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After a shaky performance in the spring game, the Texas Longhorns' defense does not have to be great, but it has to be fundamentally sound, tackle well and not give up the big play.

Story | Conversation | March 31, 2013

Signing day has come and gone, but we'll have plenty of coverage looking more closely at each Big 12 team's class. This morning, we're looking at how each team filled its needs. We ran down the top of the Big 12 alphabet earlier today. Here's the sec...

Recruiting junior college players is no longer a get-rich-quick way of program-building, and the Longhorns could benefit from pursuing more juco players.

Story | Conversation | October 31, 2012

Through the first half of the season, the Texas is defense is ranked No. 99 in the country. It's a big slide for what was thought as one of the most talented corps before the season.

Story | Conversation | October 15, 2012

With West Virginia coming to town, the much-hyped Texas defense has a long way to go and a short time to get there.

Story | Conversation | September 30, 2012

Texas will be without defensive tackle Brandon Moore, linebacker Jordan Hicks and kicker Anthony Fera for Saturday night's Oklahoma State game, the school said in a release Friday evening.

Better than Will Muschamp? That remains to be seen, but the Texas defense keeps getting better and is following the personality of coordinator Manny Diaz.

Colleague Travis Haney continued our series at ESPN.com on college football's best position units by ranking the nation's top 10 defensive lines. Only one Big 12 team made his list, and it's the Texas Longhorns. No question here. Texas is in a...

Taking a post-spring look at the projected defensive starters and reserves for the Texas Longhorns.

Story | Conversation | April 04, 2012

The actual game could be pretty vanilla to watch, but there are some interesting players and matchups worth paying attention to in Texas' spring game.

Texas is halfway through its spring practice. Who is standing out and what have we learned?

Story | Conversation | March 08, 2012

Junior college defensive tackle Brandon Moore has made a big impression on the Texas Longhorns in the first week of spring practice.

Another spring camp is opening, and it's time to take a closer look. Today, the Texas Longhorns get started. Schedule: Practice starts today leading up to the spring game on April 1. Practices are closed to fans and media, though the team will hav...

With the tools and tricks they learned as coaches in the SEC, Stacy Searels and Bo Davis' eye for talent is paying dividends on Texas' lines.

With the first six members of the Texas' 2012 recruiting class officially becoming Longhorns this week, we look at what their impact might be next season.

Story | Conversation | January 15, 2012

So, the season gets, you know, kind of crazy. It's unrelenting, and recruiting plummets in priority. Thus, we haven't had a recruiting update since before the season. Time to update. Signing Day is less than two months away, and here's where ea...