Plus: Texas WBB takes home another SEC win
The Texas Longhorns will be among a growing number of programs that are opting to skip this year’s spring game due to potential player poaching on the part of the team’s competitors. (Cue the grumbling about how name, image, and likeness and the NCAA Transfer Portal are ruining college football… because bowl games, Bear Bryant, whatever.
Instead of the spring game, Texas is taking the approach of throwing a fan party.
From Yahoo! Sports’ recent recent report on the offseason schedule adjustment:
However, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte assured the Longhorn faithful during an interview with On Texas Football that there will be a fanfest to replace the [spring game.] Del Conte didn’t lay out a specific schedule, but did talk about a meet-and-greet with Texas players that will coincide with the baseball team’s three-game series against Texas A&M.
“I know people are disappointed about a traditional game, but the ultimate goal is to win a championship, and the health and wellness of our student-athletes is most important,” Del Conte said, according to Yahoo! Sports. “It’s unusual, playing a 16-game schedule, but every year, we want to play that 17th game. I applaud Steve for his thinking, I understood it. I understand the disappointment, but you have to look at it in its totality.”
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS
Austin American-Statesman: Did Texas softball fall from No. 1 in polls after first loss?
Austin American-Statesman: NCAA Tournament Bracketology: Texas men’s basketball falls off bubble
Austin American-Statesman: Texas football to hold fan event instead of spring game
247Sports: Some of the 15 Texas DBs Duane Akina helped get drafted into the NFL comment on Akina’s return to Austin
Inside Texas: Several Longhorns make On3’s Way-Too-Early All-American teams
Inside Texas: A Texas football perspective on Bill Connelly’s returning production rankings
Inside Texas: What I like about the Duane Akina hire: Stability for a stable of DBU talent
ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION
Duane Akina returning to Texas to coach the secondary, replacing Terry Joseph
Jim Schlossnagle recaps hard-fought Dartmouth series as No. 15 Texas hosts Incarnate Word
RECRUITING ROUNDUP
247Sports: The Sevens Tournament standouts: Louisville QB commit Briggs Cherry edges out Neimann Lawrence for Alpha Dog
247Sports: Texas WR commit Chris Stewart has five official visits booked with a sixth in the works
Inside Texas: How Texas’ new coaching hires can hit the ground running on the recruiting trail
Inside Texas: Texas A&M WR commit Aaron Gregory ready for his official visit to Austin
SEC SHOWDOWN
Good Bull Hunting: Aggie 3B Gavin Grahovac out for the season
Rock M Nation: MBB Preview: Mizzou looks to rebound against South Carolina
And The Valley Shook: William Schmidt earns first career win as Tigers beat Nicholls 13-3
Red Cup Rebellion: Magnolia State is back up: No. 24 Ole Miss baseball hosts No. 22 Southern Miss in Oxford
Rocky Top Talk: Report: Rickey Gibson plans to enter transfer portal during spring period
Roll ‘Bama Roll: Xs and Oats: Alabama hosts Mississippi State in a key late season game
A Sea Of Blue: Mark Pope addresses controversial interaction with Official Terry Oglesby in loss to Alabama
WHAT WE’RE READING
SB Nation: Mel Kiper Jr’s latest NFL Mock Draft has some stunning surprises
SB Nation: Everything Alyssa Thomas said in her Mercury introductory press conference
SB Nation: Why Tiger Woods decided to skip pivotal TGL match against first-place team
NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND
- Texas women’s basketball beat Georgia last night.
another day in the win column #HookEm pic.twitter.com/0qQ8jyhVk7
— Texas Women’s Basketball (@TexasWBB) February 25, 2025