The State of Recruiting is a podcast about recruiting in the State of Texas. Horns247 recruiting analysts Mike Roach and Nick Harris work the road in Texas week in and week out to collect the latest recruiting information.

Mike Roach and Nick Harris discuss the big commitment from Justice Finkley, how the first win of the season affects recruiting, and this week's high school picks.

Hosts: Nick Harris and Mike Roach

The first road game of the season is right around the corner, and we have a special guest to preview the matchup been No. 15 ranked Texas and former Southwest Conference rival Arkansas. HawgSports.com publisher Trey Biddy joins this week's interview edition of The Flagship Podcast and delivers an in-depth look at the Razorbacks, who enter Saturday's game against the Longhorns as a touchdown underdog.

Biddy weighs in on Arkansas' season opening win over Rice and what to watch from the Razorbacks when they host the Longhorns Saturday evening.

Texas fans will not want to miss this in-depth preview of the Longhorns' opponent with HawgSports.com publisher Trey Biddy.

Rod Babers, Matt Butler and Jeff Howe are back to break down the 38-18 season-opening win over Louisiana and what's different about Texas under Steve Sarkisian. A lot of things that were left to be desired under the previous regime were cleaned up in the first game of the Sark era, which has created optimism heading to a highly-anticipated road trip to Arkansas.

You can get the latest Longhorn news and analysis at Horns247. The Horn is where Rod (3-7 p.m.) and Jeff (10 a.m.-12 p.m.) can be heard on the air daily.

The Flagship Podcast returns with a loaded episode this week as Horns247 managing editor Taylor Estes and columnist Chip Brown weigh in on what Steve Sarkisian had to say about the Longhorns' performance against Louisiana and give an early preview of Saturday's road game at Arkansas

Texas put up an impressive win over a Top 25 ranked opponent Saturday when the Longhorns took down the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns for the 2021 season opener at Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium,

On Sunday's episode of The Flagship Podcast Horns247 columnist Chip Brown and managing editor Taylor Estes recap the Longhorns' start to the Steve Sarkisian era, which ended with Texas taking down Louisiana 38-18. Chip and Taylor discuss everything from the impressive performance by sophomore running back Bijan Robinson, the third-down go-to guy in wide receiver Jordan Whittington, how redshirt freshman Hudson Card fared in his first collegiate start and Pete Kwiatkowski and the Texas defense getting off to a solid start in holding a Top 25 ranked opponent to fewer than 20 points in the defense's debut.

Catch all of that and much more on this week's game reaction edition of The Flagship Podcast.

The State of Recruiting is a podcast about recruiting in the State of Texas. Horns247 recruiting analysts Mike Roach and Nick Harris work the road in Texas week in and week out to collect the latest recruiting information.

Mike Roach and Nick Harris discuss a red-hot week in Texas recruiting, the opening of the contact period for the 2023 class and high school picks.

Hosts: Nick Harris and Mike Roach

On this week's interview edition of The Flagship Podcast we preview Texas' season opener against the 23rd-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns with Raymond Partsch, host of RP3 and Company on 103.7 The Game in Lafayette (La.) and beat writer covering Louisiana for the Daily Iberian.

Partsch covers it all with Horns247 columnist Chip Brown - from how Louisiana, which is starting a season in the AP Top 25 for the first time in school history, had to adjust for Hurricane Ida coming ashore near New Orleans last weekend to coach Billy Napier as well as the offense, defense and special teams of the Ragin' Cajuns.

Partsch explains why he thinks Napier, the receivers coach at Alabama while Steve Sarkisian was an analyst for the Tide in 2016, turned down interest from Auburn and South Carolina as a head-coaching candidate after Louisiana went 10-1 last year, including a season-opening, 31-14 victory at Iowa State.

Partsch breaks down the Louisiana offense, starting with fifth-year "super senior" quarterback Levi Lewis (5-10, 190), whom Partsch says "makes good decisions and doesn't get you beat by making the big mistake" and who coaches turned loose more in the running game last season (when Lewis averaged 6.1 yards per carry).

