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NEW NORMAL GOSSIP MERCH!

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: DEC 31 Semifinal Game Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

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The College Football Playoff Was Always Just A TV Show

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Dan McQuade

TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - SEPTEMBER 09: Adonai Mitchell #5 of the Texas Longhorns celebrates with teammates after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide 34-24 at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 09, 2023 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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Texas Is Back! Definitely? Maybe!

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Texas Fires Coach Chris Beard Following Arrest On Felony Domestic Violence Charge

It Should Be Simple For Texas To Do The Right Thing Here

Texas Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Beard Arrested For Domestic Violence

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Do Not Root For The Vile Oklahoma In Tonight’s Softball World Series

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Death To The NCAA

Fine, I Will Coach The University Of Texas Football Team

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Tom Ley

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Media Meltdowns

We Must Do Everything In Our Power To Stop This From Happening Again

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Samer Kalaf

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Life's Rich Pageant

The Case Of “Pole Assassin” And The Monkey-Child Halloween Incident

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Infinite Replay

The Bubble Screen That Haunts Me

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Drew Magary

DALLAS, TEXAS - OCTOBER 12: A general view of play between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners during the 2019 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 12, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Oklahoma v Texas

A Bigger SEC Is Better Football

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Ray Ratto

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - DECEMBER 29: DeMarvion Overshown #0 and D'Shawn Jamison #5 of the Texas Longhorns react after a turnover in the fourth quarter against the Colorado Buffaloes during the Valero Alamo Bowl at the Alamodome on December 29, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)

Valero Alamo Bowl – Texas v Colorado

There’s Room In The Future For A Big Fat SEC And Not Much Else

University Of Texas Donors Send Awful Emails In Defense Of Racist Song

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Head coach John Calipari of the Kentucky Wildcats talks to his players during a time-out during the second half against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on December 19, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Tar Heels defeated the Wildcats 75-63.

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