University of Texas NCAA News

The University of Texas hired Steve Patterson, athletics director of Arizona State University, as the school's next athletic director.

The near-extinction of the Big 12 a couple years ago leaves the conference without a championship game, but in their understandable need to not be left out of the final-week party, the conference has two pseudo-championship games on the Week 15 schedule.

Only a couple games this week, so for this week only, Jeff and I can take the same line on the same game.

If the No. 25 Texas Longhorns' 2013 football season were a ride, there is little question it would be a roller coaster and only a few may dispute that.

Austin American-Statesman columnists Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden weigh in on 10 hot-button Texas, Big 12 and national topics: Bohls: There's a great chance for freezing, wet weather.

For the Big 12 Conference, it's Championship Saturday; the importance of the final two games should provide plenty of heat.

The Temple Owls will look to extend their winning streak to four straight games on Saturday as they host the Texas Longhorns at the Center.

By Rebecca Noblett AUSTIN, Texas, December 5. The first night of the University of Texas Invite saw the top times of the season in four events tonight.

University of Texas president Bill Powers denied Thursday that the Longhorns are looking to hire Alabama coach Nick Saban to replace Mack Brown.

With a strong close to the season, Jackson Jeffcoat should earn himself honors as the Big 12's Defensive Player of the Year.

Just a little more than two weeks ago, this game looked like it would be a blowout.

That perfectly sums up the drama surrounding Brown and a team who have fought their way through a topsy-turvy season of embarrassing losses and big wins and now find themselves on the verge of a Big 12 title in the final game of the regular season.

As the Texas Longhorns prepare for the regular season finale against the Baylor Bears this weekend, head coach Mack Brown met with the media on Wednesday.

With three teams carrying a single conference loss apiece into judgment day this weekend, No.

While the parting of the Texas Longhorns and former 2014 commit John Thomas may have been building for a while, the coaching staff didn't reveal their next move at the position until Wednesday evening, when news broke from multiple outlets that an offer has gone out to Arizona Western tight end Blake Whiteley.

Oklahoma State is one loss away from being in the thick of the conversation for a Vizio BCS National Championship game berth, injuries and inexperience have slowed Baylor's rise to the top and Texas stood between itself and its chances to make a bigger statement on the national landscape.

Heading into Week 15, Big 12 leader Oklahoma State and MAC heavyweight Northern Illinois are in position to go head to head when the Fiesta Bowl kicks off at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

After sitting out a one-game suspension, sophomore wide receiver Daje Johnson is ready to return to the field.

National Championship Game, the Texas Longhorns had to play on. It was only after that 37-21 loss that Texas could look back and merely imagine what could have been.

Mack Brown has dealt with issues both on and off the field, but has Texas with a shot at the Big 12 title.