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CapMetro axes two UT shuttle routes
UHS takes precautions for flu, gives free vaccines
By Amanda Voeller @amandaevoeller
Students who ride UT shuttles to campus will need to find alternate methods to commute to class starting in the spring. The Capital Metro board of directors voted unanimously at a meeting Monday to eliminate the Wickersham Lane shuttle route and decrease the coverage of the Cameron Road shuttle route beginning in spring 2014. The Cameron Road route
will only serve students in the Camino La Costa area north of campus — where many graduate students reside — until the end of the spring semester, when the route will be eliminated completely. Pat Clubb, vice president for university operations, said the University tries to support routes that carry the largest number of students. The University pays $6,435,315.18 to CapMetro for bus and shuttle service, CapMetro spokeswoman Melissa Ayala said. The
University’s funding to CapMetro remains flat even though CapMetro would have required the University to increase shuttle funding because of rising transportation costs to keep all current routes. “As choices are made, if a route has a low ridership, then it becomes a candidate for elimination since those dollars can support a route with much greater ridership,” Clubb said. Many graduate students
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John Langmore, vice chair of Capital Metro’s board of directors, listens to Austin locals voice their concerns about various issues Monday morning.
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Pulitzer Prize winner talks diversity, culture By Wynne Davis @wynneellen
In a discussion on the role that race and other minority statuses play in creating art, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz said he felt UT students should be more concerned about the societal implication of recently reported bleach bombings in West Campus. When asked about two incidents involving water balloons thrown at minority students this school year, Díaz said he felt a stronger community response was warranted. “Institutionally, the absolute lack of safety and disregard that that represents for a certain community of the school [is something] I think should chill everyone,” Díaz said, responding to a question from an audience member. “If there‘s not an energetic response from every member and every sector of the institution, that’s an
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz reads from his book, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” to an audience at the Blanton Auditorium on Monday evening. Díaz’s complex characters often reflect his own experiences as a Dominican-American immigrant.
October marks the beginning of flu season, accompanied annually by a flurry of sniffy noses and 100degree fevers. Starting Monday, University Health Services will offer flu shots to UT students, faculty and staff on select dates through Oct. 17. The flu shot service is free for students who have insurance — except Health Maintenance Organization plans, plans with insurance companies based outside the U.S. and governmental plans — and faculty and staff who have UT Select insurance. Other students, faculty and staff can be vaccinated for $10. Last year, UHS vaccinated a total of 5,400 students and 3,400 faculty and staff, according to Sherry Bell, UHS senior program coordinator, who is leading the flu shot campaign. Theresa Spalding, medical director at UHS, said she sees the most students come in after Thanksgiving and winter break, peaking in February. Spalding said the department’s strategy is to vaccinate as many students as possible to avoid the spread of the flu. “If by chance, someone [is] exposed to the virus [after vaccination], they won’t get it and they won’t spread it,” Spalding said. Rachel York, a youth and community studies junior, received a flu vaccine last year. York said she plans to get vaccinated again this fall.
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New study examines college smoking habits
Gymnasts balance competition, injuries
By Nneka Waturuocha @thedailytexan
Two UT professors are among several nationally chosen scholars to analyze trends in young people’s tobacco use and how those trends correlate to targeted marketing. Alexandra Loukas, a kinesiology and health education professor, and Keryn Pasch, a kinesiology and health education assistant professor, are part of the newly founded Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science on Youth and Young Adults. The center is housed at the UT School of Public Health, which received a grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health for its research. The research will include surveying UT students about their tobacco usage over a period of six months and will also document tobacco marketing around campus. “We’ll be documenting all
outdoor tobacco marketing … and also marketing at the point of sale, such as at convenience stores, gas stations, etc.,” Loukas said. “We’ll also document advertising and promotions in the magazines and newspapers that our participants read, on the websites they visit and the direct mail they receive from tobacco companies.” The goal of the study is not only to more closely understand the ways in which UT students are being influenced by tobacco marketing, but also to further understand the factors that can lead to long-term use of tobacco products. “Over the past 13 years, cigarette use has been declining but use of non-cigarette alternatives is becoming increasingly more popular,” Loukas said. “Most non-cigarette alternatives are flavored. Flavored products appeal to younger, less experienced
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By Rachel Wenzlaff @RachelWenzlaff
The width of the average man’s foot is 4.1 inches, and the width of the average female’s foot is approximately 3.6 inches. And a balance beam? About 4 inches — which probably feels smaller if someone has to flip backward and land perfectly back on the beam. The members of the UT women’s gymnastics team do this every day, not only managing to re-plant their feet firmly on the beam, but doing it with ease and grace. “I think it speaks a lot to a gymnast’s character that they do the impossible,” said Rachel Zarosky, math senior and team president. “People don’t understand what it takes to be a gymnast.” The balance beam is only one of four events where gymnasts “do the impossible.” The other events of women’s gymnastics include floor exercise, vault and
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Freshman Anna Curl of the UT women’s gymnastics team balances on the horizontal bar during practice last week.
