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The entry titled "Football team presents its awards at annual banquet." Categories Football team presents its awards at annual banquet Friday, December 11, 2009, 08:24 PM Colt McCoy won the George "Hook" McCullough trophy as the Longhorns most valuable player during Friday night's annual football banquet.

The entry titled "3rd quarter: Texas leads, 10-6." Categories 3rd quarter: Texas leads, 10-6 Saturday, December 5, 2009, 09:51 PM Nebraska's defense may have ruled the first half, but the third quarter belonged to the Longhorns.

Texas defensive end Eddie Jones had a piece of confetti on the side of his head talking about celebrating.

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.

Gobbled up: The Texas defense corralled A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson on this play, but the Aggies mostly had their way with the Longhorns on Thanksgiving night, racking up 39 points and 532 yards of offense.

The Big 12 championship game can't arrive quickly enough for Texas defensive players eager to make amends for their last game, against Texas A&M. The Longhorns, ranked third nationally in defense entering the game, allowed 39 points and 532 yards.

A few weeks after it appeared Colt McCoy's Heisman Trophy chances were fading, this formula - which has correctly predicted each of the last six Heisman winners - says McCoy is now the favorite to take home the trophy in three weeks.

By now you know about A&M's loss to UT Thursday night. If not it was 49-39, something Longhorn fans are ecstatic about.

Colt McCoy threw four touchdown passes and No. 3 Texas overcame a huge game by Texas A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson to wrap up an undefeated regular season with a 49-39 victory against the Aggies on Thursday night.

Eleven games into the season and less than two weeks from possibly securing a place in the Bowl Championship Series title game, the Texas Longhorns' record is perfect.

The Longhorns don't plan on talking about the 10-year anniversary of the Texas A&M bonfire collapse that killed 12 people.

Texas and Texas A&M don't play each other for championships anymore, and the state's biggest football rivalry has changed in other ways, too.

Texas Longhorns defensive end Sam Acho, left, and linebacker Emmanuel Acho can be tough to tell apart on the field.

By BLAKE HURTIK AUSTIN - Although they share the same middle and last names, Curtis and Chykie Brown aren't brothers.

Horns hope NCAA clears Scott for bowl. Thursday, November 12, 2009 The Longhorns have asked the NCAA to look into whether sophomore safety Christian Scott could play in Texas' bowl game.

It wasn't the most team-oriented thing to say, nor did it do much for his reputation of humility.

No one covers University of Texas sports like the American-Statesman beat writers.

Texas trio earns kudos for academics. Friday, November 06, 2009 Texas defensive end Sam Acho , left tackle Adam Ulatoski and deep snapper Will Harvey have been named to ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District 6 first team.

By Alan Trubow AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Sunday, November 08, 2009 Defensive end Sam Acho started a family Saturday.

The University of Texas provided the following excerpts Coach Mack Brown's weekly press conference: Opening statement: The guys played really hard on Saturday night.