On Second Thought

The Texas Longhorns are on a bye week but the On Second Thought podcast keeps rolling.
Host Cedric Golden visits with the three newest writers on the staff.
Longhorn Insider David Eckert and trending reporter Caleb Yum pick their MVPs on each side of the ball through this 5-0 start and look ahead to the Oct. 12 showdown with Oklahoma.
Texas A&M reporter Tony Catalina answers the biggest question from College Station: will coach Mike Elko start incumbent Conner Weigman or Marcel Reed at quarterback against No. 9 Missouri Saturday?

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Will the Texas Longhorns start redshirt freshman quarterback Arch Manning for a second straight week or will Quinn Ewers return to action?
Statesman columnist Cedric Golden examines the decision facing coach Steve Sarkisian entering Saturday’s SEC opener against Mississippi State.
Clarion-Ledger writer Sam Sklar stops by to give a temperature on what’s happening with the 1-3 Bulldogs, who will enter the game without quarterback Blake Shapen, who was lost for the season with a shoulder injury in last week’s loss to Florida.
Ced also hits on the NIL controversy surrounding UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka, who entered the transfer portal after leading the team to a 3-0 record and the embattled Dallas Cowboys, who are in dire need of a win as they visit the New York Giants Thursday.

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Texas football color analyst Will Matthews joins columnist Cedric Golden this week on the On Second Thought podcast to discuss the Texas quarterback storyline now that Quinn Ewers is injured and Arch Manning is possibly making his first career start against Louisiana-Monroe Saturday.
Matthews, who played fullback for the Texas team that won the 2005 Rose bowl, gives his take on the culture that Steve Sarkisian and answers a huge question: are the Longhorns the best team in college football.

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After Texas’ resounding 31-12 road win at No. 9 Michigan, the Longhorns are trending like a national championship contender early in the season.

With Texas returning home for a date with UTSA, Longhorn legend Alex Okafor joins columnist Cedric Golden for Episode 343 of the On Second Thought podcast and discusses why the Horns are off to such a fast start and what has to happen between now and the SEC opener against Mississippi State in three games to keep the team improving.

Ced also discusses what coach Steve Sarkisian did to keep the Horns focused one week after a massive upset that rocked the college football world.

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Dusty Mangum’s 37-yard field goal at the final gun delivered Texas a 38-37 win over Michigan in the 2005 Rose Bowl. Twenty seasons later, Mangum and former college teammates Derrick Johnson and Justin Blalock join host Cedric Golden on the On Second Thought podcast and revisit the greatest kick in program history. They also discuss their impressions of the 2024 Longhorns who play at defending national champion Michigan Saturday.
Detroit Free Press columnist Shawn Windsor stops by to provide a peek behind the curtain of the Michigan program. he also gives fans making the trip an idea of what they can expect from the game-day experience at the Big House.

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The On Second Thought podcast is back and Statesman sports columnist Cedric Golden teams up this week with Texas beat writers Danny Davis and Thomas Jones to get their biggest moments from the preseason and examining the matchups that should most concern the Longhorns in their season in the SEC.
Ced also breaks down the schedule game for game and reveals if he is sticking with his 10-2 prediction from earlier this summer.

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Former Statesman columnist Kirk Bohls and longtime colleague Cedric Golden appear on their last On Second Thought podcast together after 340 episodes spanning eight years.
They reflect on the beginning of the show, their favorite guests and what it is to come in the future.
After collaborating for nearly two decades, Bohls has taken a columnist job at the Houston Chronicle while Golden will continue to produce On Second Thought in addition to his columns and videos for the Statesman.
Enjoy this trip down memory lane.

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With a potential in-state showdown with Texas looming at the College Station Regional, Texas A&M baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle joins the On Second Thought podcast to discuss the buildup and the full-time resumption of an age-old rivalry.
Texas softball player Joley Mitchell stops in to recap the epic super regional win over Texas A&M and Thursday’s Women’s College World Series opener against Stanford.

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The top-ranked Texas Longhorns are two wins away from returning to the Women’s College World Series and star pitcher Teagan Kavan joins the On Second Thought podcast to discuss her spectacular freshman season and the best-of-three super regional series against Texas A&M which starts Friday at McCombs Field.
Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls also break down Texas baseball’s postseason prospects, the landmark House vs. NCAA lawsuit and the end of the historic Longhorn Network, which ceases operations on July 1.

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The Texas softball team has turned in a banner season up to this point, a Big 12 regular season title and a No. 1 ranking.
The Horns are the No. 1 overall seed in the o NCAA tournament and open up Friday against the Siena Saints. 3 p.m. at Red and Charline McCombs field.
Coach Mike White joins this week’s On Second
Thought podcast to discuss national title expectations, the 1-2 punch of Reese Atwood and Teagan Kavan in a loaded lineup, the omnipresent specter of three-time defending national champion Oklahoma and Longhorn Network’s contribution to his building a national power.
Statesman columnists Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden also break down golf qualifying for the championship weekend, track’s dominance and where Texas baseball might head for the NCAAs after closing out Big 12 play with a three-game home set against Kansas.

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