uneven bars. Each is different with its own set of skill requirements, yet all of them carry the risk of serious injury. Team captain Laurita Vargas has fought through two ACL injuries from
tumbling on the floor and riding her bike. Despite being on the team for three years, this is the first year Vargas will actually get the chance to compete. Most injuries come from instantaneous, identifiable
accidents, such as Vargas’. But some injuries, such as team treasurer and biology junior Sara Journeay’s injury, come simply from the repeated pounding and
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The Daily Texan speaks one-on-one with Junot Díaz. See full interview with Díaz at dailytexanonline.com. ONLINE
Greek students are overrepresented in SG. PAGE 4
Texas running backs bounce back. PAGE 6
Magnum Photos are on display at Ransom Center. PAGE 4
Horns Up to Junot Díaz for speaking with students. PAGE 4
Stat Guy: Examining the rest of the Big 12. PAGE 6
The new Drake album shows his softer side. ONLINE
A UT classical archaelogy professor went to Ukraine to laud an excavation site’s U.N. designated World Heritage status. dailytexanonline.com
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CORRECTIONS Because of a reporting error, a story on the Sept. 20 issue of The Daily Texan about renovations to Auditorium Shores misattributed a quote about the benefits to students. Terry Jungman, Austin Parks and Recreation department representative, said the quote.
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Physics junior Reggie Du practices his indoor free climbing at Gregory Gym on Monday afternoon.
Because of an editing error, a graphic that ran on the Sept. 23 issue of The Daily Texan with a story about AUF funding at the UT System used an incorrect logo. The logo should have been from UT-Permian Basin in Odessa.
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extraordinary thing.” Díaz read a selection from his award-winning 2008 novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” and engaged guests in a Q-and-A session at the Blanton Museum of Art on Monday. He spoke as part of the Texas Institute for Literary and Textual Studies series, “Reading Race in Literature and Film.” French professor Alexandra Wettlaufer, whose class reads “Oscar Wao,” said she was excited to hear Díaz speak. “It was great to hear him speak because he has such a great voice in his novels, and I think in person he has a very distinctive voice and way of connecting to the audience which breaks down barriers,” Wettlaufer said. “You felt like he was talking directly to each one of us, and I feel like there’s that same energy and creative explosions in the way he speaks that we fell in love
with in ‘Oscar Wao,’ ‘[This Is] How You Lose Her’ and his other stories.” Díaz spoke about his ties to the Caribbean and the impact of masculine gender stereotypes on his life, an issue he said affects society as a whole today. Recently Díaz wrote a piece called “Monstro” for The New Yorker, which takes place in Haiti and falls into the science fiction realm. Attendees asked him how he found himself writing about a post-apocalyptic world. “Science fiction allows us to really see what happened in the Caribbean where realism doesn’t,” Díaz said. English senior Omar Gamboa said he read “Oscar Wao” in a freshman English class and he simply had to see the author in person. “His work really strikes a chord for me, reminding me of home, the machismo I grew up with and just, well, being a hopeful nerd in the midst of it all,” Gambao said.
