The Longhorn Republic

After getting swept by the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Texas Longhorns' baseball team needed to rebound in a major way. They roared back and run-ruled Houston Baptist and appeared to be cruising after a big doubleheader sweep of the West Virginia Mountaineers. Texas narrowly missed a perfect week thanks to yet another bullpen meltdown, blowing a lead in the sixth inning. What can we take away from...

College football is currently changing and this week the Texas Longhorns were at the center of the conversation, and controversy, around the changes. With the combination of the one-time transfer rule and players now having the ability to capitalize on their name, image, and likeness, there is a financial side to the roster management in high-level college football. Reportedly, Xavier Worthy and J...

The Texas Longhorns came into the weekend with a lot at stake, but the bullpen struggles continued for the baseball team and were swept by the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Not only does that mark the first time since the start of conference play that Texas was swept, but it also locked in Oklahoma State as the regular season Big 12 champion with one week of conference play left. How did this season go...

During our annual summer preview podcasts, we always try to have a bit of fun, so we wanted to get started early and bring back one of our favorite questions: What Texas Longhorn player, past or present, would make a great professional wrestler? Kyle and Gerald dive in on recent history and mine who would make a great entertainer in the squared circle? We also dive in on what both basketball teams...

The Texas Longhorns took to the field for the final time of the spring in an unorthodox spring game but giving fans a showcase of what may come in the fall. Fans got their first look at quarterback Quinn Ewers and the new offensive weapons, while Hudson Card flashed in the scrimmage as well. So what, if anything can we take away from the showcase and how does that spin storylines as we head into n...

The Texas Longhorns went looking in the transfer portal for another offensive weapon and came away with former top-50 recruit Agiye Hall. The talented wideout was recruited by Jeff Banks when he was with the Alabama Crimson Tide, but did not make a big impact in Tuscaloosa and decided to try a new location. What does Hall bring to a wide receiver room that was in need of more playmakers? What will...

The Texas Longhorns had an opportunity to move up in the conference standings but couldn't take advantage of it and dropped the series to the Kansas State Wildcats, who had won just one conference game heading into the matchup. Texas looked like it was ready to cruise Thursday, but blew a big lead before getting run off of the diamond on Friday. Thankfully for fans, the Longhorns avoided the sweep...

The Texas Longhorns took home the Director's Cup a year ago for the top athletic department in the country, thanks, in part, to a strong performance from the winter and spring sports. As Texas heads into another spring season with an opportunity to take a shot at another crown for the top athletic department in the country. After two national championships in indoor track and field, a pair of runn...

The Texas Longhorns had a scare over the weekend, taking on the TCU Horned Frogs, but thanks to solid Sunday pitching and seven runs they managed to take the weekend series. After a complete-game shutout on Friday, the pitching slumped yet again Saturday, before finally making the rebound, but what is at the root of the inconsistency? Can Texas figure it out by Big 12 play to set themselves up for...

The Texas Longhorns needed some wins in a bad way on the baseball diamond and managed to do that in dramatic fashion, taking a 2-1 series win over the Oklahoma Sooners. After splitting the Friday and Saturday matchups, Texas fell behind 7-1 in the rubber match but scored 11 unanswered runs to take a lead and the series. The Texas pitching got back on track Friday, but the bullpen yet again let the...

The Texas Longhorns' baseball team had a tough weekend in Lubbock, as the pitching staff struggled nearly top to bottom -- dropping the weekend series but avoiding the sweep with a run-rule win on Sunday. It seems like the pitching staff has been falling apart since Tanner Witt ended his season due to injury, but how did it get so bad so fast and what can Texas do to fix it? Thankfully for David P...

The NCAA Tournament is in full swing. On the men's side, the Texas Longhorns avoided the upset everyone wanted to happen and put together a drama-free outing against the Virginia Tech Hokies to pick up the team's first NCAA Tournament win since 2014. In the second round, Texas went up early on the Purdue Boilermakers but struggled to score in the first half and ultimately lost a game closer than t...

Both the Texas Longhorns men's and women's basketball teams are going dancing, but are on two very different trajectories and they head into the NCAA Tournament. The Texas men lost three winnable games against the Baylor Bears and the Kansas Jayhawks to close the regular season, then followed that performance with a 20-point meltdown in the Big 12 tournament against the TCU Horned Frogs. The Longh...

