Written by Aaron Torres | 08 May 2012

After a one-week “vacation hiatus” the Aaron Torres Sports college football podcast series is back, as we welcome Taylor Gaspar from the esteemed University of Texas media outlet Orangebloods.com to the show on Monday.

Orangebloods.com is the industry leader for all things Texas football, and on Monday, we discussed several pressing topics on the show, including the following:

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-  The role Orangebloods.com played in the realignment news of 2010 and 2011. What was it like to be in the eye of it all? What did Taylor learn as a young journalist, but also as a college football fan too? And most importantly, does the Big XII finally have some stable footing?

- What to make of Mack Brown’s refusal to name a starting quarterback coming out of the spring game? Does it mean anything, and is there any reason to believe that David Ash won’t be under center in Week 1?

- How, for the first time maybe ever, the Longhorns have real depth at running back. At the same time, why Mack Brown wants to see everyone stay healthy before he heaps too much praise on them.

- How Manny Diaz went from “little known defensive coordinator” to “rock star” over the course of last season, and why Taylor believes it’s only a matter of time before he ends up as a head coach at a major Division I program.

- What will Diaz’s second Texas defense look like, and why there’s enough talent for them to be just as good statistically as they were in 2011.

 

- And finally, why Taylor thinks if everything breaks right Texas can go back to looking like “Texas” again. Why I think the Longhorns will be a terrifying team to play in November and December.

Folks, if you’re looking for your college football fix you’ve come to the right place, and if you’re looking for knowledge on the Texas Longhorns football program specifically, well, there’s no better source than Taylor Gaspar of Orangebloods.com. As mentioned Orangebloods is the premiere outlet for all things Texas football on the web, and we were lucky to get Taylor to share insight that simply can’t be found anywhere else.

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Thanks again to Taylor, and thank you all for listening. The Aaron Torres Sports Podcast will be back Wednesday, as we look at the presumed BCS National Championship favorites, the USC Trojans!

And finally, if you're not following me on Twitter, be sure to @Aaron_Torres. Also, give Taylor a follow too for all late-breaking Texas news! Her handle is @Taylor_Gaspar.

Until next time!