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Texas football has a big fan cheering at Sugar Bowl: Longhorns baseball coach David Pierce
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NEW ORLEANS — One Texas fan really likes the Longhorns’ chances against Washington on Monday night.
Davie Pierce knows a little bit about winning. And is a little biased, of course.
Texas’ eighth-year baseball coach, who’s here to root on the Longhorns in the Sugar Bowl, has reached the College World Series three times. His team came within a single victory of going back to Omaha, Neb., for a fourth time last season before losing to Stanford on a ball lost in the lights.
“I’m really pulling for them tonight,” Pierce said Monday. “Texas has a very balanced offense and defense. They have playmakers who are skilled, fast and strong.”
Pierce does see a stout Huskies team in the Longhorns’ way.
“Washington creates some problems,” he said. “Our strength is our defensive front and linebackers, and theirs is their wideouts and quarterback. And them having a left-handed quarterback creates some problems. We’ve got to stay away from the big play.”
The last time Texas played a left-hander like Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., Oklahoma’s Dillon Gabriel bested the Longhorns with 110 yards rushing and 285 yards passing with three scores. Texas didn’t spy on him and, when it rarely did, was ineffective.
“We have the potential to score anytime we have the ball,” Pierce said. “We have versatility in our offense, and quarterback Quinn Ewers has been great in big games.”
Curiously enough, Pierce’s baseball team hosts Washington in a three-game set at UFCU on March 15-17.
HOUSTON, Texas — Houston-area leaders on Saturday expressed frustration over what they described as a lack of cooperation from federal authorities following the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
The shooting happened on Tuesday during an immigration operation. Federal officials said an ICE agent shot and killed the 52-year-old after he allegedly rammed a law enforcement vehicle and refused verbal commands during a traffic stop.
Three men detained during the operation have disputed the federal account of what happened.
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Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, criticized the federal government’s handling of the case, questioning its characterization of Salgado Araujo and the use of masked ICE agents and unmarked vehicles during enforcement operations.
RELATED | Family speaks out after fatal ICE shooting as Austin rally calls for transparency
SEIU Texas President Elsa Flores called for greater transparency and accountability, saying officials should ensure a similar incident does not happen again and that those responsible are held accountable.
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‘It just hurts’: Texas lawmaker speaks out after meeting with detained men who witnessed deadly ICE shooting | CNN
Saturday, July 11, 2026 11:10PM
This Week in Texas, we talk about the fatal shooting in Houston involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Our political insiders, Jacey Jetton and Shea Jordan Smith, offer their perspectives on that and the proposal from Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Gina Hinojosa to give every Texas household $1500 from the state’s rainy day fund.
Also, a report on big drainage money that the City of Galveston might have let slip through the cracks.
And a look at the intersection of politics and sports, This Week in Texas.
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