On Second Thought

After the disappointing loss to archival Oklahoma, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said the team’s goals are still in reach. As Texas enters the bye week, Statesman sports columnists Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls examine the fallout from the 34-30 heartbreaker and Bohls answers the biggest question of the day: “Will Texas run the table for the remainder of the regular season? Learn more about your ad c...

ESPN college football analyst Greg McElroy has been high on Texas since the preseason and that hasn’t changed amid the Longhorns rise to No. 3 in the country. The former Alabama quarterback joins the On Second Thought podcast this week to explain why he believes the Longhorns will beat Oklahoma for a second time Saturday while also discussing their College Football Playoff chances down the line. L...

Kansas coach Lance Leipold has engineered one of the most impressive turnarounds in recent memory, taking perennial Big 12 cellar dweller Kansas to a 4-0 record and a national ranking in his third season. Leipolds joins Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden on this week’s On Second Thought podcast and discusses Saturday’s battle of unbeaten in Austin and the 57-56 overtime win over Texas in 2021 that unoff...

It could be the last time the Baylor Bears and Texas Longhorns meet on a football field so what better way to preview the game than to bring in Waco Tribune-Herald columnist Brice Cherry and beat writer Zach Smith for the On Second Thought podcast? Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls join the Tribune scribes in breaking down the matchup and predicting if Baylor will keep close of if the Longhorns w...

Derrick Johnson is one of several Longhorn legends who have been mentoring current players and that dedication paid dividends in Saturday’s humongous win at Alabama,The recent College Football Hall of Fame inductee joins Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls on this week’s On Second Thought podcast to discuss the win and the potential for a great season on the Forty Acres. Learn more about your ad choices....

Can the Texas Longhorns spring the upset at Alabama Saturday? Did the SEC lose its luster on opening weekend? Will Nick Saban coach another five years? ESPN personality Paul Finebaum answers these questions and more on this week’s On Second Thought podcast. Finebaum also discusses Saban’s near 28-2 record in games against his assistants and what this game could mean to the latest ex employee to ma...

It’s Game Week and On Second Thought hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls are in disagreement on how the Texas Longhorns will fare this fall. Kirk has them at 11-1 while Cedric has them at 9-3 so what better way to debate their differences than by breaking down the 2023 schedule? All of this and more on this week’s podcast. Enjoy.
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CBS national college football columnist Dennis Dodd joins hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls on the On Second Thought podcast this week to answer questions that are being asked by many in Longhorn Nation. Are the Texas Longhorns for real? Is the preseason hype justified? Dodd also touches on college football realignment, Reggie Bush’s attempt to regain his standing in the sport and if Jimbo Fisher...

Sam Khan, national college football writer for The Athletic joins On Second Thought hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls to explain why anything less than 10 regular-season wins for Texas will be considered a disappointment in 2024.Khan also spotlights what might happen next in the ever evolving world of college realignment and how the Houston Cougars will fare in the new look Big 12. Learn more abo...

As the Texas Longhorns embark on their final season in the Big 12, Statesman columnists Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden break down the hoopla surrounding the team favored to win the league in 2023 on this week’s On Second Thought podcast. The guys also discuss quarterback Quinn Ewers development over the spring and what the junior thinks about being projected as a top-10 NFL pick next spring. SEC com...

Can Texas finally bring a Big 12 title home for the first time since 2009 and leave the conference on a high note? Statesman sports columnists Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls discuss the upcoming season on this week’s On Second Thought podcast and discuss who got the better of the SEC 2024 schedule release. They also hit on the NBA blockbuster trade that sent Washington all-star Bradley Beal to join...

Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte joins the On Second Thought podcast this week to discuss the school sports year, including the heartbreaking season-ending baseball loss at Stanford. Del Conte also answers questions about USC’s interest in him, the upcoming final year in the Big 12, the SEC schedule and the Horns finishing fourth in the Learfield Division I Director’s Cup standings. Hosts K...

This weeks marks an seminal achievement in of the longest running podcasts in the state. Ced and Kirk commemorate their 300th episode with a look back at some of their most memorable moments, including Texas football coaching legend Mack Brown’s recollections from the 2005 national championship team, a hilarious interview with golf analyst/standup comedian David Feherty and an eye-opening intervie...

