You may remember scenes from your childhood television viewing when the creators of some of your favorite cartoons came flying through the third wall, interrupting your regularly scheduled mayhem and comedic violence to explain how, for example, the Coyote needs to chase after the Roadrunner as much as the Roadrunner needs to be chased, and if one party ever truly, finally succeeded, the results would be far less satisfying than you might imagine, bringing the whole technicolor ecosystem into panic. It's all some sort of precious, 1984 or 'circle of life'-derived interpretation, and depending on how ponderous of a kid you were, you either loved or hated these episodes. It's probably fair to say most of us were glad when the think-piece ended and we were left with Acme-brand laffs and animals falling off cliffs and etc. more ›

In terrible things news, a recent post on the Alcalde, the University of Texas alumni blog, shows a picture of a small boy in a Texas A & M t-shirt holding a rope attached to a longhorn with his horns facing down. It was supposedly accomplished by weighing the horns down slowly over time. more ›

Yes, the job description has been posted. It sounds pretty good, too: coaching and recruiting student-athletes in the sport of football, representing UT at various events. Not bad. Sure, you may work in all weather conditions with exposure to large crowds along with some weekend, evening and holiday work, but it's worth it. The monthly salary is listed as OPEN. more ›

The sixth-ranked Texas volleyball team defeated Purdue on Saturday at Gregory Gym to advance to the national semifinals for the third consecutive season. more ›

Greg Davis, the Texas Longhorns' offensive coordinator for the past 13 seasons, announced his retirement today. At the same time, two other coaches, offensive line coach Mac McWhorter and defensive tackles coach Mike Tolleson, announced their retirement. more ›

Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the Texas A&M Aggies. more ›

Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the Florida Atlantic Owls. more ›

Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the Oklahoma State Cowboys. more ›

Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the Kansas State Wildcats. more ›

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Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the Baylor Bears. more ›

Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the 8Iowa State Cyclones. more ›

On Friday, the Statesman reported that University of Texas associate athletics director for football operations, Cleve Bryant, had taken an administrative leave of absence. But the most curious detail in the story was that California attorney Gloria Allred confirmed that she had been hired by a female client "in reference to Mr. Bryant." Allred's client is a former part-time employee of the Texas athletics department. more ›

Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the Nebraska Cornhuskers. more ›

• Developer of in vitro fertilization procedure wins Nobel Price for medicine
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• Tsunami warning issued after 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan

Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week it's easy: the Oklahoma Sooners. more ›

Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. Next up: the UCLA Bruins. more ›

Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. We'll admit this one is a lot less fun since Mike Leach's pirate ship has sailed, but there's still plenty of foolishness out on the High Plains: the Texas Tech Red Raiders. more ›

ESPN spent nearly a week around the Texas Longhorn football program and produced an illuminating look inside a modern college powerhouse. Coach Mack Brown is at the center of it all, playing so many roles it makes your head spin: coach, mentor, teacher, recruiter, businessman, spokesman and more. It's definitely worth checking out to get a sense of what goes on behind the scenes. [ESPN] more ›

If you look good wearing burnt orange, UT's Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium was the place to be on Saturday night. The Longhorns (you've probably heard of them) played the first home game of this season against the Wyoming Cowboys, winning 34-7. While the 101,339 football fans crowding the stadium -- which is more than its legal capacity -- got stuck buying overpriced beer and crappy food, the Austinist caught a few photos of the tailgating action in the parking lots, in between drinking gallons of free beer and plates of BBQ. more ›

Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This one's week: the Wyoming Cowboys. more ›

Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the Rice Owls. more ›

TMZ.com has posted cell-phone video of a fight that broke out July 31 on Sixth Street in the Warehouse District and it appears two of the combatants were a high-profile mixed martial arts fighter and a former University of Texas football player. more ›

From all available reports, Colt McCoy's wedding last weekend to Rachel Glandorf was a first-class affair. For a peek inside, check out this video from the reception as singer Aaron Watson serenades the couple with a special song, "When I Grow Up, I Want to Be Just Like Colt McCoy". The song features McCoy's former teammate (and best man) Jordan Shipley on backup vocals. The high point comes around the 1:55 mark, when the crowd explodes at the line about folks "rubbin' elbows with Tim Tebow". Congratulations to the newlyweds. more ›

For every UT fan there comes a day when we look up at the sky, shake our fists and say, “I wear burnt orange, I bleed burnt orange, but why, oh, why can’t I drink burnt orange?” Well, don’t despair, Longhorn, your days of frustration are over. The University of Texas at Austin announced yesterday a new partnership with GSD&M Idea City to launch H2Orange: purified water sold in a plastic bottle shaped like UT’s iconic clock tower. more ›

As the calendar nears August, college football fans begin to get the itch for the new season. To help get local fans ready, Austinist is giving away a pair of tickets to the Texas Gridiron Kickoff, where Longhorns Coach Mack Brown talks about his team's 2010 lineup and previews the upcoming season. more ›

The NBA draft is tonight, the annual event where young soon-to-be millionaires stroll across the stage at New York's Madison Square Garden to don a $12 cap along with their $2,000 suits. Three Longhorns are expected to be among the picks in the first two rounds tonight. more ›

Just as the Big 12 family appeared to be breaking up and heading their separate ways, the league's pater familias, Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds, brokered a lucrative agreement to keep its remaining members together more ›

You can take Vince Young out of the Longhorns, but you can't take the Longhorns out of Vince Young. The best quarterback in UT history let his Texas pride get the best of him this weekend, punching a guy in a Dallas strip club after he flashed a "horns down" sign. more ›

Both Texas and TCU are better that some of the teams that will make it to the College World Series. But because the NCAA chooses the top seeds for its baseball tournament based on a regional model, the neighboring Longhorns and Horned Frogs are left to battle it out this weekend for a ticket to Omaha. It's almost enough to make you switch conferences. more ›