The Longhorn Republic

There's a lot hanging on the rivalry game as the Texas Longhorns travel to Dallas to take on the rival Oklahoma Sooners. Texas is coming off yet another embarrassing loss at the hands of the TCU Horned Frogs, while Oklahoma looks to avoid a 0-3 start that will essentially guarantee a finish near the bottom of the conference. Connect with the show on Twitter and Facebook. Intro and Outro: Earth, Wi...

The Texas Longhorns couldn't get out of their own way on Saturday against the TCU Horned Frogs, coming away with a loss in the third of four matchups during Tom Herman's tenure in Austin. Offensively, Texas couldn't find a rhythm nor capitalize on multiple defensive stops, while the defense allowed TCU to regularly get ahead of the chains and string together long drives. Connect with the show on T...

The Texas Longhorns have won just two games over the TCU Horned Frogs since they joined the conference in 2012, so regardless of where the game happens it's always a scary matchup. TCU is coming off of a close loss at the hands of the Iowa State Cyclones and is hoping to avoid a 0-2 start to conference play. What does Texas need to do in order avoid the loss in just their second conference game? C...

The Texas Longhorns went into Lubbock and got a massive scare, but managed to come out with a win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders. It featured a comeback for the ages and an all-time performance from the quarterback Sam Ehlinger. How did they end up down 15 points with just three minutes left on the clock? How did they manage to pull off the comeback? And what, if anything, does it mean for the fu...

The Texas Longhorns head to Lubbock, TX for their first conference matchup of the year against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Texas is coming off of its most-successful opener under Tom Herman, while the Red Raiders struggled to put away the Houston Baptist Huskies. What, if anything, do those opening-week matchups tell us about these teams and what should we expect from the squads when they kick off...

The Texas Longhorns got a week off, so we took the opportunity to catch up on the latest happenings with both the 2021 and 2022 class with Nick Harris of Horns247. We get some insight into the Jaylon Gilbeau commitment, as well as priority target Andrew Mukuba's pending decision. We also dive into the injury update for this week and take a dive into the depth chart heading into the matchup against...

Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman says you get a better picture of what your team is after getting on the field against a team in different-colored jerseys. After a massive win over the UTEP Miners, we think we have a better picture of what Texas can and should look like moving forward. What are the storylines we want to keep an eye on that could determine Texas' outcomes for the 2020 season?...

The Texas Longhorns took the field Saturday and turned in the most-successful debut under Tom Herman. Both team and individual highs were set, giving teams and players alike a look at what Mike Yurcich brings to the table at Texas. Sam Ehlinger set several personal-bests and ten different receivers brought in catches, while Texas shared the wealth on the ground. What did we see from the team that...

We will have Texas Longhorns football on Saturday, so that means we have our first preview episode of the 2020 season. The Longhorns welcome in the UTEP Miners to DKR, who already have one game under their belt. UTEP needed to put together a comeback to come away with a win over Stephen F. Austin in Week 1. What do we want to see from the Longhorns in their first game since December? What are our...

It's the first game week for the Texas Longhorns, so Tom Herman held his weekly presser and released their first depth chart of the season. There are some surprises on the offensive side of the ball, while the defense looks to be in a position to improve from a year ago. What questions are answered and what questions emerge from the depth chart? Connect with the show on Twitter and Facebook. Intro...

The Texas Longhorns spend fall camp installing a new defense, switching their front in the hopes to create a greater pass rush. So what are the expectations for the front four? What do we hope to see from a talented, yet unexperienced linebacker group? And can the defensive backfield once again be the true strength of the defense? Connect with the show on Twitter and Facebook. Intro and Outro: Ear...

With the change to the schedule, the Texas Longhorns get an extra week to prepare for their matchup against the UTEP Miners. Head coach Tom Herman called it a Week 0 for them, giving them opportunities to refine the new systems even more before taking the field for the first time. Texas also added not one, but two graduate transfers to rooms that needed some depth and experience, with Gabriel Wats...

We are a few short weeks away from the Texas Longhorns kicking off against the UTEP Miners, so after 12 weeks of previewing every other team we begin our two-week look at the 2020 Longhorns. Few questions arise at quarterback with Sam Ehlinger going into his final season, but who will be the other offensive complements to the captain? Connect with the show on Twitter and Facebook. Intro and Outro:...