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“I used to always get the flu when I didn’t get the flu shot, and ever since I got the shot, I don’t get the flu so I make sure to get it,” York said. Business freshman Fariha Hossain said she gets vaccinated approximately every other year and plans to visit UHS sometime this week to get the flu vaccine. “I have a really weak immune system,” Hossain said. “I get sick when the weather changes rapidly.” Some students don’t believe the flu shot helps them avoid the flu. “I only get it if I’m required to,” biology freshman Marcia Rondonuwu said. “In high school, I was in a premed program. Because I volunteered at a hospital, I was required to get a flu shot.” Despite some students’ claims regarding the flu vaccine’s inefficiency, UHS said it offers the vaccines in the best interest of the students. “We’re here to keep students healthy so they can perform well academically and in their personal lives,” Bell said. “Getting a flu shot is the best way to prevent the flu.” A full schedule of vaccination dates, information about the flu and flu symptoms can be found at healthyhorns.utexas.edu.
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Students should still fight bus route closure The Capital Metro Board of Directors met Monday to discuss a number of issues, including the possible shutting down of two low-ridership shuttle routes that cater mainly to graduate students. According to Capital Metro, the University is no longer giving them enough funds to keep these routes running. The Capital Metro board had a chance to keep the Wickersham Lane and Cameron Road shuttle routes, the routes in question, open, but after hearing testimony from a few key players in the debate, it approved their elimination unanimously, 7-0. The move didn’t come as all that big a surprise to Columbia Mishra, president of the Graduate Student Assembly. “It was a formality on Cap Metro’s part to approve [the proposal],” Mishra said. That proposal came about through discussions last year by the UT Shuttle Committee, which included 11 graduate students. According to Parking and Trans-
portation Services Director Bobby Stone, the committee voted 10-1-4 in favor of the changes now to be enacted and against fighting for additional funds to maintain the routes. Still, the move will have a profound impact on graduate students. In an interview with the Daily Texan editorial board early this month, Mishra pointed out that many graduate students have to look for housing in the areas the routes in question service because of a combination of low salaries and high rents. Luckily, the pain won’t be felt all at once. While the Wickersham Lane shuttle, which serves several apartment complexes south of Riverside Drive, will be discontinued at the end of this semester, the Cameron Road shuttle will be phased out by the end of next semester. Instead of being given the ax in December, the northernmost shuttle will instead be limited to the apartments along Camino La Costa starting
next semester before being canceled completely at the end of the school year. At the hearing, Capital Metro’s Principal Planner Roberto Gonzalez reiterated the agency’s reasons for accepting the proposal, including low ridership counts and the possibility of rerouting city buses to fill the gaps left by the route cancellations. However, we remain concerned about the accuracy of the data on which so much of this decision was based. Sociology graduate student Chelsea Smith took the opportunity today to question whether simply counting the number of rides taken in a day was a fair measure of route popularity. “To me that [measure of ridership] counts rides, so as UT students we’re all paying into this budget, so this number that we’re using is the number of rides that happen [throughout a] day,” Smith said. “If a student living in West Campus takes it to and from campus multiple times a day, that could be, say, six
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to eight rides, but as graduate students and other students living farther away, we’re only taking the shuttle in once a day ... We’re paying the same amount as everybody else, but we’re counting as less.” In addition to Smith’s concerns, GSA communications director David Villarreal, who was not present at the hearing, has called into question the reliability of numbers obtained by the agency’s onboard automatic counting technology. “Supposedly, every time a student enters the bus from either the front or the rear, they pass through lasers that count them,” Villarreal said. “However, if you go to any UT shuttle, you will see that the reflectors are only on the front door and not the rear exit. This is important because many students enter and exit ... without ever being counted.” We understand that Capital Metro offered students several chances to speak out against the proposal. We also understand that there were a number of graduate
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Members of the Capital Metro Board on Monday.
students on the committee that originally put forth this proposal. However, we have to side with Mishra, who told the board that “[students] need more time” and opportunity to participate in the process. Granted, members of the public were allowed one last chance to weigh in today, but the actual vote was shoehorned into the end of the meeting in a package of measures that included unrelated items of business such as the approval of contracts to
implement a customer WiFi system on city buses and to demolish and remove an existing HVAC chiller. Students deserve better than that. At the very least, they deserve a “public forum on our campus,” as Mishra called for Monday. While some of the changes are slated to be implemented next semester, the damage done Monday is not irreversible. The responsibility now lies with students to look for a funding solution to keep students on the shuttles.
