Bevo’s Daily Roundup: Texas legend Vince Young joins athletics staff as special assistant

Texas Longhorns legend and national championship-winning quarterback alum Vince Young has joined the Forty Acres’ athletic department as a special assistant. It’s unclear what, exactly, he’ll do. But it is clear that Young is back on campus as a Longhorn.

Texas forever, as they say.

WHAT THE WISE MEN ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Austin American-Statesman: After 1-1 week, Texas drops off the AP’s radar

Austin American-Statesman: UT to face lots of tests during softball season

Austin American-Statesman: Men’s Preview: No. 6 Texas vs. No. 2 Baylor

247Sports: Steve Sarkisian welcomes Vince Young to Texas athletics

247Sports: Longhorns on the other side of COVID-19 issues ahead of Baylor game

247Sports: Pete Kwiatkowski, Texas defensive coaching staff in a groove Steve Sarkisian likes

Inside Texas: Burton: Quick catch-up from yesterday

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

The Longhorn Republic gets ready for the Baylor game

Emotional Shaka Smart returns as Texas players regain availability

Texas drops to No. 6 in latest AP Poll

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

Austin American-Statesman: The Dotted Line: Texas looks to close 2021 class

247Sports: Longhorns making four-star safety Bryan Allen a priority in 2022

247Sports: Five-star OL Devon Campbell updates recruitment with Horns247

247Sports: Afternoon notes: Updates on Ibraheem, Drayton

Inside Texas: Recruiting Matters: Robertson, Llewellyn talk Texas offers

BIG 12 BREAKDOWN

Our Daily Bears: Baylor-Texas: Three keys, how to watch and prediction

Viva the Matadors: Red Raiders slide by OU in an old fashioned defensive battle

Crimson and Cream Machine: Oklahoma Basketball: Sooners drop close one to Texas Tech, 57-52

The Smoking Musket: No. 17 West Virginia prepares for six games against ranked opponents in a 15 day span

The Smoking Musket: Keeping track of West Virginia Mountaineers in the pros

The Smoking Musket: Keeping track of West Virginia football’s scholarship situation

The Smoking Musket: Keeping track of West Virginia football departures, coaching changes so far this offseason

Bring On The Cats: Kansas State Football: Enter Timmy Horne

Rock Chalk Talk: Kansas State preview

WHAT WE’RE READING

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SB Nation: How the Chiefs offense is even better than their first Super Bowl win

SB Nation: Nolan Arenado isn’t with the Rockies anymore — and I’m (oddly) okay with it

NEWS ACROSS THE FORTY ACRES AND BEYOND

• Well ... damnit.

• Former Texas defensive coordinator Chris Ash is joining Urban Meyer and the Jacksonville Jaguars as the team’s secondary coach.

• Former Dallas Cowboys and Los Vegas Raiders tight end Jason Witten is officially a head high school football in Texas, at Liberty Christian School in Argyle, Texas.