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Update at 5:41 pm CT on Tuesday: Torres has committed to Texas Florida State softball transfer SS Isa Torres, the reigning national player of the year, is in the transfer portal and OTF is working the phones on where Texas stands in pursuit of one of the biggest names in college softball. Here's what we have at 2:25 p.m. CT on Tuesday ... OTF has communicated with two people in Torres' close circle, both of which have declined to share any specifics as to where things stand with Texas, or in the portal process as a whole. What does that mean? Torres is likely in decision-making mode and our belief is it's going to be a situation where Torres is announced at her school of choice, rather than there be a series of public visits, interviews, updates, etc. We know Texas has high interest in adding the All-American, and she happens to be right up the road in Georgetown. Just know this is going to be a very hush-hush recruitment until news breaks. One separate source outside of Torres' circle, but with knowledge of the college softball landscape, also mentioned Texas Tech in the race. Stay tuned. Her bio: https://seminoles.com/sports/softball/roster/isa-torres/8027

Texas had chances to extend its season in Tuesday’s College World Series elimination game against Georgia. Unfortunately, the Longhorns went 0-for-8 with runners on base and 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position in a 2-0 loss to the Bulldogs, making for a disappointing end to the team’s first trip to Omaha under Jim Schlossnagle. Texas (46-15) ends the 2026 season three wins shy of the national championship series, which the program hasn’t reached since 2009. "The bounces didn't go our way tonight," Schlossnagle said. "Really proud of our team and the season we had, finishing in Omaha, and look forward to being back." While the offense struggled, failing to record an extra-base hit (four hits total) and striking out 12 times against Georgia’s (53-13) pitching staff on Monday, Luke Harrison and Sam Cozart kept the Longhorns in the game. In his last appearance for the program, Harrison became the first Texas pitcher since Brooks Kieschnick in 1993 to strike out 11 batters in a College World Series game, holding one of the nation’s top offenses to two hits and one run in 5.2 innings. Cozart suffered some hard luck in his College World Series debut, including Dariyan Pendergrass’ overturned diving catch in shallow center for the first out of the seventh inning, which was immediately followed by third baseman Tre Phelps’ single through the right side against the shift to set the table for the Bulldogs’ second run. Still, the freshman scattered three hits and struck out six Georgia batters in 3.1 innings out of the bullpen, including a strikeout with the bases loaded in the top of the sixth. "I think just the moment, it was big, but I knew that all I had to do was go give it everything I've got," Harrison said. "I really felt like I gave every ounce of what I had today. Obviously, the results were solid, but we weren't able to come out with a win." The Longhorns had a chance to break the game open in the first inning, putting Dylan Vigue on the ropes with two on and one out after a single up the middle by Carson Tinney and Anthony Pack Jr. working a walk. With a mound visit helping settle him down, Vigue got Adrian Rodriguez to fly out to left field and struck out Ethan Mendoza to get out of the jam. “Most of his starts, he kind of opens for them," Schlossnagle said. "If he gets it going, then they'll leave him in there a little bit. They had the bullpen up and rolling in the first inning and we had a good guy at the plate in Mendoza — uses the right side of the field really well. He just chased the pitch off the plate. "We let them get confident and then he started making better pitches and we kept chasing out of the strike zone," he added. "In these games, with two great teams, it's those little moments that change it." Texas had its next best chance to score with Rodriguez up and runners on first and third with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. Justin Byrd, who struck out four and allowed two hits in five innings of relief after Vigue (two hits, two walks and eight strikeouts in five innings) walked Ashton Larson on four pitches to open the bottom of the sixth, got Rodriguez to ground out to first base, ending the last scoring threat the Longhorns mustered. In the end, a leadoff walk drawn by first baseman Brennan Hudson in the fifth inning and Phelps' RBI double to left field later in the frame, and center fielder Ryan Lujo's RBI sacrifice fly to left field to score right fielder Ryan Black (which took reviews of Tinney's attempted tag at the plate and whether or not Black left third base early when tagging up to confirm the run) was all of the scoring Georgia needed to end Schlossnagle's second season on the Forty Acres. Schlossnagle's roster will look a lot different in 2027. Nevertheless, he and the Texas coaches will look to Cozart, Pack, Rodriguez and All-American pitcher Dylan Volantis to lead the program's next quest for an elusive seventh national championship. "They need to remember this feeling, what it means to be at Texas, what it means to be in Omaha and the fact that our season is over and we didn't accomplish the ultimate thing, which is winning the national title," Schlossnagle said. "It moves on to them." View full news story

