As the Texas Longhorns embark on their final season in the Big 12, Statesman columnists Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden break down the hoopla surrounding the team favored to win the league in 2023 on this week’s On Second Thought podcast.

The guys also discuss quarterback Quinn Ewers development over the spring and what the junior thinks about being projected as a top-10 NFL pick next spring.

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey pops in to discuss Texas and Oklahoma joining the conference in 2024 and gives his views on possible future expansion.

Can Texas finally bring a Big 12 title home for the first time since 2009 and leave the conference on a high note?
Statesman sports columnists Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls discuss the upcoming season on this week’s On Second Thought podcast and discuss who got the better of the SEC 2024 schedule release.
They also hit on the NBA blockbuster trade that sent Washington all-star Bradley Beal to join Kevin Durant and Devin Booker in Phoenix and if Dallas Cowboys
Dak Prescott belongs in the top 10 of league signal callers.

Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte joins the On Second Thought podcast this week to discuss the school sports year, including the heartbreaking season-ending baseball loss at Stanford.
Del Conte also answers questions about USC’s interest in him, the upcoming final year in the Big 12, the SEC schedule and the Horns finishing fourth in the Learfield Division I Director’s Cup standings.
Hosts Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden also put a bow on the sports year at Texas and the finish of the NBA season.

This weeks marks an seminal achievement in of the longest running podcasts in the state. Ced and Kirk commemorate their 300th episode with a look back at some of their most memorable moments, including Texas football coaching legend Mack Brown’s recollections from the 2005 national championship team, a hilarious interview with golf analyst/standup comedian David Feherty and an eye-opening interview with new deceased billionaire Oklahoma State football benefactor T. Boone Pickens whose comments on football coach Mike Gundy went viral.

All of this and much more — including our updated interview wish list — on Episode 300.

Enjoy.

As the final weekend of the regular season approaches, theTexas baseball team has an outside shot winning a share of the Big 12 title with a sweep of first-place West Virginia along with getting some possible help from Oklahoma against Oklahoma State.
Head coach David Pierce joins the On Second Thought podcast to discuss the team’s mindset heading into the most pivotal series of the season and the hard conversations he had with his ballclub after a devastating home sweep at the hands of Oklahoma last month.
Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls also break down Texas football’s chances to reach double digits in the win column for the first time in the regular season since the 2009 national runner-up and how the Horns stack up against other teams’ win projections in the Big 12.

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian is in the middle of his Texas Fight Tour but made time to chat on a myriad subjects on this week’s On Second Thought podcast.
Sarkisian discussed the talented quarterback, the maturation of starter Quinn Ewers and how the team will have to adjust to the loss of program stalwarts like All-America running back Bijan Robinson and star linebacker DeMarvion Overshown.
He also took off his coach’s hat to break down what’s going on with his beloved Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA playoffs.
Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls examine what’s going on with the resurgent Longhorn baseball which is fighting against tough odds to earn a NCAA regional host bid in three weeks.

ESPN NFL Draft analyst Matt Miller joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast to break down how the Texas Longhorns fared in the NFL draft and if star running back Bijan Robinson will be a workhorse in Atlanta under head coach Arthur Smith, who coached all-pro Derrick Henry in Tennessee.
Hosts Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden also preview Texas baseball’s weekend series at Kansas and discuss the team’s chances of landing one 16 host bids for the first round of the NCAA tournament.

With the NFL draft taking place in Kansas City Thursday night, we bring a special On Second Thought draft preview featuring the two most senior NFL writers in the state of Texas.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram writer Clarence E. Hill, Jr. discusses the chances of the Dallas Cowboys selecting Texas star running back Bijan Robinson at No. 26 or the possibility of trading up to get hm. He also breaks down the other Texas draft prospects, Dallas’ draft needs and how close Mike McCarthy is to breaking through and leading the franchise to its first Super Bowl since the 1995 season.
Then gallerysports.com's John McClain, the longtime Houston Chronicle NFL columnist, gives his view of what the Houston Texans will do with the second overall pick and the challenges facing first-year head coach DeMeco Ryans.
Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls also examine what’s ailing the struggling Texas baseball program after three Big 12 losses to Oklahoma put the Horns in danger of not hosting an NCAA regional.

Longhorn Network analyst Fozzy Whittaker, joins this week’s On Second Thought podcast and gives his take on what he saw from Texas during the spring football season and whether or not this is the Longhorns’ year to win a first Big 12 title since 2009.
Whittaker compares quarterbacks Quinn Ewers, Maalik Murphy and Arch Manning and gives us a few names to watch this fall.
Also, hosts Cerci Golden and Kirk Bohls preview Texas baseball’s three-game home series against Oklahoma this weekend.

Texas basketball coach Rodney Terry joins the On Second Thought podcast and reflects upon his magical first season as head coach after taking over Chris Beard, where the Longhorns go moving forward and building a new roster after losing some of his best players.
Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls preview the upcoming Orange-White game and address concerns coach Steve Sarkisian may have as spring football comes to an end and also examine the Texas baseball team which has surged into first place in the Big 12 after two series. The Horns play at Baylor this weekend.