clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Longhorns Daily News: UT-Arlington students want a football team

Plus: The Bijan hype accelerates

Twitter.com/MartyWieder

UT-Arlington students recently passed a referendum requesting the university to launch a college football program, the student paper The Shorthorn reports. If students’ request comes to fruition, UTA would join fellow sister-school UTRGV in realizing its football dreams, as the South Texas program works to get its own program on the field by 2025.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Austin American-Statesman: Golden: Appreciate spring football while you can, while it’s here

Dallas Morning News: Why Cowboys shouldn’t rush to draft Texas’ Bijan Robinson, or any other high-round RBs

Dallas Morning News: Sherrington: Cowboys and Bijan Robinson, football at UT-Arlington and more

247Sports: Morning Brew: Jordan Whittington’s return for a fifth season leads off a spring football notebook of nuggets

Inside Texas: Texas football looks the way Steve Sarkisian wants it to look in all three phases

Inside Texas: Three Texas Things: OT recruiting, hoops portal intel, spring game position-by-position analysis

Inside Texas: O-line musings from a master

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

No. 19 Texas handles Texas State in 5-2 win

Former Texas G Rowan Brumbaugh commits to Georgetown

Texas G Arterio Morris to enter NCAA transfer portal

Texas is a finalist for Virginia transfer F Kadin Shedrick

Rice transfer G Quincy Olivari includes Texas among finalists

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

247Sports: Texas makes top six for Top247 ATH Derrick McFall

247Sports: The Stampede: Resetting the 2024 board and looking at the key players for each position

Inside Texas: What is Texas looking to fix in the portal?

Inside Texas: 2024 On3 4-star Aeryn Hampton recaps Austin trip, upcoming official visits

Inside Texas: Get to know Jayden Jackson, who just visited UT and included the Horns in his top 12

Inside Texas: Coveted defensive lineman TJ Lindsey knows two schools will get official visits

Inside Texas: A spring look at Texas’ known defensive back targets

BIG 12 BREAKDOWN

Our Daily Bears: Pair of Baylor basketball recruits gain recognition

Frogs O’ War: Men’s Basketball: Coastal Carolina transfer Essam Mostafa commits to TCU

The Smoking Musket: West Virginia’s Robby Porco named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week

Wide Right & Natty Lite: Wofford transfer guard Jackson Paveletzke commits to Iowa State

Wide Right & Natty Lite: UNLV transfer Keshon Gilbert commits to Iowa State

WHAT WE’RE READING

SB Nation: Kirk Cousins trade rumors are swirling, and a deal could make sense for Vikings

SB Nation: Bronny James got a hard sell from Oregon at the Nike Hoop Summit

SB Nation: Talented Georgia left tackle Broderick Jones isn’t a finished product, but his ceiling is high

NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND

  • All the hype.