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2009 Spring checklist

Posted by ChrisApplewhite on January 15th, 2009 under Football

1. Find a DT

Roy Miller was a game changer. Losing game changers suck. OU will find this out if Gresham goes pro. We still have Lamaar Houston, but he’s a 3. As good as he can be in that role, we need someone who can, at the very least, clog up a double team. I do not mean HenryJames’ porn career, either. He can rock a mesh shirt though.

The candidates are ________, _________, and ___________. So we have options.

2. Find a TE

. . . because we lost ours. Irby is still here, yes, but I’m talking about Quan Cosby. Strong, great hands in traffic, can find the soft spots underneath, and is consistent in the short passing game. That’s our team until Colt graduates. Shipley can do it, but if he’s the only one then teams will just clamp down on him and suddenly we’re relying on unproven players.

There are two ways to go with this. One, you put Malcolm Williams on the field and show teams that bracket our underneath routes that we will go over top of them. Williams is good for 3-4 of these a game until defenses start respecting him. Dan Buckner also fits this role, potentially.

The other route is find a new Shipley as Shipley becomes the new Quan and as Quan becomes the next Grey Cup MVP. Brandon Collins is the best bet because of his talent, but James Kirkendoll has been the most consistent. At least one of them is a safe bet to fill the position, but we can’t have the drops. They are going to have to pull out the tennis ball machine this summer.

The wildcard here is that we actually learn to run the ball so we don’t need the dinking and the dunking. Now if you’ll excuse me, I am going to ride my flying pig to Hell for my skiing lesson.

3. Find a guard.

The OL is OK. It’s needs to be better to give us a chance at a run game. We have 3-4 NFL bodies who can’t beat out Chris Hall and Charlie Tanner. That tells us something, either about hte players or the coaches. Not sure which.

We’ll also have 3-4 more Charlie Tanners. Either our potentially great players step up or we will be back to watching Gerald McCoy push around a guy 10 pounds lighter than him. I’m talking about you, Mark Buchanon.

4. Gideon.

[me as Captain Kirk]GideOOOOOOOON![/me as Captain Kirk]

RIP Ricardo Montalbon.

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  1. Gideon said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 7:27 am

    I’ve done worse than kill you. I’ve hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you.

  2. Hippie Killer said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 7:32 am

    Find a running game. Find Malcolm Williams. Find a Center.

  3. 98 said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 7:33 am

    isn’t gresham back..or did you write this article before yesterday?

  4. HenryJames said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 7:35 am

    I think Snow will be fine at center. At least until we scheme his natural ability out of him.

  5. The General said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 7:44 am

    It pretty much has to be Jarvis Humphrey at the 1 tech. Ben Alexander has proven that it isn’t going to be him. Kheeston Randall (go Kelly Bulldogs) is an Aaron Lewis 3.

    Tyrell Higgins? Wilcoxon? Maybe one of the freshman Howell or Johnson?

  6. PatronSaint said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 7:52 am

    I think the passing game will be just fine. It just isn’t going to be identical to last year. We have too much receiver talent to have a big fall off.

    The Malcolm-over-the-top solution is the most likely. Malcolm can’t do what Quan could do, but Quan can’t do what Malcolm can do. We’ll just adjust the routes to play to Malcolm’s strengths instead of Quan’s.

    I see a Patriot’s passing game next year with Malcolm playing Randy Moss and Shipley playing the dirty Red Raider.

  7. BatesHorn said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 8:18 am

    Pour one out for Khan.

    It seems obvious that throwing the deep ball to Malcolm Williams would pay off, since he’s open deep on almost every play he goes down field.

    But obvious is not our strong suit.

  8. Groundhog Day said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 8:26 am

    DT is a very scary situation. To rely on incoming freshmen at a critical position is very tough. I don’t know what to make of Jarvis H, but something tells me he lacks the want to. I’ve seen enough of Alexander to know he is not the answer. Hopefully, Randall is serviceable as a soph and Howell and/or Johnson can contribute in spot duty. I trust Muschamp to scheme around this issue with a possible 3-4 alignment next season.

    We need to see more Williams and Buckner to stretch defenses. In addition to Collins and Kirkendoll, I would like to see what Hales and Monroe can do.

    DJ Grant is the wild card at tight end as it looks like Irby will not be available next season either.

    The running game is always a problem with a Greg Davis offense and this goes back to the UNC days. Tanner should not be on the field and nobody will confuse Hall with Sendlein. I expect Snow to start next year along with Hix, Huey, an overrated Ulatoski, and a wildcard. This is the year for Hix and Huey to step up.

    The four best DB’s on our team are Brown, Brown, Thomas, and Williams. Let’s get them on the field together. I am intrigued by what Scott can do as we all need to see more of him to see what he can do with more minutes. I’ve seen enough of Gideon to know that he should be a role player….nothing more nothing less. Major Wright he is not.

