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Curry’s Clickbait Corner 12.4.18 — Snyder’s out, UT has Georgia on its mind, Shaka & Co. need to pick it up

Here’s all the latest Longhorns links you’ll need to get you through another Tuesday.

By william.curry

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Texas Football

Texas squandered opportunities in Big 12 Championship loss to Oklahoma — Burnt Orange Nation, 12.1.18

Texas starting S Brandon Jones leaning towards returning for senior season — Burnt Orange Nation, 12.1.18

UT falls short of Big 12 title with loss to Oklahoma — Houston Chronicle, 12.2.18

Texas visited key RB target Noah Cain following Big 12 Championship — Burnt Orange Nation, 12.2.18

Texas coach Tom Herman on facing Georgia: ‘Kirby (Smart) has that thing rolling’ — Dallas Morning News, 12.3.18

4-star Oklahoma WR Demariyon Houston decommits from Texas — Burnt Orange Nation, 12.3.18

Get to know the enemy with Ryan Mercer: Georgia alum, lifelong fan, and my best man — Burnt Orange Nation, 12.3.18

Texas could be a big player in the graduate transfer market once again — Burnt Orange Nation, 12.4.18

Texas Basketball

Radford stuns No. 17 Texas on Jones layup 62-59 — Associated Press, 11.30.18

After loss to Radford, Texas still trying to figure it out — Houston Chronicle, 12.3.18

Big 12

K-State’s Bill Snyder officially announces retirement Sunday — The Mercury, 12.3.18

National

Ranking the 2018 bowl games 1-39: Alabama-Oklahoma is No. 1 — Yahoo Sports, 12.2.18

What the committee got right and wrong in the final College Football Playoff rankings — USA Today, 12.2.18

Louisville to hire Scott Satterfield as football coach — Louisville Courier-Journal, 12.3.18

Steady dose of same reason for playoff expansion — Associated Press, 12.3.18

With same teams making it over and over, is the College Football Playoff getting stale? — USA Today, 12.3.18

Charlotte to hire Austin Peay’s Will Healy as next football coach — Yahoo Sports, 12.4.18

Urban Meyer retiring as Ohio State head coach after Rose Bowl — Yahoo Sports, 12.4.18

Urban Meyer’s legacy: Success, failure and a whole lot of drama — Yahoo Sports, 12.4.18

Where Urban Meyer’s accomplishments rank in college football history — Yahoo Sports, 12.4.18

Multimedia

Shaka Smart Press Conference [Dec. 3, 2018] -- YouTube

Podcast: The Longhorn Republic tries to move past the Big 12 Championship game -- (Burnt Orange Nation)

Final Thoughts

It was a rough weekend for Texas athletics.

Texas basketball, fresh off its first Top 25 appearance in what felt like a decade, dropped a home game to Radford in an embarrassing performance that immediately knocked them out of the poll.

Any goodwill earned by Shaka Smart after the Vegas Invitational was squandered with the gut-punching loss against the Big South opponent. Shaka & Co. will have an opportunity on Wednesday to alleviate some concern with a home contest against his former school and A-10 powerhouse, VCU.

Shaka doubters will continue to get louder if Texas still struggles to shoot from three. It’s feeling a lot like that UNC win is going to be the outlier. Tough games against VCU and Purdue will give us a good idea of what this team can handle heading into Big 12 play.

Texas football felt like the better team against Oklahoma on Saturday, but penalties (many of them questionable) played a big part in the loss. Not that the game mattered too much, as Texas was destined for the Sugar Bowl regardless of outcome.

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