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HornsNation From Carter Strickland: Vince Young worked out at Texas pro day on Tuesday in a bid to revive is football career. From William Wilkerson: Safety Kenny Vaccaro stars at Texas pro day despite a hip injury. More from Wilkerson: Defens...

In front of 30 NFL teams and more than 50 scouts, Vince Young took the first public step in his pro comeback with a good showing at Texas' pro day on Tuesday afternoon.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Before his senior season started, Kenny Vaccaro figuratively took a look around and literally figured out what was left of the vaunted 2009 recruiting class. "We're it," he told defensive end Alex Okafor. Not quite it. But almo...

Mack Brown has continually recruited well in his time at Texas. Developing those recruits, however, has been hit and miss.

Story | Conversation | January 17, 2013

The Longhorns' four early enrollees will benefit from the head start they'll get this spring, and that leg up more importantly should benefit the team, as a whole, even more.

Story | Conversation | January 15, 2013

Spread teams can have physical, successful rushing attacks. Texas' championships under Mack Brown have come from the spread. Sean Adams puts two and two together from there.

Story | Conversation | January 13, 2013

While having depth at quarterback is a good thing, Texas might have some issues with divisiveness in 2013 and beyond.

Major Applewhite and Darrell Wyatt will be co-offensive coordinators at Texas following the departure of Bryan Harsin, with Applewhite taking over play calling.

The Texas Longhorns need to show the nation it can play its best when no one expects it, so says columnist Sean Adams.

Story | Conversation | December 09, 2012

Andrew Luck. Robert Griffin III. Johnny Manziel. All elite quarterbacks from the state of Texas whom the Longhorns didn't offer or land, which exacerbates the signal-caller problems the Longhorns have had since Colt McCoy graduated.

A poor senior season only deepened the level of skepticism Texas quarterback commit Tyrone Swoopes faces today. Now he must answer a bigger question: Is his still Texas' next great quarterback?

Story | Conversation | November 14, 2012

As Texas enters conference play this week against Oklahoma State, Brock Huard makes the case for why the Longhorns, his preseason Big 12 pick, will win the league. An improved QB and line-of-scrimmage dominance are two reasons why.

Story | Conversation | September 26, 2012

Mack Brown wanted to get Texas back to a run-heavy offense. He thinks the Longhorns are back to their ways this season and are headed in the right direction.

Texas has done this before. Holiday Bowl wins launched trips to the BCS, then to title games. So that's why, as the Longhorns continue to climb back to the top, they seem to know the way.

The consensus is that Texas is a year away and in need of a good signal caller. But, as LaRue Cook investigates in ESPN The Magazine, Mack Brown is closer than he thinks with a stellar defense built like an SEC team.

Elite 11 finals notebook: Day 1

Story | Conversation | July 18, 2012