As the final weekend of the regular season approaches, theTexas baseball team has an outside shot winning a share of the Big 12 title with a sweep of first-place West Virginia along with getting some possible help from Oklahoma against Oklahoma State. Head coach David Pierce joins the On Second Thought podcast to discuss the team’s mindset heading into the most pivotal series of the season and the...

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian is in the middle of his Texas Fight Tour but made time to chat on a myriad subjects on this week’s On Second Thought podcast. Sarkisian discussed the talented quarterback, the maturation of starter Quinn Ewers and how the team will have to adjust to the loss of program stalwarts like All-America running back Bijan Robinson and star linebacker DeMarvion Overshow...

ESPN NFL Draft analyst Matt Miller joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast to break down how the Texas Longhorns fared in the NFL draft and if star running back Bijan Robinson will be a workhorse in Atlanta under head coach Arthur Smith, who coached all-pro Derrick Henry in Tennessee. Hosts Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden also preview Texas baseball’s weekend series at Kansas and discuss the team...

With the NFL draft taking place in Kansas City Thursday night, we bring a special On Second Thought draft preview featuring the two most senior NFL writers in the state of Texas. Fort Worth Star-Telegram writer Clarence E. Hill, Jr. discusses the chances of the Dallas Cowboys selecting Texas star running back Bijan Robinson at No. 26 or the possibility of trading up to get hm. He also breaks down...

Longhorn Network analyst Fozzy Whittaker, joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast and gives his take on what he saw from Texas during the spring football season and whether or not this is the Longhorns’ year to win a first Big 12 title since 2009.Whittaker compares quarterbacks Quinn Ewers, Maalik Murphy and Arch Manning and gives us a few names to watch this fall. Also, hosts Cerci Golden and...

Texas basketball coach Rodney Terry joins the On Second Thought podcast and reflects upon his magical first season as head coach after taking over Chris Beard, where the Longhorns go moving forward and building a new roster after losing some of his best players. Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls preview the upcoming Orange-White game and address concerns coach Steve Sarkisian may have as spring f...

Rodney Terry has been hired as the permanent head basketball coach at the University of Texas and On Second Thought hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls break down the impact of his hiring and the program’s standing moving forward. They also break down the season ending loss to Miami, the upcoming spring football scrimmage, and the rampaging Texas baseball team which has won 15 in a row to crash the...

Renowned ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas joins the On Second Thought podcast this week to break down the NCAA Tournament and assess Texas’ chances of making it to the Final. Bilas picked the Horns to end up in Houston as did OST hopes Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls. Also, texags.com columnist Olin Buchanan, a former Statesman writer, stops in to discuss a potential second-round showdown be...

With Arch Manning now on campus, it’s clear that the plan is to start Quinn Ewers even though coach Steve Sarkisian has said he isn’t going to hold back the prized freshman recruit. Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls break down the quarterback position with spring ball starting, preview the Big 12 tournaments (men and women) and discuss what ails Texas baseball in the early season. Learn more about your...

The Texas Longhorn women are having a nice season win wise but are banged up while clinging to hopes of wining a Big 12 regular season title. Coach Vic Schaefer joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast to discuss the regular season finale at Kansas State, how Texas (22-8, 13-4 in the Big 12) is dealing with its mounting injury situation and the general mindset of the team after a disappointing...

Kris Budden once served as a reporter on the San Diego Padres before becoming one of the country’s most recognizable faces at college football and basketball games. Budden joins this week’s On Second thought podcast to break down the Big 12 basketball race, Texas’ Final Four chances and the opines on if the job Rodney Terry has done in place of the fired Chris Beard merits him being the permanent...

The Texas men’s and women’s basketball teams took it on the chin in road losses Monday but will aim to bounce back with home games against Oklahoma and West Virginia on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. On this week’s On Second Thought podcast, hosts Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden take a look at what lies ahead for the teams as they stalk high seeds in next month’s NCAA Tournament. They also break...