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Grad student, 61, wants kicks on Texas team(0)
SHERMAN (AP) – He hasn’t played a down this season, but a 61-year-old graduate student is hoping to play this weekend for a Texas college football team.
Tom Thompson of suburban Dallas says he is ready to kick for the Austin College Kangaroos when the Division III school hosts Trinity University in Saturday’s season finale.
Thompson told [...]
High-tech eyes of Texas security are watching
AUSTIN – Scanning the two wall-mounted monitors filled with dozens of live camera shots, University of Texas police officer W.R. Pieper spies something he doesn’t like: an unattended bag in the middle of a growing crowd.
He quickly dispatches uniformed officers who climb stairs and bleachers, only to discover it’s nothing but a harmless, oversized purse [...]
Firemen: Longhorns defense snuffs fire after offensive turnovers
By Jim Vertuno | ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN – The No. 3 Texas Longhorns have given up 15 turnovers this season and have yet to pay much of a price for it.
The defense simply won’t allow it.
On the ensuing drives after the turnovers, opponents have scored just one touchdown and one field goal. Seven of those [...]
‘Horns QB McCoy king of comebacks
By Jim Vertuno | ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN – Colt McCoy has made a career out of the comeback.
The senior quarterback for No. 3 Texas has led 11 second-half rallies in his 39 career victories, seven of them in the fourth quarter. He has twice pulled Texas back from 21 points down to win, including a [...]
Sprained ankle won’t keep MU’s Gabbert from playing vs. Texas
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Blaine Gabbert’s numbers have plummeted the last two weeks while he’s been hobbled by a sprained right ankle. So have Missouri’s fortunes, with losses to Nebraska and Oklahoma State.
The sophomore quarterback has heard plenty of speculation that a break would do him, and the Tigers, good in the long run. But even [...]
Horns hold off Bradford-less Sooners in ugly Shootout
DALLAS – Enough about Colt McCoy and the Texas offense. The Longhorns knocked off rival Oklahoma on Saturday because of their defense.
Aaron Williams knocked out Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford on a first-quarter sack, then he and Earl Thomas picked off backup Landry Jones in the fourth quarter to send No. 3 Texas to a [...]
Longhorns looking for revenge in Red River Rivalry
By Jim Vertuno | AP SPORTS WRITER
DALLAS – First came the flyovers. Then the Big 12 tiebreaker that helped Oklahoma win the league title. A few months later in Austin there was – briefly – an asterisk.
The annual Texas-Oklahoma rivalry at the Cotton Bowl is always a grudge match. Saturday’s game [...]
Big-play Shipley does it all for Longhorns
By Jim Vertuno | ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN – Jordan Shipley took the kickoff, started up the middle of the field and broke right to find open space.
Behind the Texas receiver, 45,000 fans in burnt orange rose to their feet in unison and the roar from the crowd seemed to push him forward. Ahead of him, [...]
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