/tags/college-football College Football en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Sat, 11 Jan 2025 04:08:29 GMT /sports/2025-01-10/texas-ohio-state-college-football-playoff-semifinal It's been 20 years since the Longhorns have won the football national championship and the team and its fans will have to wait another season before getting their next shot. Sat, 11 Jan 2025 04:08:29 GMT /sports/2025-01-10/texas-ohio-state-college-football-playoff-semifinal Jerry Quijano /2024-09-03/the-life-and-legacy-of-julius-whittier Julius Whittier was the first African American football scholarship recipient and letterman at the University of Texas at Austin Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:51:13 GMT /2024-09-03/the-life-and-legacy-of-julius-whittier John L. Hanson Jr. /sports/2024-07-01/texas-ut-austin-sec-celebration-pitbull Sunday's event � headlined by a Pitbull concert � drew large, sweaty crowds. Three people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 18:34:41 GMT /sports/2024-07-01/texas-ut-austin-sec-celebration-pitbull KUT Staff /sports/2023-11-13/texas-a-m-fires-football-coach-jimbo-fisher-will-pay-record-77-5m-buyout The Jimbo Fisher buyout more than triples the previous record of Auburn’s $21.7 million buyout of Gus Malzahn in 2020. Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:56:32 GMT /sports/2023-11-13/texas-a-m-fires-football-coach-jimbo-fisher-will-pay-record-77-5m-buyout Dan Katz /sports/2023-02-10/ut-austin-is-poised-to-leave-the-big-12-early UT and the University of Oklahoma first announced their intentions to leave the Big 12 Conference for the SEC in 2021. Both schools are poised to leave the Big 12 one year early � after the 2023-2024 athletic year. Fri, 10 Feb 2023 13:48:10 GMT /sports/2023-02-10/ut-austin-is-poised-to-leave-the-big-12-early Becky Fogel /sports/2021-07-29/sec-votes-to-invite-texas-oklahoma The decision comes just a week after news surfaced that the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma planned to leave the Big 12, sending shockwaves through college sports and many Texas lawmakers who feel the expansion will have drastic consequences on the remaining Texas schools in the Big 12. Thu, 29 Jul 2021 23:26:44 GMT /sports/2021-07-29/sec-votes-to-invite-texas-oklahoma Heidi Pérez-Moreno | The Texas Tribune /2021-07-27/ut-and-ou-want-out-of-the-big-12-what-it-means-for-them-and-for-texas-other-football-schools "To me, it changes the landscape of the sport, and I wonder what kind of path it sets us on for the sport long term," says Sam Khan, a Texas college football writer for The Athletic. Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:41:50 GMT /2021-07-27/ut-and-ou-want-out-of-the-big-12-what-it-means-for-them-and-for-texas-other-football-schools Michael Marks, Terri Langford, Texas Standard, Shelly Brisbin /sports/2021-07-26/university-texas-oklahoma-big-12 An announcement to let their media rights agreement with the conference expire comes days after the universities signaled interest in joining the Southeastern Conference. Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:07:03 GMT /sports/2021-07-26/university-texas-oklahoma-big-12 Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera /sports/2021-07-23/texas-lawmakers-concerned-about-ut-leaving-big-12-conference-make-their-case-to-abbott Four prominent lawmakers � one each with ties to Baylor University, Texas Christian University, Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University � met with Gov. Greg Abbott’s staff Thursday, one day after news broke that the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma had reached out to the Southeastern Conference about joining. Fri, 23 Jul 2021 21:33:58 GMT /sports/2021-07-23/texas-lawmakers-concerned-about-ut-leaving-big-12-conference-make-their-case-to-abbott Patrick Svitek and Matthew Watkins | The Texas Tribune /sports/2020-10-21/ut-longhorn-band-doesnt-have-enough-members-willing-to-play-the-eyes-of-texas-at-saturdays-game The University of Texas Longhorn Band will not play at the next home football game because, the organization says, it will not have enough members willing� Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:52:56 GMT /sports/2020-10-21/ut-longhorn-band-doesnt-have-enough-members-willing-to-play-the-eyes-of-texas-at-saturdays-game Jimmy Maas