Bevo’s Daily Roundup: Texas’ 2021 recruiting class is No. 17 nationally, second in Big 12

Despite a head coaching change and staffing shuffle, the Texas Longhorns still managed to scrape together the nation’s No. 17 2021 recruiting class, according to 247Sports’ rankings.

247Sports also put Texas as the recruiting runner this year to the Oklahoma Sooners.

But that’s nothing new – Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley has been having a moment.

Hopefully newly hired Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian can influence that in the future.

WHAT THE WISE MEN ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Dallas Morning News: UT’s Coleman, Ramey ‘just staying positive’ entering second matchup vs. Oklahoma State

247Sports: The Insider: Texas football has ‘a totally different vibe’

247Sports: Chris Gilbert fits Sarkisian’s mantra of authentic relationships

Inside Texas: Burton: Personnel department

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

Hire of Steve Sarkisian will serve as defining decision of Chis Del Conte’s Texas legacy

Report: Texas RB Derrian Brown placed on medical scholarship

No. 6 Texas looks to bounce back with road trip to Oklahoma State

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

Burnt Orange Nation: 2021 3-star QB Cole Lourd commits to Texas

Burnt Orange Nation: 4-star OT Jaylen Early reveals top 10 schools

Burnt Orange Nation: Texas offers North Shore DT Kristopher Ross

Austin American-Statesman: Walk-ons ‘a big priority’ for UT’s Sarkisian

Austin American-Statesman: Longhorns must reshape recruiting staff

247Sports: Texas commit Jaydon Blue recaps decision with Horns247

247Sports: Texas offer ‘a dream come true’ for Westlake OL Connor Robertson

247Sports: The State of Recruiting: Signing Day wrap-up show

247Sports: Texas adds roster depth with four preferred walk-on signees in 2021 class

Inside Texas: Humidor: 2021 class recap

Inside Texas: IT predicts the recruiting future (2022 edition)

BIG 12 BREAKDOWN

Austin American-Statesman: Oklahoma takes 2021 recruiting crown in Big 12

Our Daily Bears: Baylor basketball on pause; TCU and Oklahoma games delayed

Our Daily Bears: Baylor lands 4-star 2022 guard Dillon Hunter

Frogs O’ War: ‘Our expectation is not only to get to Omaha, but to win it’

The Smoking Musket: West Virginia baseball entering season at No. 22 in USA Today coaches poll

Bring On The Cats: Kansas State football - 2022 prospect Caden Crawford

Rock Chalk Talk: West Virginia preview

WHAT WE’RE READING

SB Nation: How the Buccaneers went from 7-9 to the Super Bowl in one year

SB Nation: LeBron James doesn’t want an NBA All-Star game in 2021, and neither does anyone else

NEWS ACROSS THE FORTY ACRES AND BEYOND

• Texas volleyball is officially back on as of Feb. 25.

• Texas A&M Aggies and Texas Tech Red Raiders football are pushing back their spring schedules due to ongoing concerns about the COVID0-19 pandemic, the Dallas Morning News reports. “We’re just all hoping for a normal uninterrupted spring,” Texas Tech head coach Matt Wells said this week, per the report.