Although Longhorn football folk hero Major Applewhite interviewed today for a vacant assistant coach position, it will be at least Thursday until any announcement is made. ...

Mack Brown got a nice belated birthday gift this week as the UT Board of Regents unanimously approved a $200,000 raise for the Texas football coach. Brown, who turned 56 on Monday, had his salary go from $2.6 million to $2.8 million and received a two-year contract extension designed to keep him at Texas until 2016. The new amount includes a special $100,000 that he'll receive on Saturday, when the Longhorns open their season against......

Major Applewhite will still be nearly a year shy of his 30th birthday when he takes the field as the nation's youngest offensive coordinator next month at the University of Alabama. Applewhite, 29, is only seven years' removed from his days as a Longhorn fan favorite, when he set school records for passing yards and touchdown passes. He helped Texas to four consecutive bowl games and was the Offensive MVP of the 2001 Holiday Bowl,......

It was announced yesterday that former Longhorn Ricky Williams was discussing a possible comeback with the Miami Dolphins. Apparently studying to be a holistic healer isn't as fun as running people over in the NFL. Williams retired unexpectedly last July, and after quitting the Dolphins, the former Heisman Trophy winner acknowledged that he failed drug tests and faced a suspension for testing positive three times for marijuana. Williams is said to owe the Dolphins......