  9. RansomStoddard said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 8:30 am

    You can make an argument that our offensive line coaches have not earned their pay in a couple of seasons.

  10. flamingmonkeyass said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 8:38 am

    I’d love to see some Malcom Williams in the slot some next year. I think the mismatches he would create there would really put some pressure on oppossing defenses.

  11. Stuck in MN said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 9:03 am

    What the heck happened to Trey Allen? It seems he has just disappeared from any OL discussion and I also recall Scip making some reference to his failure to develop. Was it lack of desire, injury, or just a bad evaluation by every recruiting service in the world?

  12. Nordberg said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 9:12 am

    Tray Allen looked horrendous in his all-star game his senior year, and hasn’t looked any better in his two years here. He really needed a redshirt year, for starters. And IMHO, he’s also playing out of position, out of necessity.

  13. Kafka said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 9:18 am

    I actually think the offense will change quite a bit during spring to support a more effective extreme hurry up approach (like OU did this year). I am sure OU’s offense got Mack’s attention in the 1st quarter of RRR 2008. The switch to an extreme hurry up will impact not just scheme but also personnel.

    To do extreme hurry up, UT has to be able to run and pass with the same personnel. The extreme hurry up is good at locking the opposition D into a particular personnel package and it takes the opposition DC out of the game, a very good thing.

    If the opposition D personnel is optimized for run D, then UT needs to be able to pass (no problem there).

    If the opposition D is optimized for pass D, then UT needs to be able to run (hmm, some changed required).

    If UT has a couple of receivers who are big and strong enough to block an OLB and seal a DE (or at least slow him down without getting hurt), it is a huge boost to the running game. These guys needs to be big enough to go over the middle and present a large target who can get up for the ball, actually catch it (no volleyball sets), and take a hit without fumbling. Prototypes of this guy are Pettigrew, Coffman, and Gresham.

    Subjecting smaller guys like Quan and Ship to the abuse of going over the middle is, at best, a necessary evil. Guys like Quan and Ship are a poor substitute for a TE in the run game because they can’t block an LB or DE.

    If Irby is fully recovered, he is an obvious choice for one of the big receiver spots. DJ Grant has also been mentioned but needs to get bigger and stronger (NFLDraftScout lists him at 210 pounds). Malcolm Williams could also do a pretty good job (NFLDraftScout lists him at 225 pounds) but is also super useful as a deep target. Maybe one of the freshman TE recruits will work out. Maybe Whaley.

    The O line needs to get stronger and better at run blocking and Mack needs to change his running scheme so that the TBs have a chance. A quick hitting downhill running scheme would put more pressure on D’s to make fast decisions (and thus more mistakes).

    I’d like to see the horns run some Pistol to see if that helps the running game.

    To reduce the chance of injuring Colt, I’d like to see less running by Colt (especially in easy games). I’d like to see Colt religiously throw the ball away to avoid sacks and, when he does run, religiously get down or out of bounds to avoid contact.

    To compensate for less running Colt, the WRs should be more involved in the running game.

    I hope cody is encouraged to trim back down to 225-230 pounds (he ran a 4.4 at 225). UT will face a lot nickel and dime personnel packages next year and it would be great to have a power back who can run over DBs coming up for run support. How does Whaley compare to Cody as a runner?

    At nose tackle (i.e. replacing Roy Miller) I am starting to get worried. I wish Mack would do what Stoops or Saban do when they urgently need a monster, recruit a JC guy.

  14. CallKevin said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 9:18 am

    Sometimes guys don’t get redshirted when it’s clear that the sooner they move along, the better. Sometimes it’s because they’re truly needed. I’ll let you decide, Nordberg, which applied here.

  15. anonymous said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 9:48 am

    Could have used a ready to play, junior college DT.

  16. Hippie Killer said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 10:00 am

    Find a leader.

    Guys were fucking scared of Orakpo and Miller.

    Yesterday on the radio, Craig Way was talking about the East-West Shrine Game and how Dockery was playing shittly. Roy Miller got in his face and Dockery started playing like a man.

    Who is the team afraid of? The guys have to have somebody they are afraid of, who will keep their asses in check.

    I suspect that the DL and the defense overall was special this year because nobody wanted to miss a summer workout for fear of either Orakpo or Miller.

    Who will be that guy this year?

    Also…Will the OL find the weight room?

  17. bighornfan32 said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 10:08 am

    I think it’ll come down to Randall or Humphrey. One of them needs to step up, cause if we really have to rely on a true freshman than we’re F’ed. The 3-4 is interesting idea, and we have the LBs to run it in Norton, Muck, Sergio, and Robinson, but a 3-4 requires a big ass DT, which is the main problem in the first place. Houston couldnt fill that role IMO.

    As far as offense, I wish we’d just scrap most of our shotgun offense. Run either an 11 or 10 personnel under center, kind of like OU used to do so well with Peterson. Of course, that wont happen.
    I’d like to see Malcolm Williams at X, with Shipley at Z when we have a TE, but when we switch to four wide, throw him in at Y so he can what he does so well over the middle, e.g. the OU game.

