Forty Acres Insider: October 25

October 25, 2022

Longhorn Nation,

We’ve acquired to begin this week off with an emphatic Hook ‘Em, Horns and an encore spherical of applause for our Big 12 Champion Soccer group. Coach Kelly and our Longhorns secured the common season crown with a victory on Sunday, elevating their convention file to a Big 12-best 6-0-2. And the good half now’s our undefeated Horns will put the ending touches on the common season proper right here on the Forty Acres, and do it in Red River Soccer Showdown type on Thursday night time at Mike A. Myers Stadium (7 p.m./LHN) besides. It will probably be a must-see match, but in addition an evening to be part of as we’ll honor the numerous excellent veteran leaders of our squad with Senior Day afterwards, together with a victory lap for y’all as that Big 12 Championship trophy will probably be shining brightly and raised excessive! So, we’re calling all Longhorns, let’s pack the home and produce our patented pleasure, ardour and Texas Fight as our Horns look to place over yet another win! Of course, it is a Texas Tradition Night with the large fella, Bevo, available, and the cannon firing, too, so come be part of us for a festive night and celebration of Longhorn Soccer!

Things did not end as nicely in Stillwater for our Football group in a heartbreaking sport at Oklahoma State. And we’ll have to attend a bit of longer to rally behind them as they give the impression of being to bounce-back. After eight-straight weeks of motion, we’ll have a bye week this weekend. It’s a a lot wanted additional week to work and put together, whereas resting, recuperating and getting wholesome for the stretch run of Big 12 play. We’ll be heading into the bye centered on rebounding and hungry to get again on the successful observe after Saturday’s hard-fought defeat in Stillwater. In a bodily and fast-paced sport crammed with so many ebbs, flows and challenges, together with a high-scoring first half, we simply could not get again excessive in the long run. We had the thrilling 40 and 50-yard performs from Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, extraordinary particular groups performs aplenty, and there have been a variety of robust defensive efforts, too. But not sufficient to tug off the win, and as Coach Sark mentioned after the sport, we had too many errors and missed alternatives that resulted in a sport we let slip away. It was a highway sport, in a hostile atmosphere in opposition to the nation’s No. 11 group, and we had our possibilities to tug it off, however got here up on the brief finish of a 41-34 thriller. Our group was hurting from that one, and it was a troublesome journey house with a bunch who performed their hearts out, however one factor I find out about this squad is there’s a complete lot of pleasure, management and resiliency in that locker room and with our teaching workers. They’re already again to work and will probably be able to saddle up for spherical 9 in Manhattan in opposition to Kansas State subsequent week.

With that mentioned, I do want to present an enormous shoutout and kudos to our group of extraordinary student-athletes as they spent their Monday of the bye week giving back in our community visiting an area elementary faculty. I respect these males a lot, all they do, and the primary class approach they characterize the Burnt Orange & White! To a person, all of them confirmed up and set a beautiful instance of affection and help for our Austin neighborhood!

While Football is not again in motion till subsequent Saturday, Nov. 5, at Kansas State, we have got a lot occurring this week on The Forty with Volleyball in The Greg on Wednesday vs. Texas Tech (7 p.m. CT/LHN) adopted by Thursday’s Soccer match. Then y’all can be part of us for the primary time on the Moody Center to take a look at our new digs and our 2022-23 Men’s and Women’s Basketball groups Saturday and Sunday. They’re each charity exhibition video games with the No. 12 Men tipping issues off on Saturday versus longtime Southwest Conference opponent and future SEC foe No. 10 Arkansas at 3 p.m. CT, adopted by the Women welcoming in perennial top-25-contender DePaul Sunday for a 2 p.m. tilt. As a warmup for these contests, you possibly can come on out and soak up some hoops motion on Wednesday with Women’s Basketball’s Annual Orange-White Scrimmage set for 5:30 p.m. CT at the Moody Center. Admission is free for that one and there will probably be a post-game autograph session, as nicely, so come one, come all to cheer on Coach Schaefer and your preseason No. 3-ranked Longhorn Women’s Basketball group! And talking of Women’s Basketball occasions, if you have not gotten your tickets for his or her annual Welcome Back Dinner, what are you ready for?!

Last, however not least, a Big 12 title is on the road this week for Coach Flo and Cross Country, too, as they head to Lubbock on Friday to compete for the Big 12 Championship. There are a whole lot of Longhorn sports activities to cheer for this week as we roll towards Halloween after which flip the calendar to November subsequent week.

