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Chris Hall will be relaxing at his home in Irving during a brief Christmas break.

By JIMMY BURCH AUSTIN - Texas' roster for the BCS National Championship Game expanded Monday by two players, when coach Mack Brown reinstated kickoff returner/tailback D.J. Monroe and safety Christian Scott was cleared academically to compete.Monroe, a redshirt freshman, has averaged 35.8 yards per return this season, with two touchdowns.

Ndamukong Suh arrived in Manhattan on Friday knowing he probably won't win the Heisman Trophy.

Colt McCoy 's late clock management almost cost the Longhorns a chance to advance to the Bowl Championship Series title game.

College football sometimes can spin odd perceptions. The story line for tonight's Big 12 championship game seems to be focused on Nebraska 's suffocating defense against Colt McCoy and the potent Longhorns offense.

As Carl Pelini stormed onto the field following the controversial finish to Saturday's Big 12 championship game, the volatile Nebraska defensive coordinator screamed, while pointing at the Longhorns, "You should be ashamed to accept that trophy!" This just in: Texas isn't ashamed.

2-minute drill: NU vs. Texas KEY MATCHUP What is the Nebraska offensive line up against with Texas? How about a defense that has recorded 37 sacks and 128 quarterback hurries.

Like the rest of his teammates, Texas defensive tackle Lamarr Houston has no firsthand experience from playing in a Big 12 Championship Game.

Lets take a little rivalry history lesson here. - Lets take a little rivalry history lesson here.

Texas coach Mack Brown approached the 2009 season by looking back to a single second in 2008.

By Suzanne Halliburton Lamarr Houston, Texas' erudite defensive tackle, was asked this week if he could imagine any scenario in which his Longhorns could lose to arch-nemesis Texas A&M tonight at Kyle Field.

Jordan Shipley's Longhorns are on the brink of a BCS title game appearance. On the brink: Last year's tiebreaker-gate made Texas' goals for 2009 quite clear.

By JIMMY BURCH COLLEGE STATION - From a numerology standpoint, tonight's opportunity is awash in irony for the third-ranked Texas Longhorns.Texas has a chance to clinch the first 12-0 regular-season record in school history.

In getting a jump-start on holiday spirit, Texas has made out its preliminary list and is checking it twice.

Senior Horns share their one special game memory. By Alan Trubow AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Saturday is the beginning of the end.

After a dominant win over Central Florida, the Texas defense nosed ahead of Florida as the top-ranked unit in the country.

By JIMMY BURCH Texas kick returner/running back D.J. Monroe has been suspended indefinitely by coach Mack Brown after Sunday's arrest on a charge of driving while intoxicated in Hays County, near Austin.A spokesman for the Hays County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Monroe, 20, was arrested Sunday morning and later released after posting a $3,000 ...

Texas coach Mack Brown has given his team a choice. Finish the season like 2005, when the Longhorns won the national championship, or crater down the stretch like they did in 2006.

D.J. Monroe arrested on DWI charges early Sunday. Rodolfo Gonzalez AMERICAN-STATESMAN Texas freshman D.J. Monroe, returning a kickoff for a touchdown in the first half against Louisiana-Monroe on Sept.

Texas running back Tre Newton had felt like himself for a while after suffering a concussion against Colorado last month.