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It didn’t take long for Steve Sarkisian to prove Texas was “SEC ready” as they prepare for the conference championship game in their first season in the new conference.
The Longhorns face the only team they lost to in the regular season: the Georgia Bulldogs.
Let’s hear your predictions in this week’s survey as Texas aims to exact retribution on the Dawgs. The Horns are 2.5-point favorites in the championship game. Overall, Texas is 7-5 against the spread this season but failed to cover as a 4-point favorite over Georgia in their October loss.
Georgia is 3-9 ATS and 1-1 in neutral site locations but with the SEC Championship game in Atlanta, Sark calls it a “road game”.
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LUBBOCK, Texas — As people travel to celebrate the Fourth of July, gas prices are on the rise in Texas as of Thursday, July 2, 2026, as the Fourth of July weekend approaches.
According to the AAA gas price website, Texas is below the current national average gas price of $3.85. The Lone Star State’s gas price average is $3.34, while the state of California has an above-average gas price of $5.42.
The Austin/San Marcos area’s current gas price average is around $3.21, according to the AAA Gas Price.
In Williamson County, the average was $3.18, while Travis and Hays counties were at $3.21.
El Paso is currently the Texas city with the highest gas prices, with an average price of $3.63. Below are other Texas cities’ averages:
- Abilene – $3.46
- College Station/Bryan – $3.44
- Dallas – $3.29
- Fort Worth/Arlington – $3.28
- Houston – $3.34
- Killeen/Temple/Fort Hood – $3.24
- Lubbock – $3.26
- San Antonio – $3.41
- Tyler – $3.26
- Waco – $3.26
For those traveling for the Fourth of July weekend, it is a good reminder to drink responsibly, share the road and plan ahead.
To learn more about gas prices around Texas and the rest of the nation, find out more at AAA.
Six Flags Over Texas’ new record-breaking dive coaster, Tormenta Rampaging Run, is now scheduled to open on Thursday, July 9, park officials announced Wednesday.
It had been scheduled to open on June 26 as part of the park’s 65th anniversary, but that was delayed due to longer-than-expected testing of the high-flying roller coaster.
When it announced the delay, the park said on social media, “… it ensures that when Tormenta charges out of the gates, it will be a ride experience worthy of its name – bold, intense, and unforgettable.”
Ride will break six world records
The Tormenta Rampaging Run is inspired by Spain’s Running of the Bulls. The coaster will be located in a new section of Six Flags called Rancho de la Tormenta, featuring Cocina Abuela – a Spanish/Latin American restaurant.
The ride, designed by coaster manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, will begin with a 309-foot climb, followed by a 95-degree beyond-vertical drop, and will include sharp turns, airtime moments, and multiple inversions.
It will break six records when it opens: the tallest dive coaster (309 feet), the fastest dive coaster (87 mph), the longest dive coaster (4,199 feet), the tallest vertical coaster loop (179 feet), the highest Immelmann inversion (218 feet), and the highest 95-degree beyond-vertical drop (285 feet).
CBS News Texas will provide updates should additional information become available.
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