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In an article published in the Austin-American Statesman on Saturday, The Associated Press pointed out that none of the Republicans running for statewide office in 2014 support expanding protections for LGBTQ groups. Considering the socially conservative nature of our state, this makes sense, but that doesn’t mean we can’t resent whoever chained fiscal conservatism to archaic and immoral policies against LGBTQ citizens. Would it be too much to ask for a conservative who dislikes the deficit but doesn’t mind if a man marries a man? In Texas, apparently, the answer is yes.
HORNS UP: JUNOT DIAZ DAZZLES STUDENTS WITHOUT SEATS At an event at the Blanton Museum of Art on Monday night, Pulitzer-prize-winning author Junot Diaz went out of his way to accommodate the roughly 100 students who were not able to get a seat in the packed auditorium to hear him speak. Before the event officially started, Diaz walked outside to the crowd and took student questions for more than 10 minutes. It’s not often that a Pultizer-prize-winning author is so generous with their time, and we thank Diaz for making the money spent on his appearance well worth it.
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Greek students overrepresented in SG Assembly By Kallen Dimitroff Guest Columnist
This Tuesday, less than a month into the semester, students will be asked to vote in the first Student Government election of the school year when they elect two firstyear representatives from the freshman class. In the buzz that surrounds both this election and the larger elections in the spring, I, myself a Greek member of the Student Government Assembly, find myself struggling with an issue that is often spoken of but rarely confronted: dominant Greek representation in Student Government. More than half of the people who represent students and who make decisions regarding students’ academic, external and internal concerns come from 14 percent of UT’s general population. There are 16 students who are members of Greek organizations sitting on a 31-person legislative body, not to mention the student body president, who is also a member of a Greek organization and holds the power of appointment for more than 17 executive agencies. This imbalance is not something that has gone un-
noticed, nor is it something that I believe should go unaddressed. The University of Texas at Austin is devoted to creating a diverse and inclusive campus. However, within Student Government, we fall short of achieving that same demographic ideal. It would appear that the Greek candidates almost always win their elections, presumably because Greeks have the privileged support of a large and active voter base. Unfortunately, while the support for Greek candidates is tremendous, even humbling, it creates an unnecessary barrier to entry for the remaining 86 percent of our campus, resulting in the lower level of representation of non-Greek students in the assembly. All this raises the question: How is Student Government as an organization supposed to address student issues if there isn’t a diverse range of students to contribute their perspectives and solutions? The answer is quite simple: It can’t. Not fully, anyway. In addition to the obvious problems with having a majority Greek assembly, there are many misconceptions about Greek representatives caused by the advantages
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Greek students have in the election process. Below are three examples of complaints myself and other Student Government members have heard and the corresponding responses I would give, given my own experiences: 1. Greek assembly hopefuls don’t have to campaign because they automatically get the Greek vote. The Truth: As a whole, we do run campaigns. We dedicate hours standing on the West Mall and have trash cans of flyers no one actually reads to prove it. We have YouTube videos, Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, damaged grades during election season, friends that are inundated with notifications about our platform points and a whole lot of organization meetings to attend in order to get our names out there. 2. Greek assembly members make sure their friends get positions within Student Government. The Truth: All representative positions are elected, and there is no feasible way internal members could grant anyone those positions. Regarding appointments, the
Executive Board (composed of the President, VP and five other members that essentially serve as their “cabinet”) extensively interview everyone who fills out the appointment applications and officially put people up for appointments. Once nominated for appointment, each appointee is carefully reviewed by the Assembly Board (a committee comprised of all committee chairs, typically representatives with experience or relevant platforms), and finally the Student Government Assembly (composed of college, First Year, and University Wide Representatives) questions, debates and votes on the appointees. 3. Greek members of the assembly are not dedicated and don’t make any real change. The Truth: Absolutely untrue. There are, admittedly, representatives who are elected and drop the assembly for a variety of reasons, but there is no trend that suggests these are predominantly Greek members. Most of us have excellent attendance records, work regularly with administrators and students and often achieve our platform points by the end of
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the session. In short, Greek students have had many positive impacts on our University through Student Government. But that doesn’t change my belief that the advantage possessed by Greek candidates in Student Government elections is unfair. Consequently, I encourage you to endorse the candidates who best represent your views, whatever background, culture, organization or political affiliation they themselves may hold. The Greek com-
munity is by no means the only area of campus capable of mobilizing a large support base, and more communities on campus would do well to follow the Greeks’ example of voter engagement. Become excited, start campaigns and don’t let the Greek community represent you as much as it does if you don’t feel that it can adequately address your issues. And lastly, be thoughtful when you log into www.utexasvote.org. Dimitroff is a government sophomore from Houston.
