Opening Practice - (edit: report added)

[Matt Cotcher]

The defense will be 'good' by October and should improve to 'very good' by November. The offense is going to have to score 24+ to beat ND & Cal in September.

 

[DMAC]

DEFENSE

• First team unit:

DL - Shiro Davis ; Poona Ford ; Paul Boyette

LB - Naashon Hughes ; Edwin Freeman ; Malik Jefferson ; Peter Jinkens

DB - Duke Thomas ; Jason Hall ; Dylan Haines ; John Bonney

 2nd team unit:

DL - Jake McMillon ; Tank Jackson ; Bryce Cottrell

LB - Trey Gonzalez - Cecil Cherry - Anthony Wheeler ; Peter Jinkens

DB - Antwaun Davis ; Kevin Vaccaro ; Adrian Colbert; Kris Boyd

For all the talk about our offense, I'm a little worried about our defense. Last year our defense was beautifully dominant for the majority of the season. This year I'm worried about our ability to replicate that as a lot of these names have not played many snaps together and therefore won't have much chemistry at first

Interesting Poona Ford on 1st team rather than Tank Jackson.  Tank was a starter before the injury last year.  Where is Ridgeway?

 

[Godz40acres]

Interesting Poona Ford on 1st team rather than Tank Jackson.  Tank was a starter before the injury last year.  Where is Ridgeway?

Ridge was in The Pit with a couple of other guys (Holton Hill was one) nursing a minor injury.

Strong said Jackson would participate in some drills but, because of his foot issue, they were having to walk softly with him for a week or two.

Walk softly - get it? Sometimes I just crack myself up!

 

[TeamMayhall]

Video of 1st practice...

 

[Juan]

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Kirk Bohls â€@kbohls 3m3 minutes ago
Texas offense was snapping ball with 30, 31 seconds left on play clock at times.

Brian Davis â€@BDavisAAS 4m4 minutes ago
Texas K Nick Rose drills home FGs from 21, 28, 33, 38 and 43 yards. A 48-yarder was no good. Couldn't tell on 53-yarder.

Dustin McComas â€@DMcComasOB 10m10 minutes ago

John Burt continues to get work with the 1's, and looks like he belongs there right now. #Longhorns#HookEm

Brian Davis â€@BDavisAAS 12m12 minutes ago
Interesting to see freshman DeAndre McNeal with the punt return guys.

Mike Finger â€@mikefinger 16m16 minutes ago
Longhorns' offense looking mighty righteous at open practice this morning.

Ryan Autullo â€@AutulloAAS 33s34 seconds ago
Freshman safety DeShon Elliott exits Bull In The Ring with a leg injury. Trainers take him to the locker room.

Daniel Seahorn â€@CoachSeahorn 36s37 seconds ago
And Cecil Cherry just buried someone.

Brian Davis â€@BDavisAAS 3m3 minutes ago

Whoa. Horns start the day with bull in the ring.

Kirk Bohls â€@kbohls 2m2 minutes ago
Texas WR Roderick Bernard running well after an ACL injury

Joe Cook â€@josephcook89 23m23 minutes ago
Offense is working on tempo. Lots of 3 wide sets from the gun. 3 wide to the field sometimes. #hookem

RedditCFB â€@RedditCFB 27m27 minutes ago
Texas is running up-tempo. Swoopes looks comfortable running it.

 

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In reference to the Elliott injury. 

 

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RedditCFB â€@RedditCFB 49s49 seconds ago

This might be the best amount of depth Texas has had at QB in over a decade.

Daniel Seahorn â€@CoachSeahorn 2m2 minutes ago
Special teams is working on punt block techniques. Lots of double thuds.

Kirk Bohls â€@kbohls 28m28 minutes ago
Michael Becker killing punts today.

 

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William Wilkerson â€@WVWilkerson 2m2 minutes agoAustin, TX
Not sure there is a better coach to help with @tbhmcNEal maturation as a football player than@CoachTraylor. He just knows how to Coach

Joe Cook â€@josephcook89 30s31 seconds ago
Santos looks like he's taking everything full speed in drills. No brace noticeable from where I'm at.#HookEm

 

[TeamMayhall]

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Kirk Bohls â€@kbohls 12s12 seconds ago
Nice, one-handed grab by Armanti Foreman.

Mike Finger â€@mikefinger 23s24 seconds ago
Comparing the QBs based on passing drills is pointless. Swoopes is a better thrower & it's not close. Heard will have to win in other ways.

 

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Ryan Autullo â€@AutulloAAS 29s30 seconds ago
Wide receivers had a tough day Friday but doing better today. Armanti Foreman pulls in catch with one hand on slant drill.

