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Tackling issues facing the Longhorns… like tackling

Texas’ annual game versus Oklahoma serves as a measuring stick for both teams. It shows where the two programs are in relation to one another, and can often give a glimpse of where either program is struggling or lacking.

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Sooner defense makes statement in 34-27 Red River win

Entering Texas’ game against Oklahoma, questions existed about the Sooner defense under new defensive coordinator Alex Grinch. UCLA, South Dakota, and even Texas Tech didn’t have the talent of the Longhorn offense. The common inquiry was what would happen when the Sooner defense faced an offense composed of talented players? On Saturday, they answered those questions with nine sacks, 15 tackles for loss, and a defensive effort that led the Sooners to a 34-27 victory.

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Scoring in the silence of the opposing crowd

Across college football, there is no true analog for the atmosphere in the Cotton Bowl during the Red River Shootout. In addition, nothing during the regular season can compare to the crowd reaction created when one team scores on the side of the stadium filled by opposing fans.

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Ten Against the Spread: Week 7

Games are beginning to creep earlier and earlier into the week. Tonight, we’ve got App State and Louisiana-Lafayette to open up the week's slate of games.

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Coburn ready to personally live up to signing day promise

When freshman defensive tackle Keondre Coburn signed with Texas in February 2018, he made a promise on social media that he and the other members of Texas’ 2018 class would “beat OU and the rest of them.” Former Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield didn’t appreciate Coburn’s guarantee.

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Coming this Saturday: The next edition of college football’s best rivalry

Why is college football so special, so passion-driven, and held so dearly by millions of people around the country? Why is it unique to the United States? Why, in spite of any differences people may have individually, does it bring so many together year after year, season after season, week after week, game after game? Your answer is in Dallas this Saturday.

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Texas capitalizes on four WVU turnovers on way to 42-31 win

MORGANTOWN, WV -- Through one quarter, it was 7-7. After the first half, Texas led 21-14. The Longhorn offense didn’t look pretty, but the defense held its own over the first 30 minutes. After halftime, Todd Orlando’s side of the ball continued to pace the way, and the Longhorn offense finally caught up.

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Ten Against the Spread: Week 6

I've won four games four straight weeks. Let's bust out of that.

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Texas’ O-Line: From liability to leading the way for an elite offense

Texas’ trip to Morgantown in 2017 was an important juncture in Tom Herman’s first year at Texas. Needing one more win to reach bowl eligibility for the first time since 2014, unranked Texas traveled to Morgantown to take on Will Grier and the No. 24 Mountaineers.

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Texas to face familiar philosophy under new direction in Morgantown

When Tom Herman and his Texas Longhorns walk into Milan Puskar Stadium on Saturday, the West Virginia Mountaineer team they’ll line up against will have a different set of characters than the team that defeated Texas on a Will Grier two-point conversion attempt in 2018.

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Joe Cook, Author at Inside Texas

Tackling issues facing the Longhorns… like tackling

Sooner defense makes statement in 34-27 Red River win

Scoring in the silence of the opposing crowd

Ten Against the Spread: Week 7

Coburn ready to personally live up to signing day promise

Coming this Saturday: The next edition of college football’s best rivalry

Texas capitalizes on four WVU turnovers on way to 42-31 win

Ten Against the Spread: Week 6

Texas’ O-Line: From liability to leading the way for an elite offense

Texas to face familiar philosophy under new direction in Morgantown

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