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From Marilyn Monroe and Fidel Castro to Mohandas Gandhi, Magnum Photos portray images of cultural icons, political strife and international conflict. About 200,000 Magnum prints have been donated to the Ransom Center in what is expected to be the largest donation ever made to the center. The photos will be the subject of lectures, seminars and individual research for years to come. Magnum, a cooperative photo agency founded in 1947 by photographers Robert Capa, David Seymour, George Rodger, Henri Cartier-Bresson and William Vandivert, was the first photo agency of its kind, created by photographers, for photographers. “It’s a picture agency which, by its very inception, changed the whole process of photo agencies and, therefore, the face of journalism in the 20th century,” said Roy Flukinger, senior research curator at the Ransom Center. “It was a radical concept.” Before Magnum, publications hired photographers for a story and then owned the rights to the photos. With
the creation of Magnum, photographers retained the rights to their photos after they were published and had greater say in how their pictures were used. “Once they formed Magnum, their picture stories reflected their own intentions and their own narratives, so the way that they worked wasn’t any different but the way their wishes were actually translated into the final publication were probably much stronger once they had the control,” said Jessica McDonald, chief curator of photography for the Ransom Center. This new level of creative control allowed photographers to publish their own fresh perspectives. “They had a point of view, they wanted to tell the stories their way and they wanted to control not only the way photographs were made, but the way they were used and the way that they could tell their point of view in their work,” Flukinger said. Photos taken by Magnum photographers can be used after initial publication. At times, their work became part of photo books, videos and multimedia projects. The Magnum collection seamlessly transitions
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Longhorns dash back to success By Peter Sblendorio @petersblendorio
Coming into the season, many believed Texas’ biggest asset would be its stable of talented and experienced running backs. After a dominating performance in which the Longhorns rushed for 359 yards in Week 1, Texas’ ground attack scuffled, averaging just 128 rushing yards and 3.4 yards per carry over the next two games — both losses. Texas turned things around in a major way against Kansas State on Saturday, racking up 227 yards on the ground on 47 carries while rushing for three touchdowns. Not coincidentally, this rejuvenated performance by the backfield guided the Longhorns to their first victory in three contests. Junior running back Malcolm Brown believes the running backs possess an extremely high ceiling. “It can be great,” Brown said. “The offensive line was opening up those holes. We can find them if they’re out there. It was great and we can do things like that every week.” Brown turned in his best performance of the season against the Wildcats with 40 rushing yards and a touchdown, but it was sophomore running back Johnathan Gray who stole the show. Gray ran for a career-high 141 yards while scoring two touchdowns, and he believes the Texas offensive line was the key to the group’s turnaround.
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Junior running back Malcolm Brown escapes tacklers during in Saturday’s win against the Wildcats. Texas’ running backs have bounced back after two straight losses in non-conference play to BYU and Ole Miss and recorded 227 yards on the ground in the Longhorns’ 31-32 win against Kansas State.
“Our offensive line did a great job this week, preparation, knowing the schemes, what K-State was going to bring at us,” Gray said. “They did a great job of blocking. I had some big open holes. Our job as backs was to hit them and that’s what we did tonight.” The Longhorns know
they are at their best when the running backs are setting the tempo for the offense, as evidenced by last Saturday’s performance. While the running backs garnered most of the attention following the win, co-offensive coordinator Major Applewhite believes every member of
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It’s the other 10 guys putting you in that position.” The Longhorns realized their ineffectiveness on offense in losses against Brigham Young University and Ole Miss stemmed from an imbalance on offense. Because of this, Texas placed increased emphasis on
improving the rushing attack heading into its game against the Wildcats. “We really made it a point at practice that we wanted to improve in our running game and be more balanced,” senior left guard Trey Hopkins said. “We came in with the mentality that we were going to run the ball.”
