New podcast to feature Longhorns legends Mack Brown, Vince Young covering the 2025 team
The new podcast will launch on July 23 and will be available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other platforms. New episodes be added every Wednesday, with an extended video versions available on YouTube. The podcast is produced in partnership with Sinclair, the parent company of CBS Austin.
It's all about Texas Athletics, and what a great athletic program. But we'll start with football. ... We'll talk about everything Texas football. We'll talk about media days last week. How he (VY) handled media days. How I talked about media days. ... And we'll especially talk about that opener in the Shoe, because Vince and I were there one night and came away with a three-point win and it's an unbelievable atmosphere." -- Mack Brown on The Stampede
After parting ways with North Carolina, Brown moved back to Austin where he's been a visible face around UT athletics. In fact, Brown first met Arch Manning at a UT basketball game, where they exchanged pleasantries.
Now that he's completely retired, Brown has been reflecting on his 16 year tenure at Texas with great fondness and honesty. The 73-year-old has appeared on several podcasts and shows since announcing his retirement.
In a recent episode of the "See Ball Get Ball" podcast with former ESPN analyst David Pollack, Brown shared candid insights about his time at Texas and the burnout he experienced before leaving the Longhorns in 2013.
'We got tired at Texas. Sixteen years is a long time at a place like Texas. Sally [his wife] always said it's four presidential terms. So that's a long time to be at the University of Texas, so it was probably time for me to leave there and for them to get somebody else new, because you get worn down.' -- Mack Brown on See Ball Get Ball
Now Brown will get to talk Texas football every week with the player he won a national title with.
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