Horns247: The Flagship Podcast - March 31

The Horns247 Flagship Podcast for March 31, 2026, delivers a comprehensive breakdown of Texas athletics across multiple sports, led by Chip Brown, Eric Henry, and David Eckert. The episode opens with celebration of the Texas men’s swimming and diving team’s back-to-back national championship, highlighting Hubert Koch’s dominant 200 backstroke performance and Bob Bowman’s rising legacy. The focus then shifts to football, with deep analysis of Steve Sarkisian’s spring practices, emphasizing culture, connectivity, and depth-building through key additions like Paris Patterson and MJ Morris. The hosts praise the quarterback competition between KJ Lacey and Diabel, the development of Arch Manning, and the emergence of newcomers like Sterling Burkhalter and Derek Cooper. The Texas women’s basketball team’s dominant NCAA tournament run—winning four games by an average of 35.5 points—is lauded as a sign of a championship-caliber squad, with standout performances from Maddie Booker, Rory Harmon, and Justice Carlton. The discussion turns to baseball, where Adrian Rodriguez’s minor procedure to remove a staple from his hand is addressed, leading to lineup adjustments and optimism around freshman Sam Cozart’s potential as closer. Softball’s split series with Texas A&M is assessed as inconsistent, with defensive and pitching concerns. The episode closes with a lively 'Take It or Leave It' segment, where the hosts unanimously predict a Texas women’s national title and a strong receiver corps, while betting on Cozart becoming the baseball team’s closer.