On Second Thought

Should Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds be enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Longtime HOF voter Richard Justice of Texas Monthly joined the On Second Thought podcast to explain why he decided to not vote this year.
He also discussed with hosts Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden his longstanding relationship with Texas ex Clemens and why he believes MLB and the Hall voters have dropped the ball when it comes to the handling of the fallout from the Steroid Era.
The guys also discuss Gary Patterson’s possible impact at the University of Texas and the current plight of the Houston Texans, a team Justice covered extensively while a columnist at the Houston Chronicle.

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Gary Patterson sitting in an Erwin Center box with Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte Tuesday night while sporting a Texas shirt is already the biggest story of the 2022 football season.
On this week’s On Second Thought podcast, Brian Davis joins hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls to the conversation he had with the coaching legend and his former TCU AD and the trio discusses how bringing Patterson in as a special assistant would affect the dynamic on the field and in coaching meetings.
They also examine the struggles of Chris Beard’s Texas basketball team, which just dropped its second straight game to fall to 3-3 in conference play with some really tough games coming up, starting with a Saturday home game against Oklahoma State.
Kirk and Ced then seal up the coffin on the Dallas Cowboys after their latest playoff failure and preview the weekend NFL playoff slate.

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In the first podcast of 2022, On Second Thought hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls recap the thrilling national title game between Georgia and Alabama and discuss the distance separating those programs from the Texas Longhorns, who turned in a clunker last season.
They also discuss the biggest stories of the 2021 sports year, including the COVID-19 effect, Todd’s Dodge’s three-peat at Westlake and name, image and likeness for college athletes.
They cap off a jam-packed episode with an NFL playoff preview, including Dallas’ tough home test against San Francisco.

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Kenny Vaccaro always brought a sense of toughness and leadership to the locker room. The former Texas All-American safety, never one to mince words, gave his take on this week’s On Second Thought podcast as to what he believes is ailing the current team, which missed the bowl season after finishing 5-7 under first year coach Steve Sarkisian.
Vaccaro just retired after a successful eight-year NFL career split between the New Orleans Saints and the Tennessee Titans. He discusses his new ESports organization, his longtime passion for video gaming and how he is adjusting to retirement while living in Austin.
Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls also address the latest on the Quinn Ewers sago, how offensive linemen coming to Texas are making big bucks and Longhorn hoops.

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As the Texas football team prepares for an early offseason after missing out on a bowl game with its fourth 5-7 finish since 2012, beat writer Brian Davis joins On Second Thought hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls to examine how it all went wrong in 2021 on the Forty Acres.
The guys break down what wrong in Steve Sarkisian’s first season at the helm and what changes, if any, could be on the horizon. Also, Oklahoman columnist Berry Tramel drops in to discuss the fallout from Lincoln Riley’s shocking resignation to take the head coaching job at Southern California after five seasons with the Oklahoma Sooners and how the game’s dynamics have changed due to the huge money coaches are making, thanks in part to the influence of agents.

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Are the Texas Longhorns too broken to salvage a bowl bid with two straights wins to end the regular season?
With the Horns traveling to West Virginia for Game No. 11, Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls weigh the desperation level in this week’s episode of On Second Thought.
Also, Texas men’s basketball coach Chris Beard discusses his team’s loss to top-ranked Gonzaga and how his new members are mixing with the four returning players from last season’s team that lost in the first round of the NCAAs.

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With the Texas Longhorns in the midst of a four-game losing streak, the frustration has not only extended to the fan base but to the alumni who helped the build the program.

2008 Fiesta Bowl Defensive MVP Roy Miller joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast to discuss what’s ailing the Texas Longhorns, especially a defense that has surrendered second-half double-digit leads over the last four games.

Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer gives us a primer on some new faces on the roster after the Horns opened the season with a 131-36 win over New Orleans. Texas visits defending national champion Stanford Sunday.

Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls try to make sense of what happened to the Dallas Cowboys in that 30-16 loss to Denver and the fallout from Aaron Rodgers’ COVID-19 situation.

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ESPN College GameDay host Rece Davis joins the On Second Thought podcast this week to break down the first College Football Playoff rankings and answer the eternal question: did the voting committee get it right?

Davis also gives his bird’s eye view from Bristol on what’s going on with the Texas Longhorns and what Steve Sarkisian may have to do to get things turned around in the 512.

Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk handicap the chances of Texas going into Ames and pulling off the upset over Iowa State after blowing three consecutive second-half double-digits leads, the massive fallout from Aaron Rodgers’ positive COVID-19 test and their current top five in the NFL, including where the surging Dallas Cowboys rank entering a road game against the Von Miller-less  Denver Broncos.

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The Texas Longhorns are off the bye week and face a crossroads game at Baylor Saturday.
Waco Tribune-Herald writers Brice Cherry and John Werner visit this week’s On Second Thought podcast to give a primer on the No. 16 Bears, who are off to a 6-1 start under second-year coach Dave Aranda and also discuss the probability of Texas and Baylor continuing their rivalry after the Horns and Oklahoma Sooners depart for the Southeastern Conference.
Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls also dive into the current mental state of Steve Sarkisian’s Horns, who have blown double-digit second-half leads in losses to the Sooners and Oklahoma State and if they are in the right head space to turn the season around in a hostile environment against a confident opponent.

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Joel Klatt knows a thing or two about Big 12 football from his days as the quarterback of the Colorado Buffaloes.

In years since the 2005 Big 12 title loss to the eventual national champion Texas Longhorns, Klatt has become one of the best color commentators in the business. 

Klatt, who will be on hand with Fox broadcast partner Gus Johnson on Saturday when Texas hosts Oklahoma State, joins the On Second Thought podcast this week to examine the Longhorns’ mental state after the Oklahoma collapse, the fight for the top spot in college football and what he thinks might happen when it comes time for the College Football Playoffs.

Hosts Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden also discuss the passing of Texas basketball pioneer Leon Black, the surging Dallas Cowboys and the firestorm in Las Vegas with the resignation of embattled Raiders head coach Jon Gruden.

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