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As usual Bobby nails it

Because Indiana is the hometown favorite?

I almost went with that lol

Love it! Haha

Men’s Basketball signs Marcus Spears Jr. The nation’s top-ranked player in the Class of 2027 reclassifies and joins the Longhorns for the 2026-27 season. AUSTIN, Texas — Marcus Spears Jr. has signed an Athletic Scholarship Agreement (ASA) to play basketball next season at The University of Texas, head coach Sean Miller announced Friday. Spears Jr., the nation’s top-ranked player in the Class of 2027, has reclassified and will join the Longhorns for the upcoming 2026-27 season. With the addition of Spears Jr. to the Texas roster, the Longhorns have moved into the No. 1 spot nationally by 247 Sports in the organization’s ranking of overall basketball recruiting classes. The ranking includes the combination of high school and international signings and transfer portal additions. Miller and the Texas staff have added 11 total newcomers to the 2026-27 roster. Spears Jr. (6-10, 210), a forward from Frisco, Texas, was ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the nation by ESPN in the Class of 2027. Following his reclassification, he is ranked as the No. 4 prospect nationally by ESPN, No. 7 by Rivals Industry and No. 8 by 247 Sports in the Class of 2026. Since ESPN began its recruiting rankings in 2007, Spears is the sixth top-five national recruit to sign with Texas, joining Avery Bradley (No. 1 in 2009), Myles Turner (No. 2 in 2014), Mohamed Bamba (No. 4 in 2017), Dillon Mitchell (No. 4 in 2022) and Tre Johnson (No. 5 in 2024). Spears Jr. played his junior season at Dynamic Prep and averaged 15.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game while leading the team to a 39-5 record and a run to the Chipotle Nationals semifinals. Competing as FaZe in the Overtime Elite (OTE) league, the team captured the OTE league championship with a perfect 19-0 record through the regular season and playoffs. During this spring’s Nike EYBL circuit, Spears Jr. was the only player to rank in the top 10 in both scoring and rebounding as he averaged 20.9 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. Per ESPN, he is one of just four players since 2022 to average at least 20 points, 8.5 rebounds and one block in three straight EYBL sessions – joining Cooper Flagg, Cameron Boozer and Tyran Stokes. Spears Jr. helped Team USA win gold at the 2025 FIBA U16 Men’s AmeriCup in Jaurez, Mexico, on June 2-8, 2025. He started all six contests and averaged a team-best 14.0 points to go along with 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.8 blocks per game while earning FIBA U16 AmeriCup All-Star Five recognition. His older sister, Cari, is a sophomore All-American outside hitter on the volleyball team at The University of Texas.

“Indeed” was founded in Austin Tx

Assuming I have to live in a world where this comes to pass, I agree with Burton on Dell. AT&T is a close second.

The longer he waits the better for Texas? @Gerry Hamilton

I think a Buccees Beaver on the jersey would be about as Texas as it can get.

A Longhorn football jersey with a small silver Apple logo patch would generate enormous attention. Apple rarely places its logo on third-party apparel, so such a partnership would be perceived as exceptionally exclusive. Combined with UT's academic reputation, Austin's tech ecosystem, and the Longhorn brand, it would likely become one of the most recognizable sponsorships in college sports. NVIDIA or Oracle would be cool as well.

I wouldnt be surprised if we are negotiating a package deal with both of their agents to make it a compatible fit where they both make bank. I think both realize their chances of success are higher if other teams can’t focus them. They compliement each other’s styles as well. Sure LSU may make us pay more, but it would be worth it to get both of them.

We can probably get an OTF patch on the jerseys but Bobby will have to raise a yearly subscription to 45 thousand

I'm with Hank on HEB. Tesla makes sense but the whining about that from certain corners of the internet will be unbearable.

Let’s just forget about Sales & Royal . They are just playing us. I would give them 10 days & then i would withdraw my offer . We are The Texas Longhorns . We don’t need to beg .

Guys the answer is obviously Monster Energy make a deal for 21 mill for Texas alone. I love the Dell idea I’d hate to admit it but Tesla would look cool on the jersey. Lambo would look the best IMO. I know @Gerry Hamilton would want Duke’s and fletcher’s sponsorship patches

Spain about to beat Belgium. The ball bounced off the goalkeepers hands and the Spanish player made a goal on the rebound. Spain was favored.

It would be strictly an economic decision.

Definitely more money in NIL for softball. The WNBA is paying much better now. Maddie would be guaranteed a base salary of $500,000 in 2027. Is her NIL more than that?