Louisiana's leading rushers from last season - Elijah Mitchell and Trey Ragas - are in the NFL now, so the Ragin' Cajuns are looking to sophomore Chris Smith (No. 21) and freshman Emani Bailey (No. 20) of Denton Ryan to carry the load in Louisiana's run-first attack. 

Louisiana has some big receivers, but Partsch says it's a mystery as to which one would be considered the go-to guy in the passing game, because Lewis spreads the ball around, including passes to the running backs.

Partsch breaks down the playmakers from a defense that he says is the strength of the Louisiana team and returns 10 starters from last season. 

Partsch gives the edge in special teams to Louisiana, in part, because running back Chris Smith returned a couple kicks for touchdowns last season.

Partsch provides an injury update on the Ragin' Cajuns and wraps up the interview with a prediction for how the game will play out - so check it out!

IT'S GAME WEEK!!! And The Flagship Podcast is here to get you ready!

In this week's episode, Horns247 columnist Chip Brown takes a three-dimensional view of everything that will be going on outside and inside DKR - before, during and after the Longhorns make their debut under new coach Steve Sarkisian.

Throw in the fact that Sarkisian's debut comes against a veteran Louisiana team (opening the season in the AP Top 25 - at No. 23 - for the first time in school history), coached by Billy Napier, who drew interest from two SEC coaching vacancies after last year's 10-1 season and the intrigue escalates.

Brown talks about how facing the Ragin Cajuns' fifth-year, dual-threat quarterback Levi Lewis will be good preparation for the other dual-threat quarterbacks Texas will face this season against the likes of TCU, Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Baylor.

This week’s episode also gets into Sarkisian's decision to start redshirt freshman quarterback Hudson Card (a story Brown broke last Saturday) with plans to also play redshirt junior QB Casey Thompson and how that's a departure for Sarkisian from past decisions about his signal-callers.

Brown covers all the variables that will impact Saturday's game - right down to a near-100-degree forecast - and how he's not surprised the betting line favoring Texas has shrunk. 

The Flagship also dissects the Texas depth chart release this week and how Horns247 members shouldn't have been surprised by any of the starters. But Brown admits there were a few surprises beyond the starters and discusses which ones.

Brown has done his homework on the Ragin' Cajuns and points out some key players to watch on offense - in addition to Lewis at quarterback, and why Louisiana's 3-3-5 defense is no joke.

In everyone's favorite segment - Love It, Or Leave It – The Flagship gets into whether Saturday's game will be high scoring or low scoring and if special teams will play a significant role as well as what everyone's favorite new attraction on Bevo Boulevard will be on Saturday.

It's game week!! Let The Flagship Podcast get you ready!!

Rod Babers, Matt Butler and Jeff Howe are back to break down the first depth chart release of the Steve Sarkisian era ahead of Saturday's season opener against Louisiana. From the confirmation by Sarkisian that Hudson Card will take the first snap to how the position battles heading into camp played out, the latest episode of Longhorn Blitz leaves no stone unturned when it comes to the roster before diving into a preview of the opener with the Ragin' Cajuns.

You can get the latest Longhorn news and analysis at Horns247. The Horn is where Rod (3-7 p.m.) and Jeff (10 a.m.-12 p.m.) can be heard on the air daily.

This week's interview edition of The Flagship Podcast features a very special guest as FOX college football analyst Joel Klatt joins Horns247 columnist Chip Brown to check in on the state of college football leading up to the start of the season.

Klatt and Brown weigh in on everything from the Longhorns and Sooners pending move to the Southeastern Conference, size up Texas football under first-year head coach Steve Sarkisian, where the Longhorns could finish in the Big 12 race, what the new ‘Alliance’ between the Big 10, Pac 12 and ACC means for the remaining Big 12 members and much, much more!

Texas and college football fans won't want to miss this exclusive interview episode of The Flagship Podcast.