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continues from page 1 joint stress that go with the sport. “I had elbow surgery and ankle surgery,” Journeay said. “I frayed my ligaments from overuse, and I broke off a piece of cartilage in my ankle they had to take out.” According to the American College of Emergency Physicians, the annual injury rate of gymnasts is on par with rates reported from contact sports such as hockey, soccer and basketball. Despite these high rates of injuries, Texas gymnastics continues to draw people back. “I think a lot of gymnasts will tell you, you spend so much time in the gym, it just kind of is your life,” Journeay said. “So when
the Texas offense deserves credit for the ground game’s turnaround. “I thought it was a great team effort. I thought we did a good job up front blocking,” Applewhite said. “I thought our backs did a great job in breaking tackles. When you run the ball, the backs get a lot of credit.
you stop doing it, you just kind of lose your sense of identity for a while.” Although gymnastics is mainly an individual sport, the team component is important for the squad. “I belong here with these people and they accept me and they love me,” Journeay said. “I love coming to [the] gym and I couldn’t imagine being with anyone else.” Although skills and experiences may vary, one thing remains constant across the team members: their passion for the sport and each other. “We don’t win all the time, but I think that we probably have the most fun at meets,” Vargas said. “I could not be more grateful to have a team like this.”
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Coming weeks daunting for Texas By David Leffler
Daily Texan Columnist @texansports
Texas can’t seem to catch a break. Despite opening up their Big 12 schedule with a 31-21 victory over Kansas State — and taking some momentary heat off head coach Mack Brown — the Longhorns limped off the field Saturday after losing both junior quarterback David Ash and junior linebacker Jordan Hicks to injury. Hicks is out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon, and Ash’s status is in question for the year as he deals with a potential second concussion in three weeks. Following its bye week, Texas takes on winless Iowa State on the road. On paper, it’s a favorable matchup for the Longhorns. The Cyclones, who lost both of their home games this season, are averaging just 20.5 points a game. In addition, Iowa State is ineffective at running the ball, which has — sorry Jordan Hicks — been Texas’ Achilles heel. The Cyclones’ leading rusher, Sam Richardson, only totaled 86 yards this season. The Longhorns could be in for a rough stretch when they head to Dallas for the Red River Rivalry game against Oklahoma, who shellacked them 63-21 last season. Led by senior running back Brennan Clay and junior quarterback Blake Bell, who had
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Oklahoma running back Brennan Clay runs against the Longhorns’ defense in last season’s Red River Rivalry game. Texas will face off against the Sooners again next month in Dallas.
four rushing touchdowns in last year’s game, the Sooners boast a rushing attack that could give the Texas defense fits. Oklahoma has beaten the Longhorns by at least 45 points four times in the Mack Brown era, including each of the past two years. Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops would love nothing more than to send Brown out the door with one final tail kicking. After the Red River Rivalry, Texas hits the road for two of its next three games, taking on a TCU team that has stumbled out to a disappointing 1-2 record. Although the Horned Frogs have yet to hold an opponent under 20
points, don’t underestimate their defense: They smothered Texas in their 20-13 win on Thanksgiving last year. The following two games provide beatable opponents for the Longhorns. They face a weak Kansas team at home before heading to Morgantown to play West Virginia, which holds a 4-6 conference record since joining the Big 12 last year. By far, the toughest stretch for Texas will be its final three games, when it will take on Big 12 favorite Oklahoma State, upstart Texas Tech and offensive-juggernaut Baylor. Oklahoma State and Baylor look especially dangerous because they have something
Texas doesn’t: a game-changing quarterback. Despite splitting time, J.W. Walsh excelled in Oklahoma State’s three victories this year, using both his arm and legs to rack up 824 yards of offense and seven touchdowns. Baylor’s Bryce Petty has looked even better, throwing for 1,001 yards and eight touchdowns without an interception thus far. Though Brown preaches “one game at a time,” some of these games are surely looming in the back of his mind. With four ranked opponents and only three home games remaining for the Longhorns, this team’s resilience will be tested.
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