After eliminating Alabama in yesterday’s 14-2 rout in Omaha, Texas gets another crack at Georgia with the season on the line. The Longhorns suffered a 7-1 loss to the Bulldogs in their CWS opener on Saturday, but Adrian Rodriguez hit for the cycle and Ruger Riojas had six solid innings on the mound to get Texas (46-14) to today’s elimination game against Georgia (52-13), which lost its winner’s bracket game against Oklahoma on Monday, 4-3. *** Texas is giving the ball to Luke Harrison (6-3, 4.29 ERA) for tonight's elimination game. Jim Schlossnagle mentioned after Monday's win over Alabama that he liked the Longhorns getting through two games without having to use Harrison, Sam Cozart or Thomas Burns, while Brett Crossland only went 0.2 innings and threw 14 pitches against Georgia on Saturday and didn't pitch against the Crimson Tide. Other than Riojas and (presumably) Dylan Volantis, Texas has every arm it would otherwise want to use available to go against the Bulldogs. Georgia will counter with Dylan Vigue (4-1, 4.73 ERA), who has struck out 69 batters in 59 innings, walking 34 and hitting 11, with 12 of his 48 hits allowed going for extra bases (seven doubles and five home runs). Vigue had a 2.63 ERA after going six innings against Florida on April 11, but he's struggled since leaving an April 17 start against Arkansas with forearm tightness. Since then, Vigue has allowed 24 hits and 19 earned runs in 16 innings. The good news for the Bulldogs is that with Joey Volchko and Caden Aoik going the distance against the Longhorns and Sooners respectively, Wes Johnson has a full complement of arms to bring out of the bullpen if Vigue gets in trouble. ***

Seems like we have good reason to have a thread to chat on all summer and through the season. Team workouts begin June 1, I believe

The 2028 four-star quarterback from American Heritage HS in South Florida was expected at Michigan for an unofficial visit yesterday and today. I'm told by a source near his recruitment that the visit to Ann Arbor was cancelled. Lawrence will travel to Nike HQ in Oregon next week for The Opening Finals. He's still set to commit on June 25 between Texas, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M. OTF placed a Trending Texas forecast in favor of the Longhorns on June 3. We still like that pick ahead of next week.

As of midnight on Sunday, programs can now directly contact 2028 recruits (rising juniors), so you're going to see a lot of underclassmen posting graphics or messages from schools. One guy Texas is locked in on already is 5-star WR Brysen Wright out of Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin. He's already been out to Austin in April, which is really the only school he's seen other than Florida so far in his recruitment. Mandarin is where Texas signed Jaime Ffrench out of, so there are relationships there. Gerry caught up with Brysen on his recent trip to the Sunshine State: You can bet Texas is in close contact with him often now that UT can directly reach out.

"The conference schedule consists of a single round robin of home or away (14 games) with one rotating opponent that will be played at home and away (2 games). Each team will play eight home games and eight away games. The rotating opponent changes annually. This marks the 18th season of the 16-game schedule for women's basketball." For Texas, these are the opponents Vic Schaefer's team will welcome to Moody Center: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt The Longhorns will face the following opponents on the road: Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Oklahoma Texas will play Texas A&M at home and in College Station as the program's rotating opponent for the coming season.

