Quandre Diggs Twitter

There is a new cornerback in Austin and his name is Quandre Diggs.  Many expect him to be an impact player and I have to say his Twitter page is extremely entertaining.  I would definitely recommend following him as soon as possible.  A link to his Twitter is right here

Texas Longhorns Ranked 23rd in Preseason Top 25

The USA Today recently announced the preseason top 25 for college football.  Here's a look at the entire poll.  I hate that Oklahoma is ranked 1st, I can;t wait to beat them this season. 

1.	Oklahoma (42)
2.	Alabama (13)
3.	Oregon (2)
4.	LSU (2)
5.	Florida State
6.	Stanford
7.	Boise State
8.	Oklahoma State
9.	Texas A&M
10.	Wisconsin
11.	Nebraska
12.	South Carolina
13.	Virginia Tech
14.	Arkansas
15.	TCU
16.	Ohio State
17.	Michigan State
18.	Notre Dame
19.	Auburn
20.	Mississippi State
21.	Missouri
22.	Georgia
23.	Florida
24.	Texas
25.	Penn State

ESPN Announces TV Times for Texas Longhorn Football

ESPN recently announced which games they will televise this upcoming football season.  Here are the pair of Longhorn games that will be televised by ESPN next season.

Oct. 8: Oklahoma vs. Texas in Dallas: Noon, ABC
  
Nov. 24 (Thurs.): Texas at Texas A&M: 8 p.m., ESPN

Ranking of Big 12 Quarterbacks

David Ubben, who is a blogger for ESPN's for the Big 12, recently ranked the Big 12's quarterbacks.  Here's how he ranked the quarterbacks in the Big 12.

1. Brandon Weeden, Oklahoma State
2. Landry Jones, Oklahoma
3. Robert Griffin, Baylor
4. Ryan Tannehill, Texas A&M
5. Seth Doege, Texas Tech
6.James Franklin, Missouri
7. Collin Klein, Kansas State
8. Garrett Gilbert, Texas
9. Steele Jantz, Iowa State
10. Jordan Webb, Kansas

Gilbert at 8?? Sounds a little low, hopefully he'll prove them wrong!

Longhorns Discuss New Newtowrk with Rivals in Big 12

The Texas Longhorns will be launching their new network this season.  They are entering a 20 year 300 million dollar deal that gives them a clear advantage over their rivals.  Longhorn officials have been working with the NCAA to get some rules set up.  The Longhorns are planning on televising some high school games on their network.  they have also said that those broadcasts will having nothing promoting the Longhorns or anything.

This sounds dangerous.  Texas seems like it will have a huge financial advantage over it's competitors.  Not only that, with the new network, all young Texas kids will see on TV is Longhorns and will only want to go there.  What do I say to the other schools?  Tough luck.  This is the way it works we are the Longhorns and we don't care.

Texas Longhorn Player Profile: Linebacker Keenan Robinson

Keenan Robinson is from Omaha Nebraska.  He was a highly touted recruit coming out of high school as he was rated the fourth best outside linebacker in the class of 2007.  He attended Plano East Senior High School in Plano, Texas.  He was named an All American by Parade Magazine.

Robinson redshirted during his freshman season.  He spent his freshman season mostly on Special teams until he had a break out sophomore season in which hestarted 14 games and was an honorable mention on the All Big 12 team.  He was a team leader in 2010 and was named to the All Big 12 team.

Recently, Mel Kiper rated him the fourth best senior outside linebacker for the 2012 NFL Draft.  He's going to be great in an NFL uniform.  Hook 'em horns!

Two Longhorns Rated Highly by Mel Kiper

Mel Kiper recently rated upcoming seniors as NFL Draft prospects.  A fair amount of Big 12 players ended up making the list.  The list was the top 5 seniors at each position.  Naturally, two Longhorns were on the list: fullback Cody Johnson and Outsider Linebacker Keenan Robinson.

I'm going to do small profiles on them in my upcoming post so that we really know why Kiper thinks they will be such successful NFL players.

Jamaal Charles Ranked in NFL Rankings

So there is an NFL Lockout, and NFL is trying to do anything to get people to still come to their site.  What did they decide to do?  Rank all of their players.  I think this was a really cool idea because it allows fans to really think about the players and stay in touch with the game.

Great news, Longhorn fans!  There was a Longhorn on the top 100!  Kansas City Chief running back Jamaal Charles made the list and was ranked 33rd overall.

Charles is a beast!  He scored 11 touchdowns in 2005 as a member of the '05 National championship team.  Remember, Charles also ran for 290 yards against the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 2007.  Such a sweeetttt Longhorn moment!

He was an All-Pro last year and made the Pro Bowl.  He averaged 6 yards per carry and ran for nearly 1,500 yards.  He was one of the youngest players to make the list.

Sophomore Greg Timmons Intends to Transfer

The 6-foot-3 Wide Receiver is from Houston, Texas.  He was a standout at Aldine-Eisenhower High School.  He only appeared in 6 games last year and barely played wide receiver.  He was mostly relegated to special teams duties.

Poor guy.  He hasn't announced where he's going to school next but expect him to go somewhere where there isn't a glut of receivers.  Hopefully he transfers to the right school and enjoys a successful career.

Will Garrett Gilbert Step Up Next Season?

The quarterback of the Texas Longhorns is Garrett Gilbert.  You probably already know that.  He was all-world in high school.  He was a big recruit for Mack Brown.  He was thrown into the National Championship Game when Colt McCoy went down, where he threw a few touchdown passes as well as some picks.  Last season, he threw 10 touchdowns and 17 interceptions.  Yes, he was just a "freshman."  However, the expectations are always high in Texas and Gilbert will be expected to make a huge transition if they want any chance to compete for a National Title.