard game.  He carried the ...

Horns up Armanti Foreman’s 22-yard return with 1:46 left in the first half gave the offense the short field it sorely needed. The Longhorns cashed in with a Trent Domingue field goal, UT’...

One of the storylines of the Texas season so far has been Jerrod Heard’s switch from quarterback to wide receiver. Heard’s transition has looked seamless through the first three games, as...

Texas sophomore defensive tackle Chris Nelson was once nicknamed “Heavy” by former teammate Hassan Ridgeway, but that’s nothing compared to what he goes by on the Longhorns’ S...

As expected, Texas has beaten UTEP. Easily. The Longhorns’ 41-7 win hardly was a step back Through two games, Texas looks legit. And No. 9 Georgia barely beat Nicholls, 26-24. So we’...

Saturday’s game between Texas and UTEP will be extra special for a fan-favorite. It just so happens to be Jerrod Heard’s 21st birthday. It’s safe to say he’s expecting a large...

Hookem.com reporter Ryan Autullo joined host Roger Wallace on KXAN Sports’ More than the Score last night for a discussion of Jerrod Heard’s switch of position from quarterback to wi...

Charlie Strong said Jerrod Heard has displayed “unbelievable attitude” after voluntarily moving to wide receiver from quarterback. The way Strong tells the story, Heard, who was runn...

Jerrod Heard is still listed as a quarterback on the Texas roster. But he’s clearly turned some heads the last few days at receiver. “Yeah, he’s actually been doing pretty well,&rdq...

Texas coach Charlie Strong looked relaxed and ready for the 2016 season during the team’s local media day on Friday. And he appears ready for the onslaught of questions about the quarterback. &...

Leading up to the start of August training camp, the Statesman will examine each position on the Texas roster. QUARTERBACKS Coach Charlie Strong has been given multiple opportunities to short-circuit...

Wednesday was a busy one for Charlie Strong, even if his football team enjoyed an off day from summer workouts. It began with reports of a major addition — Devin Duvernay, a 4-star slot receive...

Despite winning just five games in 2015, many people are expecting big things from Texas this fall. Those people include the Sporting News, which placed Texas at No. 24 in its preseaso...

Here’s an odd thought. Texas lost an athlete with 2,607 career rushing yards, and the overall strength at running back will be better this season for the Longhorns. Johnathan Gray, who averaged...

Saturday’s Orange-White spring game provided separation, at last, at a position that has shackled the program since long before Charlie Strong’s first season as coach in 2014. So now all ...

In Episode 6 of On Second Thought, Ced and Kirk discuss Jerrod Heard’s shoulder injury and Saturday’s Final Four matchups....

Texas quarterback Jerrod Heard, one of three contenders for the starting job, suffered a shoulder injury during Tuesday’s practice. His status for the rest of spring practice is unknown. UT off...

There are a lot of positions up for grabs right now during Texas’ spring football, but one sticks out like a 5-7 record and 38-3 Notre Dame loss. Who is going to be the quarterback? Jerrod Hear...

-As expected, quarterback Tyrone Swoopes got reps with the first-team offense followed by Jerrod Heard (second) and Shane Buechele (third). Redshirt freshmen Kai Locksley and Matthew Merrick did not ...

Join columnists Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls for their weekly live chat at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Bring your best questions about UT sports, the NCAA, NFL, and NBA. Also, hear what Kirk thought about the...

DALLAS — ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit admits he “might be on an island,” but he believes Texas is in good hands with coach Charlie Strong. The Longhorns are 11-14 in two seasons und...

The Texas Longhorns pulled off their second upset of the year against No. 12 Baylor and that could be the start of something special for Austin in 2016. The Texas Longhorns faced huge odds against th...

Join sports columnists Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls for a live chat at 11 a.m. Wednesday....

Charlie Strong’s final regular-season press conference has come and gone. Here are the highlights: On injuries: QB Jerrod Heard (concussion) is day to day. He’s been cleared to practice. ...

