Nearly three weeks removed from the annual Orange-White spring game, Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian joins the On Second Thought podcast and gives an update on what improvements he seeks to make on the roster between now and summer workouts.
He also discusses the NFL upside of Texas exes Xavier Worthy (Kansas City Chiefs) and Adonai Mitchell (Indianapolis Colts).
Texas golf coach John Fields drops in to preview Monday’s NCAA regional at the UT golf club. Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls also touch on the red-hot Texas softball team and baseball’s chances to repeat as Big 12 champions with two series remaining.

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NFL Network/CBS football analyst Charles Davis drops in on the On Second Thought podcast to break down how several drafted Texas Longhorns — including wideout Xavier Worthy and defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat — will fare with their new NFL teams.
The Horns had 11 players drafted and several could make an immediate impact. Davis discusses those and Atlanta’s surprising selection of Washington quarterback Michael Penix despite the offseason signing of Pro Bowler Kirk Cousins.

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No one can break down a football team like Rod Babers.
the Longhorn football legend and radio personality joins the On Second Thought podcast this week to examine Texas backup quarterback Arch Manning’s superb performance in the Orange-White game and how it affects the dynamic with starter Quinn Ewers moving forward.
He also points out Steve Sarkisian’s biggest concerns as the Horns prepare for Year 1 in the Southeastern Conference.

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Former Texas star Alex Okafor joins the On Second Thought podcast to discuss how the Longhorns will replace some huge contributors in 2024.
Okafor, the 2012 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and a Super Bowl champion with the Kansas City Chiefs, also gives his take on what we can expect from quarterback Quinn Ewers in his senior season and which player(s) will step up in the pass-rush departments.
Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls examine Texas baseball’s major struggles after Tuesday’s embarrassing 17-9 loss to UT Rio Grande Valley and the moves basketball coach Rodney Terry has been making in the transfer portal with the exits of starters Dillion Mitchell and Tyrese Hunter.

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Texas basketball coach Rodney Terry joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast to update us on the Texas roster and how he’s navigating the transfer portal with leading scorers Dylan Disu and Max Abmas departing. He also gives us a primer on incoming freshman guard Tre Johnson, a a 6-foot-6 McDonald’s All-American who has one-and-one potential.
Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls examine what football coach Steve Sarkisian is dealing with on the interior of the defensive line and also discuss the departure of Texas women’s forward DeYona Gaston and the surging popularity of the women’s game, led by Iowa star Caitlin Clark and South Carolina championship coach Dawn Staley.

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We’re at the midway point of spring football and Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian has his team preparing for the April 20 Orange-White Game at Royal-Memorial Stadium.
On Second Thought hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls discuss the first half of workouts and examine Sarkisian’s three most important areas of concern so far.
They also put a bow on the end of the Texas women’s season and chop it up with legendary Sporting News basketball writer Mike DeCourcy who previews the inevitable men’s title game showdown between UConn and Purdue while hitting the women’s Final Four and the huge surge in popularity of the game, led by Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark and others.

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Spring football has started but March Madness is taking center on a jam-packed On Second Thought podcast.
Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls hit on what they saw from the Texas Longhorns on the first day of spring practice but first Texas basketball coaching legend Rick Barnes checks in to discuss his second-seeded Tennessee team’s tournament hopes and a potential second-round clash with the Texas Longhorns, who he coached for 17 seasons and led to the 2003 Final Four where they lost to eventual national champion Syracuse and Carmelo Anthony in the semifinals.
The men open with Colorado State Thursday.
Women’s basketball legend Andrea Lloyd, a member of the 1986 Longhorn team that went 34-0 en route to the program’s lone national title, checks in and explains why she believes Vic Schaefer’s crew will make it to the Final Four, which would be the program’s first since the 2003 team that lost in the national semifinals to eventual national champion Connecticut and Diana Taurasi. The women open with Drexel Friday. 

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With March Madness fast upon us, ESPN reporter/analyst Kris Budden joins the On Second Thought podcast to examine Texas’ chances of making a deep run in the NCAAs along with the Big 12’s best chances for a national championship.

Hosts Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden also discuss the biggest storylines surrounding Texas spring football, the resurgent Texas baseball team, Wemby’s upcoming visit to Austin and the NFL free agent flurry. 

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Will Texas wideout Xavier Worthy’s electric 4.21 time in the 40 at the NFL Combine move him into the first round of the upcoming NFL Draft?
Columnists Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden break down his historic sprint and review how the other Longhorns fared in this week’s On Second Thought podcast.
They also break down the NCAA tournament fallout from Texas basketball’s second-half collapse at Baylor, UT women’s tourney hoops behind star freshman Madison Booker and the baseball team’s massive struggles with the conference opener at Texas Tech coming up.

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Texas baseball coach David Pierce joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast to break down the team’s explosive 7-1 start to the season and to preview a tough upcoming four-game stretch that starts with three games at the Astros Foundation College Classic in Houston (LSU, Texas State, Vanderbilt) followed by a home showdown on Tuesday against Texas A&M.
Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls also give the latest on Texas’ men’s basketball fighting to make the NCAA Tournament and preview this weekend’s NFL Rookie Scouting Combine which features 11 draft hopefuls from the University of Texas.

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