When the SEC unveils the TV windows for the remaining conference-controlled games in 2026 during a live SEC Network special on Wednesday (6 p.m.), Texas fans will be one step closer to knowing when the Longhorns will be kicking off every game of Steve Sarkisian’s sixth season. Still, the schedule isn’t expected to be set in stone. The SEC typically utilizes a six-day window to announce kickoff times for flexed regular-season games. If a firm start time isn’t given, the game will be assigned one of four potential kickoff windows: the early window, with a kickoff time between 11 a.m. and noon; the afternoon (2:30-3:30 p.m.); the evening (5-7 p.m.); or it will be flexed for either an afternoon or evening kickoff. Ahead of the TV window reveal, Texas has four game broadcasts locked in for the 2026 season: Sept. 5 — Texas State (2:30 p.m., ESPN) Sept. 12 — Ohio State (6:30 p.m., ABC) Sept. 19 — UTSA (7 p.m., SEC Network+) Nov. 27 — at Texas A&M (6:30 p.m., ABC) The following games are the other SEC games on the Longhorns’ schedule. OTF will update the TV windows for each game as they're announced on Wednesday: Sept. 26 — at Tennessee (11 a.m., ABC or ESPN) Oct. 10 — Oklahoma (2:30 p.m., ABC or ESPN) Oct. 17 — Florida (Early; 11 a.m.-noon) Oct. 24 — Ole Miss (Flex; Afternoon or Night) Oct. 31 — Mississippi State (Night; 5-7 p.m.) Nov. 7 — at Missouri (Early; 11 a.m.-noon) Nov. 14 — at LSU (Flex; Afternoon or Night) Nov. 21 — Arkansas (Afternoon; 2:30-3:30 p.m.) View full news story

Jim Schlossnagle was ready to go to bat for Adrian Rodriguez. Thankfully, the Texas coach didn’t need to intervene on a scoring decision in Monday’s 14-2 thumping of Alabama in a College World Series elimination game. The decision to award Rodriguez a second-inning triple instead of a double with an advancement on an outfield error was historic. Rodriguez would’ve been 5-for-5 regardless of how the hit was scored on an afternoon at Charles Schwab Field when he tied single-game College World Series records with seven RBI and 12 total bases. Still, Schlossnagle felt Rodriguez rightfully earned a cycle. When the official scorebook was changed late in the Longhorns’ rout of the Crimson Tide, the sophomore became the third player in the 79-year history of the College World Series to hit for the cycle. “I mean, had it not been changed by the end of the game, yeah, I certainly would have said something,” Schlossnagle said. “I thought that was a clean triple. I'm glad they made that change during the game.” For Rodriguez, who injured his left hamate bone last season, underwent surgery in the fall and missed time this season when post-surgery complications required a procedure to remove a surgical screw (Rodriguez, as it turned out, was allergic to the cobalt screw used in the initial surgery), his record-setting performance in helping Texas (46-14) advance to an elimination game against either Georgia or Oklahoma on Tuesday (6 p.m., ESPN) highlighted his late-season surge. To turn things around, Rodriguez had to get back on the field. If Rodriguez had been healthy the whole season, Schlossnagle said, the shortstop would be hitting well over .300 with upwards of 15 home runs. While Rodriguez, who didn’t hit his first home run until an 11-4 road win over Vanderbilt on April 26 and was hitting .258 after going 1-for-5 in a 14-9 road loss to Tennessee on May 9, didn’t have the kind of season one of the top prospects in the 2027 MLB Draft was expected to have, he’s making up for lost time in Omaha. “It's definitely been up and down throughout the season,” Rodriguez said. “I really owe it to all the guys that have been having my back throughout the whole year and especially all the coaches that have had my back when I haven't been right mentally. “It's been a grind, but I'm happy that we're doing it right now in the College World Series.” Rodriguez and assistant coach Troy Tulowitzki went to work after Rodriguez’s eight-game absence, including some swing changes before the series in Knoxville against the Volunteers. Additionally, the switch-hitting Rodriguez devoted himself to hitting left-handed upon his return to help deal with the lingering discomfort in his hand. To quickly adapt to an optimal hitting approach, Rodriguez had to “get more simple.” “Just keeping my head in the same position,” Rodriguez said. “Being able to see the ball better has been a big factor.” Since going 3-for-4 with a three-run home run in a win over Tennessee on April 10, Rodriguez has reached base safely in 12 consecutive games (a 13-game on-base streak after the win over Alabama) and gone 26-for-45 at the plate, raising his batting average to .328. Rodriguez is having a postseason for the ages, going 18-for-27 (.667) in the NCAA Tournament with seven doubles, a triple, two home runs, 16 RBI and 33 total bases. It’s a white-hot stretch that has Texas in the hunt for a national championship and has Schlossnagle feeling good about the 2027 roster, of which Rodriguez will be the headliner among the Longhorns’ position players. “He's a potential first-rounder,” Schlossnagle said. "Hopefully, this summer, we can get him fully healthy, but he's a great player.” View full news story

