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Big 12 Notebook: Texas' Tre Newton Earns Starting Job on the Run

It was of little surprise Monday when Texas coach Mack Brown named redshirt freshman running back Tre' Newton as the starter for Saturday's UTEP game. Newton gave the second-ranked Longhorns everything they had been looking for in a tailback for the last two seasons during Saturday's win over Texas Tech, picking up...

Vondrell McGee Hooks Longhorns Top Tailback Job

Texas junior Vondrell McGee has held off Fozzy Whittaker and will be the top running back for the No. 2 Longhorns to start the season.Whittaker, who has battled injuries throughout his Texas career, is a little "dinged up" right now, according to coach Mack Brown, which paved the way for McGee to assume the No.1 tailback...

Spring at a Glance: Big 12 Running Backs

We've already checked in on the quarterbacks, so why not delve into what's new with the running backs of the Big 12.We'll start at Texas, where the biggest question mark of the spring is who will replace Jamaal Charles? Charles led the Big 12 in rushing in 2007 on the strength of a fantastic second half of the season....

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05/19/12 Football. 2012 Spring Graduation Source: TexasSports.com Each May, the area around the Main Building on campus springs to life as a temporary arena for Longhorn students to showcase to the world that they have completed the often traveled road to success by earning a college degree from the University of Texas.
05/01/12 Fan favorite Fozzy Whittaker goes undrafted, unsigned... Source: College Sports Blog After Fozzy Whittaker returned kickoffs 100 yards for a touchdown in back-to-back games and established himself as a dangerous threat out of the Wild formation, especially on third down, he suddenly became a somewhat attractive option as an NFL prospect.
04/28/12 Captain America Looks for Comeback Source: FOX Sports Growing up as a comic book nerd with an affinity for Spiderman, I could count, using both hands (and both feet), a number of times the wall-crawler was seriously tested by villains ranging from the Green Goblin to Venom and Carnage.
04/25/12 Texas positional series: Losing Justin Tucker and... Source: College Sports Blog 2011 recap: Justin Tucker was a one-man kicking game last year, handling place-kicking, punting, and kickoff duties for the second straight season.
04/21/12 Fozzy Whittaker on who he thinks will replace him in... Source: College Sports Blog After winning eight games in 2011, three more than the year before, and returning the vast majority of their players on both sides of the ball, the Longhorns have a lot to be excited about this upcoming football season.