Bevo’s Daily Roundup: Texas WR Jordan Whittington is back at practice, coach says

After suffering a minor knee injury, Texas Longhorns redshirt freshman receiver Jordan Whittington is back at practice, head coach Tom Herman told beat reporters yesterday.

“Jordan Whittington did practice [Sunday], and it went well,” Herman said at a conference on Monday, according to 247Sports. “We expect him to practice this Tuesday, and if he makes it through practice this week, he should be available to us for the game on Saturday.”

WHAT THE WISE MEN ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Austin American-Statesman: With Oklahoma looming, Texas expects Roschon Johnson (shoulder) back in practice

Austin American-Statesman: Tom Herman: A 2-point conference loss is no time for Texas to hit the panic button

Austin American-Statesman: Tom Herman calls Texas’ decision to run tempo on pivotal drive against TCU the ‘right way to play it’

Austin American-Statesman: Bohls: Texas, OU are down and Iowa State, K-State are rising — hello, 2020

Austin American-Statesman: Texas’ Tom Herman refusing to panic, still sees ‘a ton of improvement from week to week’

Austin American-Statesman: Longhorn Confidential: Tuesday, Oct. 6

Dallas Morning News: Tom Herman says Oklahoma QB Spencer Rattler has ‘tremendous future’ ahead of Red River Showdown

Dallas Morning News: Longhorns have ‘unbelievable’ Sunday heading into unprecedented matchup vs. Oklahoma

Dallas Morning News: Losing to TCU tasted bad, but Tom Herman and the Longhorns aren’t panicking ahead of Red River Showdown

247Sports: Morning Brew: Big 12 officiating crews struggling too?

247Sports: Notes from Tom Herman’s Monday press conference

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

Tom Herman updates the Texas injuries from TCU game

The Longhorn Republic looks at missed opportunities against TCU

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

Austin American-Statesman: The Dotted Line: Oklahoma, Texas remain dominant in recruiting despite slow starts on field

247Sports: JJ Henry updates recruitment as he approaches a top six list

247Sports: Mike at Night: Thoughts on Duncanville prospects

247Sports: The decommitments that shaped the 2021 recruiting cycle

247Sports: Longhorns one of four schools standing out for Savion Byrd

247Sports: The Stampede: Confidence ratings on remaining 2021 targets

BIG 12 BREAKDOWN

Our Daily Bears: Sunday Scheme — looking at a very bad play on offense and a very good play on defense

Frogs O’ War: Three Frog football players honored for Saturday’s performance

Cowboys Ride for Free: No. 10 Oklahoma State has 2 active COVID-19 cases

The Smoking Musket: Thinking out loud: Killer offense or play it safe?

WHAT WE’RE READING

Banner Society: The college football nail-biter directory

SBNation: Bill O’Brien was the perfect coach to ruin the Texans

SBNation: A coaching change won’t be enough to fix what ails the Atlanta Falcons

NEWS ACROSS THE LONGHORN REPUBLIC AND BEYOND

• Texas volleyball senior Ashley Shook is planning to enter the graduate transfer portal once she finishes this season with the Longhorns, the Austin American-Statesman reports. From the Statesman: “Shook is in line to graduate this semester with a degree in Human Dimensions of Organization and a minor in business. She would then look to be a graduate transfer at another school that offers indoor and sand volleyball. When she signed with Texas, Shook was regarded as the sixth-best prospect in the 2017 recruiting cycle. Shook was installed as a starter once she got to campus, and she averaged 10.8 assists per game as a freshman. That fall, she was named the Big 12’s freshman of the week on three separate occasions. But during that 2017 season, a UT team that had championship aspirations underachieved and was bounced in the postseason’s fourth round.”

• USA Today reports that athletics departments like at Texas plan to reimburse coaches who are taking voluntary pay cuts this year. From USA Today: “Dozens of other public schools have negotiated pay reductions with their coaches as they attempt to work through financial problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most have put those terms in writing. Among the documents reviewed by USA Today Sports up to now, Texas’ are the first to provide for the repayment of reductions.”