With its season on the line in an elimination game at the College World Series, Texas rode an offensive explosion to a 14-2 rout of Alabama at Charles Schwab Field on Monday to stay alive in Omaha. The Longhorns throttled the Crimson Tide to the tune of 13 hits, seven of which went for extra bases. Adrian Rodriguez had a historic 5-for-5 afternoon, becoming the third player in the 79-year history of the College World Series to hit for the cycle with a two-run double in the first inning, a two-run triple in the second, a single in the fifth and a two-run home run to right field in the bottom of the sixth. With the win, Texas (46-14) advances to another elimination game on Tuesday (6 p.m., ESPN) against the loser of Monday’s winner’s bracket game between Georgia and Oklahoma. The Longhorns avoided a winless stay in Omaha by pouncing on Alabama's (42-21) left-handed starting pitcher Zane Adams, roughing him up for seven earned runs on seven hits in 1.2 innings. Adams, who worked six scoreless innings against Texas at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on April 18, opened his 63-pitch outing by giving up a double to Aiden Robbins (1-for-4 with three runs scored) and walking Carson Tinney (0-for-1, four walks and two runs scored). After back-to-back doubles by Ethan Mendoza (3-for-4, two RBI and two runs scored) and Rodriguez, Texas had control of the game with a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first and never looked back. Anthony Pack Jr. (3-for-5, four RBI, a two-run home run and three runs scored), Mendoza and Rodriguez shoveled more dirt on Alabama with three consecutive run-scoring hits in a four-run second. With a 7-1 lead when he took the mound for the third inning, Ruger Riojas settled in and kept the Crimson Tide bats at bay, recording a quality start with two earned runs allowed in six innings. Striking out 11 in five innings in a win over Alabama earlier this season, Riojas scattered six hits, walked two and struck out seven. Riojas threw 105 pitches before giving way to the bullpen, with Brody Walls, Ethan Walker and Cody Howard combining for three scoreless innings to end the game. View full news story

Texas (45-14) will send Ruger Riojas to the mound against Zane Adams and the Crimson Tide. It’s the same pitching matchup from when the two clubs met in Austin on April 18, a 3-1 series-clinching win for the Longhorns, with Riojas striking out 11 and allowing three hits in five innings and Adams working six scoreless innings for Alabama (42-20). *** Ethan Mendoza, who left the Georgia game with a shoulder issue, is in the lineup for Texas against the Tide. He's hitting in the No. 4 hole.

A disastrous first inning set the tone for Saturday’s 7-1 loss to Georgia in the College World Series, sending Texas to the loser’s bracket in Omaha with an elimination game against Alabama coming up on Monday (1 p.m., ESPN). Dylan Volantis walked third baseman Tre Phelps, setting the table for left field Ryan Lujo’s two-run home run down the left-field line. From there, a throwing error by Carson Tinney on a dropped third strike and one of a career-high four batters Volantis hit loaded the bases for shortstop Kolby Branch. Volantis struck out Branch, but Tinney’s second throwing error of the inning on a dropped third strike allowed two runs to score. The Bulldogs’ four-run first put the Longhorns in a hole from which they couldn’t emerge, even with Volantis rebounding with seven strikeouts and four hits allowed in 6.1 innings. Nevertheless, the self-inflicted wounds mounted for Texas (45-14), whose bats suffered 15 strikeouts at the hands of Georgia (53-12) right-handed pitcher Joey Volchko. The Bulldogs got a complete game from Volchko, who walked just one batter and allowed only four singles, including Ethan Mendoza’s opposite RBI base hit in the top of the fifth, which scored Adrian Rodriguez (2-for-3) and accounted for the only run of the game for the Longhorns. The loss marked the sixth consecutive CWS-opening loss for Texas, which hasn’t won an opener in Omaha since 2009. That was the last time the Longhorns reached the national championship series. At the same time, the 2014 and 2021 trips to the College World Series saw Texas battle through the loser’s bracket to reach a winner-take-all national semifinal before falling to a pair of eventual national champions, Vanderbilt (2014) and Mississippi State (2021), respectively. If the Longhorns are going to make a run at the championship series, however, the miscues from Saturday's loss must be eliminated. When the dust settled, Texas committed three errors, threw two wild pitches and hit four batters. Only two of the seven runs Volantis allowed were earned. Seven of the 15 strikeouts against Volchko were recorded by the first three hitters in the lineup. Tinney’s one-out walk in the ninth inning was the only time he reached base (0-for-3 with two strikeouts); Aiden Robbins and Anthony Pack Jr. both went 0-for-4, with Robbins striking out twice and Pack fanning three times against Volchko. The Longhorns took two of three from the Crimson Tide in April at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Alabama (42-20) suffered a 9-0 loss to Oklahoma in Saturday’s first game at Charles Schwab Field. View full news story

