On Second Thought

After Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher’s passionate response to  Alabama coach Nick Saban’s allegations that the Aggies bought a recruiting class with NIL money, TexAgs.com columnist Olin Buchanan joins the On Second Thought podcast to gauge the fallout. Texas softball coach Mike White also stops by to discuss his team’s super regional matchup at No. 4 Arkansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Texas track and field coach Edrick Floreal just guided both top-ranked teams to Big 12 Outdoor championships for the second straight season and joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast to discuss the success in Lubbock. Floreal gives us an inside peek at sprinter Micaiah Harris, who became the first Longhorn to win the 100 since Jamaal Charles and women’s 100-meter women’s champion Julien Alfre...

With Texas clinging to hopes of hosting an NCAA Regional entering next weekend’s regular-season Big 12 series finale against Kansas, D1Baseball.com managing editor Kendall Rogers assesses UT's status on this week’s On Second Thought podcast. The Horns are 35-17 overall but sit in sixth place at at 11-10 in the Big 12. They’re 18th in RPI and need to win big against Kansas and a nice showing in the...

Longhorn great Rod Babers brings his unique commentary style to this week’s On Second Thought episode and breaks down the recruiting challenge facing Texas coach Steve Sarkisian following a 5-7 finish. Babers, the popular co-host of Ball Don’t Lie on 104.9 The Horn with Mike Hardge, touches on the quarterback battle between Quinn Ewers and Hudson Card, reveals his opinion on why athletic director...

With the resurgent Texas baseball team entering a showdown Big 12 series against Oklahoma State starting Friday, coach David Pierce stops by the On Second Thought hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls to discuss the team’s sweep of Baylor, its five-game winning streak after a 15-13 midseason slump and a meeting that cleared the air in the clubhouse. Longhorn beat writer Brian Davis also checks in to...

With this Tuesday’s unveiling of the $385 million Moody Center on campus, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte joins the On Second Thought podcast to discuss how the project all came into place and gives a behind-the-scenes look at Minister of Culture Matthew McConaughey’s involvement in the planning process..In addition to listing events the hopes to bring to the new basketball/concert facilit...

On the heels of Texas defensive lineman Moro Ojomo making eyebrow-raising comments about the team’s culture and the subsequent heavy response from Coach Steve Sarkisian, On Second Thought hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls break down the culture of the Longhorn program. Also, retiring Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby explains his decision to step aside and Longhorn  legend Derrick Johnson updates u...

With Texas football completes its third week of spring football, On Second Thought podcast hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls welcome beat writer Brian Davis into the dungeon to discuss the biggest issues facing coach Steve Sarkisian. Ced reveals why he believes the Longhorns can go 9-3 this fall after their 5-7 finish in Sark’s first year while Brian explains why he doesn’t see that happening. Ce...

With the recent struggles of the Texas pitching staff, most recently in Tuesday’s 12-9 home loss to Texas A&M, Longhorn pitching legend/Longhorn Network baseball analyst Greg Swindell joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast to delve into the psyche of the bullpen. Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls also give an update from Kirk’s recent visit to Texas spring football practice and the Duck’s fi...

Can the Texas Longhorns take out red-hot Virginia Tech and vanquish the memory of last season’s crushing first-round loss to Abilene Christian in the NCAAs? On Second Thought hosts Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden discuss coach Chris Beard’s mindset entering Friday’s matchup of the Big 12 and ACC tournament champions. Also, Texas women’s coach Vic Schaefer stops by to put a bow on the huge Big 12 tour...

Spring football starts at Texas on March 22 and Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian stops by the On Second Thought podcast to give a primer on what fans can expect this fall. The Horns are coming off a 5-7 season in Sark’s first season and signed a top-five recruiting class. He breaks down the quarterback situation with Quinn Ewers transferring from Ohio State and the addition of former TCU coach Gary...

Austin FC opens its sophomore season in MLS with a home match against Cincinnati FC on Saturday and sporting director Claudio Reyna is out for a quick turnaround similar to the one he providing in building league power in New York. Reyna joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast and breaks down the changes he’s made in personnel, his expectations for head coach Josh Wolff and the overall process...

