There are no easy weekends when it comes to life in the SEC. Every three-game series is an absolute battle that usually sees two of the best teams in the countr

AUSTIN - Texas goes for the clincher this week. While that seems unfathomable, considering the top-ranked Longhorns have nine conference games remaining and six of them on the road, starting with the first of a three-game series at Arkansas on Thursday night,

Texas’ best conference opponents to date — No. 2 LSU, No. 7 Georgia, No. 11 Auburn and Texas A&M — had to visit Austin. The travel itinerary, meanwhile, has taken the Longhorns to Mississippi State, Missouri and Kentucky. Those teams all have losing conference records and are a combined 17-46 in the SEC.