Joe Cook â€@josephcook89 15s15 seconds ago
McNeal is in TE drills. #hookem

Will Baizer â€@WillBaizer 13s14 seconds ago
Swoopes looking good. Heard's deep balls fluttering and dying. #HookEm

RedditCFB â€@RedditCFB  35s35 seconds ago
Swoopes is finally putting it all together and Heard needs to work on his passing if he wants to beat out Swoopes for the starting job.

 

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Dustin McComas â€@DMcComasOB 2m2 minutes ago
Malik Jefferson just put Kirk Johnson to the turf in a one-cut "thud" drill. #HookEm

Bob Ballou â€@KEYESportsBob 25s25 seconds ago
Tommie Robinson just yelled at D'Onta Foreman: "You're moving your feet too much, run him over!" He did.

 

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Will Baizer â€@WillBaizer 4m4 minutes ago
Armanti Foreman is back up and running. He just tweaked his ankle. #HookEm

Kirk Bohls â€@kbohls 4m4 minutes ago
Texas S Adrian Colbert pops Daje Johnson, dislodged ball for one of hits of day

Max Olson â€@max_olson 12m12 minutes ago
Texas has 3 true freshmen running with the 1st team today: Malik Jefferson, John Burt, Connor Williams

Brian Davis â€@BDavisAAS 12m12 minutes ago
Team has begun. Good look at up-tempo spread. Defense has John Bonney in slot, Quandre's old position.

Daniel Seahorn â€@CoachSeahorn 11m11 minutes ago
Tempo is fast. Not wasting time between snaps.

Daniel Seahorn â€@CoachSeahorn 9m9 minutes ago
I see Vahe getting him some second team reps at LG

Daniel Seahorn â€@CoachSeahorn 14m14 minutes ago
Petey, MJ, Hughes at LB in that in a 3-3 look. Hughes moving around a lot.

Daniel Seahorn â€@CoachSeahorn 21m21 minutes ago
By the way, Ryan Newsome is FAST.

Hook'em â€@thelonghorns12 22m22 minutes ago
Connor Williams has some nasty in him and that's not a bad thing.

Ryan Autullo â€@AutulloAAS 23m23 minutes ago
Skirmish breaks out and RT Connor Williams was in the middle of it.

Brian Davis â€@BDavisAAS 24m24 minutes ago
Business is picking up. Poona Ford and Connor Williams just tangled up. Donnybrook does not go full scale. Teammates intervene.

Brian Davis â€@BDavisAAS 27m27 minutes ago
Charles Omenihu responds by driving his next foe into next week. Then, McNeal lines down and stones him again, gets up talking smack.

Ryan Autullo â€@AutulloAAS 27m27 minutes ago
TE DeAndre McNeal destroyed DE Charles Omenihu in blocking drill. Rematch is a draw and McNeal starts barking at Omenihu.

 

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Justin Wells â€@justinwells2424 1m1 minute ago
When you add up the talent/physicality level of UT's 2015 class + development of Charlie Strong = holy moly. #HookEm

Brian Davis â€@BDavisAAS 1m1 minute ago
Not a ton to report at the moment. Foreman did shake off the ankle tweak and is back on the field. Team doing 7-on-7 pass skeleton now.

Daniel Seahorn â€@CoachSeahorn 4m4 minutes ago
Dalton Santos out there for 7 on 7. Didn't see him during the team segment.

 

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Joe Cook â€@josephcook89 3m3 minutes ago
Defense has looked smooth but still missing some LB assignments. Santos is in running in 7 on 7.

Chris Hummer â€@chris_hummer 12s12 seconds ago
Most impressive Texas freshmen of the day so far? To me, it's been John Burt. WR running with first team and stretching the field nicely.

Joe Cook â€@josephcook89 20s20 seconds ago
Here's some fun: freshmen only punt unit. Newsome is back for the first punt

Ian Boyd â€@Ian_A_Boyd 29s29 seconds ago
It's easier to hope in Heard as a savior than to hope for improvement from Swoopes. The latter requires patience. 

Will Baizer â€@WillBaizer 15s15 seconds ago
Dicko the Austalian is kicking the hell out of the ball. Even the punts he puts half a leg into go 40-50 yards.#HookEm

 

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Daniel Seahorn â€@CoachSeahorn 6s6 seconds ago
Santos just laid the wood to a shallow crosser. Helped him up afterwards.

Brian Davis â€@BDavisAAS 18s19 seconds ago
After two practices, here's what I know. Every time I look up, McNeal, Burt and Malik are in the middle of things. J-Gray working too.

Joe Cook â€@josephcook89 14s14 seconds ago
Bedford and Strong are two of the loudest coaches in the field. Bedford amped for every play. #hookem

Joe Cook â€@josephcook89 11s11 seconds ago
Holton Hill is not participating in team drills. He's doing some running in the south end zone #hookem

Hook'em â€@thelonghorns12 21s21 seconds ago
If you've followed recruiting it's fairly obvious Strong isn't high on the WRs on the roster outside of the FR that just came in.