I hope Texas holds out as long as possible before going the sponsor route. With that said, I get that we're in a different time in college sports. As a wise man once said, everybody's got a price:

The whataburger logo. Although not as big of brand as you all suggested

For this week’s OTF Sideline Debate, we asked the staff: If Texas had to pick a sponsor jersey patch, who would you go with and why? — I spent my first year at Texas in Dobie Dormitory. It was in that same exact dorm where Dell Technologies was born just a couple of years prior. I like and appreciate the university’s relationship with Humann, because it started at UT, for much the same reason. No company is more UT than Dell. Any Texas team should be proud to be associated with it because of what it represents. — Bobby Burton — The sponsor I could see on the Texas Longhorns’ football jersey is a tough one. It would likely be an extremely successful alumnus, and one of those has already been used by an OTF team member. One could be a big grocery store chain, which has also been used by an OTF team member. So, you get down to whether Texas put a Google or similar type patch on a football jersey? Or could it be a SpaceX or Tesla or something similar? I’m not sure I actually have the answer on this one. I feel like the OTF team has come up with a number of the companies that I would have used for this story. I know which one it won’t be: Double Eagle. — Gerry Hamilton — The most fantastical pick for this question would be Tesla. In an attempt to complete Tesla’s move from Silicon Valley to the ATX, Elon Musk (the world’s first trillionaire) is ready to invest heavily to rehabilitate, associate and identify his brand with the most recognizable brand in Austin. Tesla is currently Austin’s second highest-ranking Fortune 500 company, behind Dell Technologies, and this would be a great way to let the world know that Tesla is now undeniably a Texas company. Tesla wants to be more mainstream and expand their demo to the American middle class; this move could help them do both. — Rod Babers — I didn’t want to double up and I also wanted to pick a hypothetical sponsor that was started by Longhorn grads. So, I went with Pluckers, which was unofficially established on the Forty Acres in the early 1990s before the brick-and-mortar store was opened on West Campus in 1995. As someone who grew up in Austin, I never realized how spoiled I was, with dozens of Pluckers locations around me until I moved to DFW and had to make much further drives. Pluckers is already ingrained in the athletic department and supplies fans with handfuls of coupons for five free wings after Texas wins at home. Even though those usually end up in the junk drawer for a few years and are rarely used, it’s a good gesture. Pluckers will often cater junior days and recruiting events. Hank and I have hit the Pluckers on Rio Grande during on-campus events a few times, too. While I don’t think a restaurant will ever be under consideration for a jersey sponsor, a Pluckers one would check two important boxes as an Austin-based restaurant started by Longhorn grads. — Jordan Scruggs — It would have to be a company that, like the Texas football program, is steeped in tradition, is recognizable to the public and synonymous enough with the Longhorns that such a transition to putting the company’s logo on a jersey wouldn’t look too out of place. AT&T is headquartered in Texas and, for starters, is already a major corporate partner with the university and the athletic department. AT&T was previously sponsored the Red River Shootout and the Longhorns have played in the Cotton Bowl 23 times (more than any bowl game in program history), with three of those appearances coming under companies that are now under the AT&T umbrella (two trips with Southwestern Bell as the title sponsor and one under the SBC banner). While seeing a corporate logo on a Texas football jersey would be a shock to the system, a Fortune 500 sponsor would ease the transition. — Jeff Howe — Yeti was born in Austin in 2006, built by two brothers who wanted a cooler that could survive a Texas tailgate. Now it’s a billion-dollar brand and the unofficial equipment of every hunter, fisherman, and Friday night (and Saturday) parking lot in the state. Even better: Yeti’s already on the sideline. Those coolers behind the bench? Yeti. The tumblers in every coach’s hand? Yeti. Rugged, premium, homegrown, and burnt orange looks great on that logo. They don’t need Texas football only for exposure. They’d do it because it fits. That’s the sponsor you want. — Marcus Myers — Lamborghini! Why not? It’s become synonymous with Texas Recruiting already across a couple of sports. Plus, there is something about The University of Texas, the city of Austin and the history of the athletics department that exudes luxury, power and identity. To which Lamborghini does just as well. With one of the most iconic logos in the world, it already looks like a Longhorn if you squint hard enough. The luxury supercar brand would immediately tower over the Lumber Liquidators or Woodside Energy’s of the world and continue Texas’ pursuit of becoming the ultimate ‘it’ school in all of America. — CJ Vogel — For me, it's H-E-B. I think it's one of very few companies that would limit complaints about having a patch on a Texas jersey at all (for the record, I’m anti-patch on jerseys). Everybody loves H-E-B and H-E-B is a good representation of Texas as a whole. I don't know about adding red to burnt orange, though. — Hank South View full news story

The old post championship Mack Brown strategy. I get it but you're going to have to fight for any guys that are worth a damn.