The Texas Longhorns begin their NCAA-record 39th trip to the College World Series looking for their NCAA-record 89th CWS victory against the Georgia Bulldogs. Texas (45-13) and Georgia (51-12) didn't meet in the regular season or the SEC Tournament, both of which the Bulldogs won en route to the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Neither team has dropped a game yet in the NCAA Tournament. *** After a weather delay at Charles Schwab Field, the Longhorns and Georgia will get going at 7:45 p.m. ***

Before Texas faces Georgia in the Longhorns’ first game at the College World Series against Georgia on Saturday (7 p.m., ESPN), coach Jim Schlossnagle, pitcher Luke Harrison and All-American catcher Carson Tinney will meet with the media at Charles Schwab Field Omaha on Thursday. The No. 6 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, Texas (45-13), is in the College World Series for an NCAA-record 39th time after a two-game sweep of 11th-seeded Oregon in the Austin Super Regional. One of five SEC teams in Omaha (the most CWS participants ever from one conference), the Longhorns’ first meeting with the 2026 season against the Bulldogs is the only CWS game in which the chalk held. Georgia (51-12) entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 overall seed after claiming the SEC regular-season championship and winning the SEC Tournament. Like Texas, the Bulldogs swept through the regional before outlasting 14th-seeded Mississippi State in a pair of slugfests to win the Athens Super Regional. On Texas Football will follow the Longhorns’ press conference, scheduled to start at 5:15 p.m., and pass along what Schlossnagle and the Texas players say before the Longhorns go for their 89th all-time CWS victory. View full news story

Kasi Currie announcement thread OTF 4-star++ DL Kasi Currie will announce his commitment at 3pm central Texas is the favorite over Ohio State, Georgia and Oregon

I can confirm the report (via D1Softball) that Texas associate head coach Ehren Earleywine is no longer with the program. He accepted an assistant coach position at Tennessee. Earleywine was originally hired by Mike White in August of 2025.

2028 TE J.C. Wessel 6-6, 225 out of Jacksonville, Fla. (The Bolles School) 18 catches for 338 yards and 3 touchdowns as a sophomore Sophomore tape: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/23224172/69025c880d2241dbb094580d

Removing a June 12-14 official visitor OnTexasFootball is removing wide receiver Alvin Mosley from this weekend’s OV list. With the commitment of Briceson Thrower, Texas is no longer pursuing the Houston area prospect. RB SaRod Baker, RB, DeSoto (Texas) High - *Texas Tech commit WR Briceson Thrower, WR, Forney (Texas) North Forney #AllGasNoBrakes Kyron Brown, WR, Amarillo (Texas) Palo Duro OL Jackson Cook, IOL, Austin Westlake #AllGasNoBrakes Brian Swanson, OT, Dallas (Texas) South Oak Cliff Caleb Siler, OT, Gunter (Texas) Isaiah Bertola, OT, Honolulu (Hi.) James Campbell DL Mitchell Turner, DL, Louisville (Miss.) High Ben'Jarvuis Shumaker, DL, Ackerman (Miss.) Choctaw - *Ole Miss commit LB Izzy Hammons, LB, Choctaw (Okl.) High DB Montre Jackson, CB, Garland (Texas) Lakeview Centennial

2027 LB from Midlothian. Committed to Houston in late May. 105 tackles, 12 TFL, and three sacks last season. Junior film: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/19920807/6912218ac25593010ff43432