The Texas Longhorns capped off week two of practice with a scrimmage Saturday, but there are still questions about several different position groups, most notably at wide receiver, offensive line and linebacker. What do we hope to see as the Longhorns as they enter into the second half of fall camp and who do we anticipate separating themselves at key positions? Connect with the show on Twitter an...

We come to what used to be the final opponent on the Texas Longhorns schedule, the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The 2020 schedule was shuffled, so now this mid-season matchup has the power to define what the Big 12 looks like in 2020. The Cowboys return three dynamic playmakers and nine of their 10 top defensive performers from a year ago, so what are the expectations in Stillwater? For some help, we r...

With the Texas Longhorns gaining the commitment of the top player in the 2022 class, Quinn Ewers, we had to have our friend Mike Roach on to discuss. During the interview, the news of Jalen Milroe flipping to Alabama broke, so we got live reacting from Roach as well. We also take some time to discuss the first week of fall camp, try to gain some insight into Tom Herman’s post-scrimmage press confe...

The Big 12 announced its intentions to play football in 2020, meaning that the Texas Longhorns have a new schedule for the 2020 season. Texas opens the season with UTEP on September 12 before starting conference play against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Because we're having a season, the season previews continue, so we bring on Levi Stevenson of Wide Right and Natty Light to help us preview the Iow...

In spite of the continued confusion around the future of college football, the Texas Longhorns are officially practicing. The Longhorns are implementing new looks on both sides of the ball, so what do we want to see from both sides of the ball in the next few weeks? Connect with the show on Twitter and Facebook. Intro and Outro: Earth, Wind, Fire (Ryan Little / CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Learn more about your...

The Texas Longhorns got their first commitment of the 2022 class with the addition of big wide receiver Paizon Wilson, while the Big 12 finally made a decision on what the 2020 football schedule would be. Connect with the show on Twitter and Facebook. Intro and Outro: Earth, Wind, Fire (Ryan Little / CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We continue out work through the Texas Longhorns schedule and reach the late-season matchup with the TCU Horned Frogs. We welcome in Melissa Triebwasser (@TheCoachMelissa) of Frogs of Frogs O' War (@FrogsOWar) to help us with our preview. We start by discussing Monday's controversy with long-time coach Gary Patterson, before moving onto quarterback Max Duggan, five-star running back Zach Evans and...

Our march through the Texas Longhorns 2020 schedule reaches the final four games and we kick off the final third of the season previewing the Kansas Jayhawks. They enter into the second year of the Les Miles era and have to break in a new quarterback following Carter Stanley's graduation. So who does KU turn to in 2020 and what will the offense look like? To help answer those questions, we reached...

We continue our trek through the Texas Longhorns’ schedule and preview the Baylor Bears, who have a new head coach for 2020 in former LSU Tigers defensive coordinator Dave Aranda. Charlie Brewer is back to helm the offense, but may need some help on both sides of the ball. To help give some insight on the Bears, we welcome in Kendall Kaut (@kendallkaut) of Our Daily Bears (@OurDailyBears) to give...

There was big recruiting news that did not go the Texas Longhorns way, so we brought on Mike Roach to help us unpack what happened and where Texas goes from here. We also talk about Texas' placement on the Big 12 preseason polls, Sam Ehlinger leading the way on the preseason All-Conference team and what we expect from the watch list players this season. Connect with the show on Twitter and Faceboo...

We continue our march through the Texas Longhorns' 2020 schedule and preview the Texas Tech Red Raiders with the help of Albie Shore (@Mr_AlbieShore) of The Air Raid Podcast and Viva The Matadors. What do we expect in year two of the Matt Wells era and will Alan Bowman stay healthy for a full year? Will Bowman even be the starter for Tech when football happens? Connect with the show on Twitter and...

On Monday, the University of Texas announced several changes that are coming to campus, part of addressing the students and student-athlete requests from June. Building names will be changed, art will be added to the campus and even the name of the field will be changed to honor two Texas Longhorns legends. Connect with the show on Twitter and Facebook. Intro and Outro: Earth, Wind, Fire (Ryan Lit...