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ESPN’s Todd McShay is excited about the matchup of Texas and [tag]Arizona State[/tag] in the 2007 [tag]Holiday Bowl[/tag]. He sees a high scoring game where the Sun Devils make a few more mistakes and the Horns come out with a victory 31-28.

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The secret to Brown’s bowl success? The Horns are 5-1 in their last 6 bowl appearances.

Holiday Bowl may be last shot for defensive coordinator Duane Akina. Maybe a chance he’s back in non-playcalling role next year?

Despite Mack Brown’s success, Texas fans are never quite satisfied. Interesting article with a national perspective on Brown.

Dennis Franchione is Texas Monthly’s Bum Steer of the Year. Quite the honor for the former Aggie coach.

Longhorns now dealing with effects of smaller recruiting classes & high attrition. 15 of the 54 recruits signed from 2003-2005 are gone.

No big surprise but sophomore forward [tag]Matt Hill[/tag] will have surgery on his left heel and will miss the rest of the season. I think they were holding out hope he could get by without going under the knife and get on the court this year, but I guess that wasn’t the case. He hasn’t played at all this year so he’ll be eligible for a redshirt and will still have three years of eligibility left.

Thankfully, his hair should be fine.

Now that Hill is officially out for the year the impending return of Gary Johnson becomes even more important. Rumors are that he should be cleared sometime in early January. He arrival will bring much needed depth and energy to the team just in time for conference play.

Stewart Mandel’s bowl picks. He think the Horns top Arizona State 35-32, but I think the winner will have to score more than 35.

Texas commit J’Covan Brown hopes to join homegrown talent in NBA. If he can ignore people around him kid is going to be special. (via)

Mack Brown turns up heat in Texas’ bowl preparations. Remind me again why we weren’t doing this all year?