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It's the week of the 117th Red River Rivalry.

The Longhorns are coming off a road win at TCU and are back in the the top 25.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma remains undefeated and ranked in the top 5 after narrowly defeated Kansas State.

1st year Texas head coach, Steve Sarkisian can't wait to arrive in Dallas. He lives for games like this, marquee college football rivalry games.

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Bonus Episode: The eve of the 95th Battle of the Pineywoods: SFA vs Sam Houston football rivalry

Former Lumberjack defensive back & college football coach, Brandon North & former Bearkat running back great, Timothy Allen Flanders made an appearance to talk about this great rivalry which is the 2nd oldest in the Football Championship Subdivision in the country.

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Episode 93 with Wes Blankenship

A product of Georgia and a former local tv sportscaster who parlayed time during the Covid lockdown and unemployment to invest into tapping into his career experiences & creative talents.

Blankenship created a platform on social media to impersonate small town high school football announcers, not as a joke, but to pay tribute to the unique deliveries and scenes of small town high school football.

Wes is also part of a digital platform teamed up with ESPN's Marty Smith.

Blankenship also offered his 2 cents on the nation's biggest college football game this week, his alma mater, Georgia hosting Arkansas in a top 10 game.

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In Segment two:

Sark's Longhorns attempt to reverse the TCU trend in Fort Worth. Texas has lost 7 of the past 9 games against Gary Patterson's Horned Frogs.

And, the Dallas Cowboys are riding high after the Eagles' dropped a "deuce" -Jalen Hurts

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Jay Norvell, who spent a cup of coffee in Austin as play caller and receivers coach on Charlie Strong's staff at Texas, is building Nevada into an annual bowl game participant and is competing for a Mountain West Conference championship.

Over three decades of coaching experience, Norvell is a branch of the Hayden Fry coaching tree. Norvell played for Hayden Fry at Iowa and launched his coaching career in Hawkeye country after playing with the Stoops brother at Iowa.

After a stint coaching in the National Football League Norvell eventually became a part of Bob Stoops' staff at Oklahoma as the offensive coordinator.
And later coached on the other side of the Red River Rivalry in Austin.

Norvell is loaded with stories and has that storytelling skill. He's also an author, Norvell wrote the book, Complete Wide Receiver.

His brother is an actor and his wife, Kim has defied all odds battling Cystic Fibrosis and uses her platform to not only deliver awareness to the disease, but plays a role in fund raising for continued research to improve the lives of those battling Cystic Fibrosis.

In Segment 2:

Clynch previews the Texas Longhorns Big 12 opener vs Texas Tech in Austin. DeMarvion Overhshown tells the story about working at Brookshire Brothers in his hometown, Arp,  Texas to help his family financially. 

UT running back, Roschon Johnson described the Longhorns' QB1 as OCD. Casey Thompson is extremely organized in his life, to say the least.

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Episode 90 with Jake Andrew Raulerson is a bonus/impromptu edition recorded in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Raulerson played for both the Texas Longhorns and the Arkansas Razorbacks and earned degrees from both schools.

The Celina, Texas native has a unique perspective beginning with advice to prospective student-athletes on maximizing their 5-years to earn both an undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Jake was torn this past Saturday in Fayetteville as a devoted Longhorn and a loyal Razorback.

Emotions were high to say the least.

Raulerson said the Longhorns have everything to gain from this demoralizing loss and  that Texas has the opportunity to truly have a special season especially since this occurred so early in the season.

Changing quarterbacks is not necessarily the solution for Texas, according to Jake. The improvements must occur on the lines. He should know, Raulerson was a lineman.

UT's 40-21 loss was all about the battles lost on the offensive line, the Hogs' physicality, and the fact the Texas defense was on the field for far too long.

When asked about the Hog fans storming the field and why? Raulerson said that was caused by the emotions from beating Texas & from the program's recent history of not having success.

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Raulerson's "Man Cave Story" involved a small smart car he owned while a Longhorn making runs to McDonald's with 2 other large lineman.