Football drops a troublesome one at Oklahoma State

Saturday in Stillwater was a disappointing end for all of us. After great job by our Horns of increase a 31-17 lead, Oklahoma State got here again on their house discipline to take a lead of their very own with simply over three minutes to go. Our guys by no means gave in, all the way in which to the final offensive play when a tipped ball deep in OSU territory made its approach into the fingers of a defender, they nonetheless had an opportunity and all of us nonetheless believed they’d make a comeback. In some methods it was a story of two halves, because the offenses have been controlling the sport early earlier than the defenses asserted themselves within the second half. What are you able to say about Bijan however that he brings an unimaginable efficiency each week, this time to the tune of 181 whole yards with two explosive touchdowns, one a dazzling 42-yard rush and the opposite a 41-yard catch. Shoot, it was his sixth-straight 100-yard dashing sport (tied for the third-longest streak in UT historical past), whereas he now has 4 rushes of 40 or extra yards on the 12 months and is the one participant within the nation with that many. And with 2,750 profession dashing yards, he now ranks tenth on our all-time dashing record. Not to be outdone, our fearless chief Roschon rumbled for a 52-yard TD of his own, whereas X discovered the tip zone as soon as once more for his fifth-straight sport with a TD catch (tied for the fourth-longest streak in UT historical past). The Barron and DeMo led the way in which for the protection with a mixed 20 tackles with 3.5 for loss, however simply as they have been hitting their stride within the third quarter, the damage bug began to chunk that facet of the ball. Despite that, the power, effort and wish to have been all there, and you could possibly see the ache within the gamers’ eyes because the game came down to the wire in the 41-34 finish. But as Coach Sark mentioned, there’s a whole lot of soccer left to be performed, and I do know this group will get again up, mud themselves off and be prepared for this ultimate stretch of the season. We’ve acquired a bye this week to relaxation and heal up, then after that, we’ll alternate highway and residential video games for the remainder of the common season beginning with the primary of two journeys as much as the state of Kansas the place we’ll face the Okay-State Wildcats on Nov. 5. For these of you questioning, that sport has been introduced as a six-day choice, so we’ll know our kickoff time subsequent week and can maintain you posted on TexasSports activities.com and our social channels.

Through 4EVER TEXAS program, Longhorns Agents of Change make neighborhood service journey, Round II to the Dominican Republic

What begins right here modifications the world, and that is precisely what our 4EVER TEXAS program units out to do. It’s a complete and transformational growth initiative designed to teach, equip and empower our student-athletes who will go on to alter the world for the higher. One of the three foremost areas of focus is being Agents of Change by means of neighborhood involvement and civic engagement. That’s exactly what a group of our student-athletes accomplished as they traveled to the Dominican Republic in July and volunteered to assist construct courts for teenagers and spend time on a cultural alternate journey. It was Round II of our 2022 Courts for Kids effort, joining a group that traveled to Costa Rica for an international community service effort in June. And by the seems of this video, they positive did have a good time and headed again to Austin with a beneficial studying alternative to their credit score, and the satisfaction of a job nicely achieved. We are so grateful for everybody who made each of those journeys occur and our wonderful student-athletes who put within the work, had the prospect to present again, and did their half to assist change the world! It’s all the time such a pleasure listening to about these journeys once they return!!

Women’s Soccer clinches Big 12 common season-title

Well there it’s, our first Big 12 Championship of the 12 months! Women’s soccer took down Oklahoma State, 2-1, to clinch a share of the title. It is this system’s first Big 12 Conference regular-season title since 2001. And for netting each targets within the victory, kudos are to ensure that our sensational ahead Trinity Byars who earned National Player of the Week recognition once again. With the win, we stretched our unbeaten streak to a school-record 15 straight matches, relationship again to Aug. 28 as nicely. Now we’d like YOU! Come out to Mike A. Myers Stadium on Thursday Oct. 27 and see the Longhorns go for the outright Big 12 Championship. It’ll be Senior Day the place we’ll have fun our excellent senior class and the Big 12 Championship trophy will probably be on show, Bevo will probably be in the home and the cannon will probably be firing, too!

Volleyball sweeps West Virginia

Coach Elliott and our Volleyball squad bounced again from their first defeat of the season in a five-set thriller at Iowa State final week to return house and sweep West Virginia 3-0 on Saturday at Gregory Gym. They had a season-high 14 blocks and tied their season-high hitting proportion at .380. Madisen Skinner led our Horns with 9 kills whereas hitting .444 within the match. Up subsequent, they’re going to host Texas Tech tomorrow night time at The Greg. We’ll see you there, bringing down the home!

Men’s Basketball to host Charity Exhibition Saturday

This Saturday at 3 p.m., Coach Beard and No. 12 Men’s Basketball will host a charity exhibition game with No. 10-ranked Arkansas at Moody Center. All proceeds from the occasion will probably be donated to a pair of organizations supporting social justice fairness and academic alternatives to youth in Central Texas communities – Seedling Foundation and Break the Pipeline. For extra particulars, click on right here.