On a crazy night, it was a crazy play call that ultimately led to Texas’ 48-45 loss tonight to Texas Tech. Down 41-38 with 2:58 to go, Texas — facing a fourth-and-7 from its own 45 &mdash...

This may be the understatement of the week but the Texas Longhorns need a win. Any win. As the final bye week descends upon Austin, Texas must ask itself: can we really beat Texas Tech and Baylor in ...

MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — The Texas Longhorns started well but got careless, costing them the lead at West Virginia. The Horns are trailing 21-10 but there is plenty of football remaining. Here are s...

Charlie Strong’s West Virginia press conference has come and gone, and there were two words that dominated the 30 minutes of questions: Focus. Bowl. That’s what you’ll get when your...

Somewhere, Freddie Steinmark is smiling. On a night when Texas went old school to honor the former Longhorns star, the 59-20 win over Big 12 cellar dweller Kansas looked like it was straight out of 1...

This Saturday night when the Texas Longhorns tee it up against the Kansas Jayhawks, Tyrone Swoopes should be back under center for Texas. Stop laughing and hear me out. We have learned two things ove...

The Texas Longhorns had a chance to get back to .500 this weekend but proved that they weren’t ready just yet. The Texas Longhorns were riding a lot of momentum into last weekend as they were c...

It was yet another dismal showing by the Texas Longhorns. This team hasn’t turned the corner. While all the pundits lauded the Texas Longhorns stunning victory over Oklahoma and reveled in thei...

Texas fans didn’t see any Jerrod Heard magic on Halloween night. They did see the offensive line have another nightmare of a game. Everyone knows this Texas team goes as Jerrod Heard goes. He i...

Which is more embarrassing: Getting blown out at mighty TCU, 50-7? Or getting shut out by lowly Iowa State, 24-0? Let’s go with getting shut out by Iowa State. Texas, which looked to be on the ...

The Texas Longhorns proved that their solid play wasn’t going to be short lived and with easy opponents on the horizon, they have a chance to do some damage. The Texas Longhorns made a statemen...

Miami’s firing of head coach Al Golden made Monday’s weekly Charlie Strong press conference a bit more interesting. The Texas coach was asked not once, but twice whether he’d consid...

The Texas Longhorns had to battle Mother Nature in addition to a game Kansas State squad. If Bevo was looking down on the Texas Longhorns today, he would be smiling – or whatever it is Longhorn...

A few Nuggets from Texas and K-State and a shout-out to my girl Deborah Cannon for a great photo of Johnathan Gray.  One of the best photogs in the game is bringing it today in harsh conditions....

The potential for heavy downpours will test the Texas Longhorns running attack. When the Texas Longhorns take the field tomorrow against Kansas State, the remnants of hurricane Patricia may have a sa...

The Texas Longhorns are standing at 2-4, but after a big win over OU, they have some momentum that could help their season improve. The Texas Longhorns were able to leave their mark on the Big 1...

The Texas Longhorns needed to run the ball well against Oklahoma to have a chance at winning. The offensive line was up to the task. The Red River Showdown came down to who could control the clock wi...

Several Texas Longhorns made key contributions in yesterday’s Red River Showdown win over Oklahoma. Texas Longhorns fans are still relishing in Saturday’s victory over Oklahoma in the Red...

Faced with prospect of falling to 1-5, the Texas Longhorns pulled off the biggest upset in Charlie Strong’s brief tenure. This was a different Texas Longhorns team right from the start. The int...

DALLAS — Some early thoughts as lurch toward kickoff here at the sunny Cotton Bowl. Here’s what has to happen for the Texas Longhorns and their young quarterback to pull off an upset. Get...

Charlie Strong’s Oklahoma press conference has come and gone. Here are the highlights: Immediate takeaway: Strong essentially said the TCU game was rock bottom, and maintains that the turnaroun...

If the Texas football team is going to beat TCU, some things need to break the Longhorn’s way. Texas football hits the road for its toughest challenge since the Notre Dame game to open the 2015...