After coming within one win of playing for a national championship, the Texas baseball team opens the season atop the national rankings. David Pierce’s Horns host in-state rival Rice Friday in the opener of a three-game series. He stops by this week’s On Second Thought podcast with Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden to discuss the expectations that come with that ranking and how his veteran lineup is sh...

After the Texas Longhorns delivered a huge win over Kansas — the biggest of coach Chris Beard’s first season — they set their sights on making a serious push in the Big 12 and hopefully, an extended playoff run after that embarrassing loss to Abilene Christian in last season’s tourney. On Second Thought hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls reflect on what it took to take down Kansas and how it will...

Texas Tech was out for blood in Chris Beard’s return to Lubbock and the Horns paid dearly with a 77-64 loss that dropped them to 5-4 in Big 12 play. Beat writer Brian Davis joins Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden on this week’s On Second Thought podcast and examines the fallout from the loss. The guys take a look back at the raucous crowd Texas faced and if Beard can bring that kind of juice to the Erw...

Should Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds be enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Longtime HOF voter Richard Justice of Texas Monthly joined the On Second Thought podcast to explain why he decided to not vote this year. He also discussed with hosts Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden his longstanding relationship with Texas ex Clemens and why he believes MLB and the Hall voters have dropped the ball when...

Gary Patterson sitting in an Erwin Center box with Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte Tuesday night while sporting a Texas shirt is already the biggest story of the 2022 football season. On this week’s On Second Thought podcast, Brian Davis joins hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls to the conversation he had with the coaching legend and his former TCU AD and the trio discusses how bringing Pat...

In the first podcast of 2022, On Second Thought hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls recap the thrilling national title game between Georgia and Alabama and discuss the distance separating those programs from the Texas Longhorns, who turned in a clunker last season. They also discuss the biggest stories of the 2021 sports year, including the COVID-19 effect, Todd’s Dodge’s three-peat at Westlake and...

Kenny Vaccaro always brought a sense of toughness and leadership to the locker room. The former Texas All-American safety, never one to mince words, gave his take on this week’s On Second Thought podcast as to what he believes is ailing the current team, which missed the bowl season after finishing 5-7 under first year coach Steve Sarkisian. Vaccaro just retired after a successful eight-year NFL c...

As the Texas football team prepares for an early offseason after missing out on a bowl game with its fourth 5-7 finish since 2012, beat writer Brian Davis joins On Second Thought hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls to examine how it all went wrong in 2021 on the Forty Acres. The guys break down what wrong in Steve Sarkisian’s first season at the helm and what changes, if any, could be on the horizo...

Are the Texas Longhorns too broken to salvage a bowl bid with two straights wins to end the regular season? With the Horns traveling to West Virginia for Game No. 11, Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls weigh the desperation level in this week’s episode of On Second Thought. Also, Texas men’s basketball coach Chris Beard discusses his team’s loss to top-ranked Gonzaga and how his new members are mixing w...

With the Texas Longhorns in the midst of a four-game losing streak, the frustration has not only extended to the fan base but to the alumni who helped the build the program. 2008 Fiesta Bowl Defensive MVP Roy Miller joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast to discuss what’s ailing the Texas Longhorns, especially a defense that has surrendered second-half double-digit leads over the last four ga...

ESPN College GameDay host Rece Davis joins the On Second Thought podcast this week to break down the first College Football Playoff rankings and answer the eternal question: did the voting committee get it right? Davis also gives his bird’s eye view from Bristol on what’s going on with the Texas Longhorns and what Steve Sarkisian may have to do to get things turned around in the 512. Hosts Cedric...

The Texas Longhorns are off the bye week and face a crossroads game at Baylor Saturday. Waco Tribune-Herald writers Brice Cherry and John Werner visit this week’s On Second Thought podcast to give a primer on the No. 16 Bears, who are off to a 6-1 start under second-year coach Dave Aranda and also discuss the probability of Texas and Baylor continuing their rivalry after the Horns and Oklahoma Soo...

Joel Klatt knows a thing or two about Big 12 football from his days as the quarterback of the Colorado Buffaloes. In years since the 2005 Big 12 title loss to the eventual national champion Texas Longhorns, Klatt has become one of the best color commentators in the business.  Klatt, who will be on hand with Fox broadcast partner Gus Johnson on Saturday when Texas hosts Oklahoma State, joins the On...