Women’s Basketball to host Charity Exhibition Sunday

Coach Schaefer and No. 3 Women’s Basketball will host their charity exhibition sport on Sunday at 2 p.m. in opposition to DePaul at Moody Center. All tickets sales from the game will go towards the Uvalde Moving Forward Foundation to assist rebuild Robb Elementary. Tickets are $6 for basic admission and $10 for reserved seating. Coach Schaefer has personally pledged to donate $1,000 for each 1,000 followers in attendance!

Cross Country head to Lubbock to race for Big 12 title

Coach Flo and our Cross Country program head west to Lubbock for the 2022 Big 12 Cross Country Championships on Friday. The No. 23 Men’s squad seems to make a press release with the additions of Crayton Carrozza and Cole Lindhorst within the 8K lineup, whereas Isaac Alonzo returns house to the course the place he nonetheless holds the file in the highschool 5K. Beth Ramos will lead our Women within the 6K and appears to make it nine-straight races as the highest Longhorn finisher!

Tyrese Hunter named to preseason watch record for Bob Cousy Award

Ready for basketball season! Tyrese Hunter is one of 20 players named to the Bob Cousy Award watchlist. The award acknowledges the highest level guard in collegiate males’s basketball. Hunter additionally earned recognition as a Preseason Honorable Mention All-Big 12 choice.

Women’s Golf finishes fourth at Stanford Intercollegiate Coach Murphy and Women’s Golf closed the autumn season with a fourth-place finish at the Stanford Intercollegiate. Angela Heo led the way in which for our Horns with a fourth-place particular person end with rounds of 69-69-70. Well achieved, Angela!

Men’s Golf’s Maas named to Fred Haskins Award ultimate fall watch record

Christiaan Maas was named to the final fall watch list for the Fred Haskins Award introduced by Stifel, by the Haskins Foundation. He’s considered one of 20 gamers named to the record for the award that honors the highest males’s collegiate golfer. That requires a giant Hook ‘Em Christiaan!

This Week’s Longhorns motion on The 40 and past

Monday

• Men’s Golf at East Lake Cup (Atlanta, Ga.)

Tuesday:

• Men’s Golf at East Lake Cup (Atlanta, Ga.)

Wednesday:

• Women’s Basketball Orange-White Scrimmage (5:30 p.m. CT)

• Men’s Golf at East Lake Cup (Atlanta, Ga.)

• Volleyball vs. Texas Tech (7 p.m. CT/LHN)

Thursday

• Soccer vs. Oklahoma (7 p.m. CT/LHN)

Friday

• Cross Country at Big 12 Championships (Lubbock)

• Volleyball at Kansas State (6:30 p.m. CT/ESPN+)

Saturday

• Football Bye Week

• Men’s Basketball Charity Exhibition vs. Arkansas (3 p.m. CT)

Sunday

• Soccer Big 12 Championship play begins (Round Rock)

• Baseball vs. San Jacinto College (Noon CT)

• Women’s Basketball Charity Exhibition vs. DePaul (2 p.m. CT/LHN)

2023 Football season ticket deposits now obtainable!

For these seeking to be part of us at DKR subsequent season, season ticket deposits are now on sale! For $199 per seat, you may get the primary likelihood to pick out seats after present season ticket holders. If you have ever wished to lock in your spot, now’s the time!

Quite a narrative on our Football standout student-athlete Christian Jones

Oh, and whereas I’ve acquired you, how about our man Christian Jones?! He’s actually an incredible student-athlete. An incredible pupil who accomplished his diploma in sport administration in December and is a member of our Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, his again story and path to soccer could be very distinctive. But now we all know why our 6-foot-6, 333-pound star offensive deal with is so fleet of foot! Here’s the outstanding feature on Christian from our friends at LHN, get pleasure from!!

Everything is Bigger in Texas

A pair weeks in the past at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, we joined President Hartzell in celebrating the retirement of our iconic 100-year-old Big Bertha Drum and welcomed in Big Bertha II. You can hear all about it right here in an amazing story from Walt Maciborski and the folks at KEYE-TV/CBS Austin. It’s nicely price a couple of minutes to click on on it and luxuriate in!

Hook ‘Em Horns,

Chris Del Conte

P.S. — So fired up for Sam! He’s earned it and might’t wait to cheer on our Longhorn Legend!!

P.S. — We are so blessed to have the annual spectacle that’s F1 racing proper right here in our again yard every 12 months. Had a blast stopping by COTA to test it out final week!