“I can’t believe he dropped the blanking snap.” “Another special teams meltdown. What terrible luck we have.” **Important note: Not one person I talked to coming out of ...

Texas football opens Big 12 play against an Oklahoma State squad that can put points on the board and create turnovers. Can’t make it to DKR watch Texas football take on Oklahoma State on Satur...

HookemHeadlines talks with PokesPost editor Kurt Freudenberger about Texas football and the next opponent – Oklahoma State. Texas football opens Big 12 play this Saturday against Oklahoma State...

Texas football opens Big 12 play against a foe that was in Texas’ place last year. The tough stretch in the schedule for the Texas football team continues this weekend when Oklahoma State comes...

Texas’ best single-game performances, through the Cal game: LONGEST TOUCHDOWN PASS 69: Jerrod Heard to John Burt, vs. Rice 32: Jerrod Heard to Armanti Foreman, vs. Rice LONGEST TOUCHDOWN RUN 45...

Charlie Strong’s weekly media availability has come and gone. The highlights: Injury updates: Strong said he felt everyone should be ready for Saturday’s game, pointing out safety Jason H...

Jerrod Heard put on a show Saturday night to show the nation Texas has found its quarterback. If anyone thought Jerrod Heard didn’t have the right stuff, he proved them wrong on Saturday versus...

The second big test for the Texas Longhorns rolls into Austin this weekend. Nothing is coming easy for this Texas Longhorns football team. First Notre Dame steamrolled the Longhorns in South Bend, sh...

Even though the Texas Longhorns had a much better performance against Rice on Saturday, there is still lots of work to be done. Following an embarrassing loss to Notre Dame in Week 1, the Texas ...

Texas has found its quarterback and is coming off a victory that saw big plays produced on offense, defense and special teams. So everything’s great. Right? Not necessarily. There remain defens...

Redshirt freshman Jerrod Heard appears to have won the job after leading Texas past Rice. Jerrod Heard didn’t find out he was starting until he took the field for warm ups. Given the task of le...

Tale of two quarters. Texas won the first, 21-0. Lost the second, 14-0. Here are three Nuggets from the first half. Heard’s the word A certain good looking columnist wrote this week that Charli...

Good morning. Breakfast is served. It’s September 12th — 255 down, 110 to go. And 49 till Halloween. YESTERDAY: Serena Williams‘ grand slam hopes were dashed in the form of a t...

How far have the Texas Longhorns fortunes fallen?  The Longhorns opened the week as a mere 16 point favorite for this week’s game against Rice. The saddest part about that spread is that I...

While I got ya, here are a couple of things about Texas football. And a crazy prediction: Even though men’s athletic director Steve Patterson told the Austin Sports Commission in an offhand man...

Year two of the Charlie Strong era at Univeristy of Texas begins with a blowout loss to Notre Dame in South Bend. As a new season of football began for the University of Texas last night, Charlie Str...

If you were able to sit through the entire Texas Longhorns game with Notre Dame, props to you. Saturday’s effort on national television looked eerily similar to all of the big games Texas playe...

When the Texas Longhorns take the field on Saturday, unfavorable Vegas odds won’t be the only obstacles the team will need to overcome. Youth. Youth everywhere This is a young team with many pl...

Would it be an overstatement to say that Saturday night’s season opener at Notre Dame could be a make-or-break game for Texas Longhorns quarterback Tyrone Swoopes? The practical fan would say y...

The American-Statesman is gearing up for the 2015 Texas football season. Here’s a look at all the UT-related stories published in the college football preview section from Saturday, Aug. 29, 20...

No one could blame Texas fans for writing off Tyrone Swoopes last December. He had just performed miserably in the Texas Bowl against Arkansas, leading the Longhorns to 59 yards of total offense. For...

Here are my thoughts after watching the Longhorns at the Spring Game under Coach Strong, Clint Eastwood style. The Good The defense as expected was the shining star after the first drive by the offen...