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The Texas Longhorns began preparations for the Bowl Championship Series title game knowing they're considered underdogs against Alabama.

Colt McCoy of Texas has won more college football games than any quarterback in the history of the sport.

Texas linebacker Roddrick Muckelroy is suffering from a left knee injury, but is listed as probable for Saturday's game at Baylor, according to the team's official injury report.

After spending the summer mentally preparing himself to be an integral part of the Texas Longhorns' success, James Kirkendoll thought his happiness would go hand-in-hand with that of the rest of his team.

Normally the hand-shaking, hello-waving, demonstrative-gesturing type, Colt McCoy was limited to a much smaller conversational repertoire when he arrived for his weekly media session Monday at Bellmont Hall.

Texas wide receiver Brandon Collins and defensive back Christian Scott have been ruled academically ineligible by the NCAA and will miss the 2009 season.

The Texas Longhorns' offense is good, but hasn't reached it's potential yet. It is getting better every week, but it still has some bumps in the road.

For the next two months, Big 12 football teams will almost exclusively beat up each other.

Texas wide receiver Brandon Collins and defensive back Christian Scott have been ruled academically ineligible by the NCAA and will miss the 2009 season.

No one covers University of Texas sports like the American-Statesman beat writers.

The offensive scheme resembles the infamous Q package, although coach Mack Brown preferred to cut ties with that last season.

Two Longhorns are still waiting to hear whether they'll be eligible this season.

The entry titled "Deon Beasley cleared by NCAA." Categories Deon Beasley cleared by NCAA Friday, September 18, 2009, 03:57 PM Cornerback Deon Beasley has been cleared by the NCAA and is eligible to play in Saturday's game against Texas Tech.

This war between satellite giant DirecTV and the Versus network is turning ugly.

No one covers University of Texas sports like the American-Statesman beat writers.

Texas coaches tweaked their depth chart Monday, eliminating references to any of three players who sat out the team's season opener because of unresolved academic issues.

In the old days, John Chiles would accept any challenger. Before practice, after practice, on the way to lunch - he was up for any opportunity to show off in a footrace against a fellow member of the Texas Longhorns.

Three Texas players will miss the Longhorns' season-opening game Saturday against Louisiana-Monroe due to what the school termed "unresolved NCAA academic eligibility issues." Big 12 blog ESPN.com's Tim Griffin writes about all things Big 12 in his conference blog .

Formation will dictate who's playing tight end Redshirt freshman Ahmard Howard is pushing Greg Smith at tight end.

Ranked in the preseason top 10 for the ninth time in 10 years and beginning the season in the top five for the fourth time in five years, the Texas Longhorns don't figure to win much sympathy from the rest of the college football world when they talk about their deficiencies.