The Texas Longhorns continue to adjust to the loss of Tanner Witt on the baseball diamond, struggling with consistency in the pitching staff and dropping their first season series 2-1 at the hands of the South Carolina Gamecocks. In spite of the loss, Ivan Melendez continued his big year of production, earning Big 12 player of the week honors for his troubles. However, Texas will need more than on...

The Texas Longhorns went to Houston with something to prove on the diamond and came away with convincing wins over ranked teams, topping the Tennessee Volunteers 7-1 and the LSU Tigers 6-1 in the ranked matchups of the weekend. With those two wins, Texas seemingly proved that when they are at the top of their game there are very few teams that can hang with them. However, with Sunday starter Tanne...

The Texas Longhorns are in the midst of closing out the Frank Erwin Center as a basketball arena and in the men's finale Texas was unable to hold off a late surge from the Baylor Bears. Despite a double-digit lead, Texas struggled to hit from three-point range and couldn't put enough distance between them and Baylor to stave off a late push. What went wrong and what does that mean for Texas as the...

The No. 1 Texas Longhorns took to the diamond this weekend and looked every bit the part of the top team in the country, led by three dominant pitching performances in the sweep of the Rice Owls. Not to be outdone, the Texas bats -- led by Trey Faltine and Ivan Melendez -- put up gaudy totals in the season-opening series. What does that mean for Texas as they build to what they hope is a historic...

The Texas Longhorns have big expectations and big hopes on the diamond ranked atop both the conference and the nation the season after making a legitimate push for a national championship. Coach David Pierce has had some talented groups on the Forty Acres but may not have had a group like this yet in his stint in the dugout for the Longhorns. So how do they stack up against a team that was a walk-...

The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team may finally be on the right track, rattling off back-to-back statement wins in an effort to shake off a disappointing outing against Texas Tech. It started with a dominating performance against the Iowa State Cyclones, scoring 24 points off of 18 turnovers and holding the No. 20 school in the nation to just 28 percent shooting for the game. Texas also got...

After the flurry ahead of the Early Signing Period, the Texas Longhorns had a relatively quiet close to the class but added a massive piece with the addition of five-star offensive lineman Devon Campbell from Arlington Bowie. The addition of Campbell not only gives the Longhorns their highest-ranked offensive lineman since the Mack Brown era, they also added a second five-star prospect that could...

The Texas Longhorns picked up not one, but two quality wins on the men's side of things thanks to a blowout win over the TCU Horned Frogs and a narrow win over the Tennessee Volunteers and returning head coach Rick Barnes. The Longhorns played one of their most dominant games of the season after a slow start against TCU, finishing the day with a season-high 22 fast break points en route to a 23-po...

The Texas Longhorns continue to search for consistency on the hardwood, after giving up a five-point lead to Kansas State but managing to run away from the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Budding star Marcus Smart may have found his way, but can the rest of the team do enough to support him and lift Texas out of the middle of the conference. The ladies put in two big wins over Iowa State and TCU, setting...

The Texas Longhorns can't seem to find their rhythm on the court, at least as it comes to stringing conference wins together. After taking care of business and looking good while doing it, Texas struggled mightily against the Iowa State Cyclones and are still without a Q1 win for the season. The ladies struggled with turnovers and the Kansas Jayhawks' high-powered offense took advantage of it in a...

Texas Longhorns had an up-and-down week on the hardwood, both the men and the women - splitting the week 1-1. On the men's side, Texas started the week with a big win over the Kansas State Wildcats, but went to Stillwater and fell flat, falling 64-51 in an abysmal shooting performance. Just two players hit double-figures for the Longhorns, Timmy Allen and Andrew Jones, turning in an 8-27 performan...

Texas Longhorns basketball officially started conference play over the weekend, with the men taking on the West Virginia Mountaineers and the women taking on the Oklahoma State Cowgirls. The men jumped all over the Mountaineers, building a double-digit lead quickly which they never surrendered. Marcus Carr and Courtney Ramey did the bulk of the damage for Texas, with Andrew Jones chipping in for t...