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Episode 89 in Fayetteville, Arkansas with Lance Gunn.

This episode is dedicated to the renewing of one of college football's best rivalries: Texas vs Arkansas 

Our VIP guest is former Longhorn defensive back great, Lance Gunn who played the Razorbacks twice on the road (1989 & 1991) and Gunn delivers some insight on this special rivalry.

Both segments are dedicated to the Longhorns and Razorbacks game on Saturday.

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Episode 88 with Chux Nwabuko II

"Heart over Height" & It's Texas Longhorns season opening gameday weekend.

The Austin, TX area based speed and strength trainer has a long list of current and former Longhorns, NFL, and current ATX area up and coming athletes who have been or are currently being mentored by Chux.

His two sons earned their reputation on the football field from their elite level speed.

Nwabuko gave us insight to parents and future prospects on what is required to reach the next level in addition to achieving an attractive academic foundation. 

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In segment two, it's all Texas Longhorns football and high school football including the Bishop Sycamore debacle which delivered a black eye to both ESPN and the integrity of high school football nationwide.

Episode 88 wrapped up with the "Tell Me Something Good" segment.

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Episode 87 with Haleigh Blocker

A young up and coming force in college athletics, Blocker is the Director of Football Operations for Texas State Bobcat Football

The Falls City, TX native is a "guys' girl" and athletics has always been a part of her life. She was inspired by Tory Teykl and other women who are in similar roles. 

A male dominated industry doesn't intimidate her. Instead, she's has goals to become a member of the front office as an executive in professional sports.

Currently, she embraces her daily demands of her job working closely with Texas State head football coach, Jake Spavital and his staff with the ultimate goal of creating a sustainable winning culture at the highest level in college football.

She's also embraced the role as an inspiration to all women.

Blocker has a humorous side and can hang with the best, including storytelling. Her "Man Cave Story" is a perfect example of that. 

You can watch her entire interview in segment 1.

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Segment Two:

The Man Cave boys discussed the Texas Longhorns quarterback situation and the reasons why Steve Sarkisian may be delaying his decision between Casey Thompson and Hudson Card.

Big Mike added more depth to the NIL discussion and the boys wrapped it up with the "Tell Me Something Good" segment.

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Episode 86 of the saxtoninsurance.com & Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden Stories Inside the Man Cave Podcast was recorded in Jarrell, Texas.

Last Stand Hats, owned by our compadre, Big Mike, is crushing it with the Name, Image, Likeness clients who are student-athletes from the University of Texas and Texas State University.

Longhorn kicker, Cameron Dicker commented discussed his local NLI deals.

The Texas high school football season kicks off next week.

We visited with 1st you Jarrell Cougars head coach, Marty Murr.

Segment 2:

We discussed Texas Longhorns' August camp and hearing from both of UT's coordinators.

And, Texas A&M's chances of becoming a national title contender this season.

We wrapped it up with the "Tell Me Something Good" segment.

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Tre Watson was a graduate transfer running back for the Texas Longhorns for the 2018 Sugar Bowl championship season.

Watson, a Cali native completed his undergraduate work at Cal-Berkley. The shifty and fast running back dealt with multiple injuries while at Cal and wore jersey #5 because he was inspired by USC's Reggie Bush

During his one season at Texas, Watson produced 786 yards rushing and scored 3 rushing touchdowns. Not to mention 91-yards rushing during that upset win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.

Watson is a cerebral, high energy, motivating, and vocal guy who quickly earned the respect of his offensive teammates at Texas. But, his guys on defense, not so much. haha

Back to the vocal piece, Tre speaks his mind and delivers soundbite gold and is a quote machine.

In fact, he voiced his opinion on the ending of the Tom Herman era at Texas and the excitement about UT leaving the Big 12 for the SEC.

Watson is currently a youth U 13-year-old football team which is playing for a championship & a trainer.

Be sure to give him follow on Instagram: tre1watson and on Twitter: @tre1watson

A great follow.

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