This weekend, the Texas football team will welcome Sam Houston’s Bearkats to Royal-Memorial Stadium.
A lot has changed for the Bearkats since their last visit to Austin in 2006. Most notably, Sam Houston is no longer a Football Championship Subdivision-affiliated program. Sam Houston made the move to the Football Bowl Subdivision level in 2023, and the team won 10 games and reached the New Orleans Bowl last season.
So, that’s the deal with Sam Houston? This week, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football senior writer Mike Craven returned to the Longhorn Confidential podcast to share his insights on Sam Houston’s FBS transition and 0-3 start to this season as well as a few Bearkats to know. Mike also chatted with the Longhorn Confidential podcast about the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football cover story that he wrote this summer on UT coach Steve Sarkisian.