Aaron Carrara
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And Holton Hill is back today.
8/11 Practice Report
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So far it's only been the 1st & the 5th practices (first overall of camp, then first one in full pads). Davis' story is adding some hearsay.
In the Spring, UT cut the media off after 2 practices. No word yet on another/next one open to the media. We're talking with Bedford & Watson tomorrow - hopefully we'll hear a new schedule.
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Matt,
You just need a parrot on your shoulder.
You just need a parrot on your shoulder.
The shakeup mentioned above was adding Vahe to the first unit.
This is all second-hand, but they say this has been the first unit for last couple practices (subj to change, of course).
left to right -- Williams, Flowers, Doyle, Vahe, Perkins
Second unit -- Hutchins, Rodriguez, Raulerson, Hodges, Nickelson
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My favorite thing about the guys we recruited on the offensive line is there's some nasty.
Vahe, Williams, and Nickelson aren't afraid to hit you in the mouth and let you know about it.
Vahe, Williams, and Nickelson aren't afraid to hit you in the mouth and let you know about it.
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More DanWolken on the Horns ....
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/texas-longhorns-football-relevance
AUSTIN — There is always a whiff of smugness about Texas football that belies its past 40 years on the field, which have produced just one national title and only eight top-five finishes. Strictly based on résumé, this would make Texas far more like Georgia or Pittsburgh than Alabama, Ohio State or USC, the programs that typically get grouped with the Longhorns as the elite of the elite in college football.
Of course, with Texas, nothing is based on résumé. It is the underachieving trust fund baby of college sports that, in 2015, is going through something of a mid-life crisis.
All the unnecessary trappings of Texas — symbolized by the massive customized, wood-carved, burnt-orange felt pool table smack dab in the middle of the players’ lounge and the leather saddles that seem to pop up everywhere around the football building for no other reason than to make sure everyone knows they’re in Texas — have been made obsolete by the ingenuity and functionality of football operations elsewhere in the state.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/texas-longhorns-football-relevance
AUSTIN — There is always a whiff of smugness about Texas football that belies its past 40 years on the field, which have produced just one national title and only eight top-five finishes. Strictly based on résumé, this would make Texas far more like Georgia or Pittsburgh than Alabama, Ohio State or USC, the programs that typically get grouped with the Longhorns as the elite of the elite in college football.
Of course, with Texas, nothing is based on résumé. It is the underachieving trust fund baby of college sports that, in 2015, is going through something of a mid-life crisis.
All the unnecessary trappings of Texas — symbolized by the massive customized, wood-carved, burnt-orange felt pool table smack dab in the middle of the players’ lounge and the leather saddles that seem to pop up everywhere around the football building for no other reason than to make sure everyone knows they’re in Texas — have been made obsolete by the ingenuity and functionality of football operations elsewhere in the state.
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This is why the media has become an absolute joke. There was absolutely no need for the first part of the article. Hey, have to lead with a little trolling to actually get readers to read the article. The hilarious thing is he talks about titles defining a program and then says we should follow the lead of other in state programs like Baylor and TCU.
more from the USAToday piece--
"..... Heard, who redshirted last year because he simply wasn’t ready to play as a freshman, is an alpha dog personality who won high school state titles but might be more limited as a passer. Swoopes hasn’t won many football games — he went 1-9 as a high school senior and hasn’t been particularly effective the past two seasons — and comes off as a bit too reserved and deferential to inspire and lead the way a quarterback should.
As media members who regularly cover Texas tap-danced around that issue in an interview session last week before fall camp started, Swoopes seemed a little too willing to indulge their skepticism. Asked if he needs to “demand that this is your team,†Swoopes avoided eye contact with the reporter, looking straight ahead while saying it’s a role that needs to be earned. He showed not even a hint of emotion when it was suggested to him that quarterback was perceived to be the weak link at Texas. And then, given a third opportunity to state his case as the starter, he shrugged and said practice hadn’t started yet....."
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".... “He just wasn’t ready to be the quarterback and he didn’t prepare himself to be the quarterback,†Strong said. “He figured, ‘I’m going to be behind (David) Ash. Then Ash goes down now, ‘OK, big boy, here you go.’ And he really wasn’t ready for it.â€
"..... Heard, who redshirted last year because he simply wasn’t ready to play as a freshman, is an alpha dog personality who won high school state titles but might be more limited as a passer. Swoopes hasn’t won many football games — he went 1-9 as a high school senior and hasn’t been particularly effective the past two seasons — and comes off as a bit too reserved and deferential to inspire and lead the way a quarterback should.
As media members who regularly cover Texas tap-danced around that issue in an interview session last week before fall camp started, Swoopes seemed a little too willing to indulge their skepticism. Asked if he needs to “demand that this is your team,†Swoopes avoided eye contact with the reporter, looking straight ahead while saying it’s a role that needs to be earned. He showed not even a hint of emotion when it was suggested to him that quarterback was perceived to be the weak link at Texas. And then, given a third opportunity to state his case as the starter, he shrugged and said practice hadn’t started yet....."
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".... “He just wasn’t ready to be the quarterback and he didn’t prepare himself to be the quarterback,†Strong said. “He figured, ‘I’m going to be behind (David) Ash. Then Ash goes down now, ‘OK, big boy, here you go.’ And he really wasn’t ready for it.â€
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