  18. Black Scholes said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 10:31 am

    I’m loathe to say anything even indirectly positive about Greg Davis, but I’m of the mind now that we can’t attribute the (under)performance of the OL completely to his ’schemes’. I don’t think McWhorter’s getting the job done. Tanner was a kid he handpicked, and he did it very early in the recruiting process. He’s been mediocre at best.

    And why can’t we stop the clock and redshirt Allen now? Otherwise his future looks pretty clear, and it’s not bright.

  19. exuLt said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 11:28 am

    Gideon just needs to carry around everywhere he goes a football made of the finest Cardassian leather.

  20. BatesHorn said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 11:33 am

    CORINTIAN Leather. You’re getting your startrek references all mixed up. Cardassian’s are an alie… oh, sorry.

    And Earl Thomas needs to join Kirkendoll and Collins in spending quality time with the tennis ball machine.

  21. exuLt said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 11:37 am

    Maybe our TE situation can be addressed by Cody Johnson in an H back role, or even a position change, considering the relative plethora of RBs we have, even if Vontrel leaves. He’s shown that he has good hands.

  22. exuLt said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 11:44 am

    Vondrell. Sorry.

  23. RolloTamasi said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 11:45 am

    Although getting Keenan Robinson on the field is something a lot of people want to see, 3-4 is not the answer for our team. Houston could be a great lineman in the 3-4 but it’s not the center tackle. As bighorn fan pointed out, the center-piece of the 3-4 D-line is the guy we’re trying to find for our 4 man line. Playing a 3-4 will expose all our flaws. Our inside linebackers will have to take on blocks and play gaps correctly and we’ll need a 2-gap nose tackle.
    Our linebackers have not shown the ability to do this and we don’t have that nose-tackle unless something unexpected happens this spring.
    We’ll probably see some 3-2-6 nickel this year (like against Tech) but no base 3-man line defense that would be expected to stop the run.
    All this hand-wringing over our need for a DT, however, is not that urgent to me yet. Who is going to punish us for not having that spot filled? Oklahoma St., probably, and maybe OU. Who else? Where are the power running teams on our schedule who will hammer us up the middle?
    It’s a concern for the Oklahoma’s and the bowl game but we have a lot of time to figure things out and a lot more flexibility to do it due to a more experienced and talented back 7.

  24. Kafka said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 11:50 am

    I wish Mack would make more spring practise video available on a daily basis on the MackBrown web site. I realize that Mack has his reasons for usually closing practise to the public but his crew has control of the video that they post on the site so nothing secret or embarassing would be displayed.

    It would be great just to see how everybody is playing.

  25. PatronSaint said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 11:56 am

    Those also happen to be the two most likely losses.

  26. PatronSaint said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 11:56 am

    Er… above post was concerning “Who is going to punish us for not having that spot filled? Oklahoma St., probably, and maybe OU. “

  27. MIA said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    I think Kindle can/will step into Rak’s role on the team very easily.

  28. uthookem said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

    So, what’s up with Irby? Just slow to heal, or is the normal healing time for his injury 18 months?

  29. Hippie Killer said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm

    The LB from Florida is coming back next year. If Kindle wants to win any of Orakpo’s awards, Spikes will be his major competition.

    He’ll need to dominate against Oklahoma and have great performances against the rest of the girls teams we have scheduled for next year.

    He has the natural ability to take over a game and I think he will.

  30. Hippie Killer said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    During bowl practices Roy Miller said that Orakpo had to get “Physical” with one of his teammates during the offseason in order to reinforce his demands that everybody be at workouts.

    Will Kindle do the same? and if so, Who do you think he’ll knock out?

    My guess is: The Mullet.

  31. Nordberg said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    “So, what’s up with Irby? Just slow to heal, or is the normal healing time for his injury 18 months?”

    Do you remember the injury? It’s only been three months. If he can go at all next year that should be considered a bonus.

  32. 53,001 said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    Yea, Orakpo knocked the fuck out of Palmer.

  33. Hippie Killer said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    Seems as if Dockery hasn’t been invited to the NFL combine.

    http://boards.chicagobears.com/forums/thread/1415925.aspx

    I’m really not surprised. You gotta play mean as fuck if you are going to be on the OL.

    Chris Hall needs to find the damn weight room, he looks like he should be working at a drive thru hamburger restaurant.

  34. Hippie Killer said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    So it was Palmer. I was wondering who had the balls to step to Orakpo. No wonder he played so good this year.

    We should hire Orakpo to be our Assistant S&C coach and Full-Time “Make you shit your pants Coach”.

  35. The General said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    “. . . Full-Time “Make you shit your pants Coach”.”

    Or we could just take the guys to Enchiladas y Mas.

  36. Mysterious Package said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    Can we stop with the “H Back” talk? What it is I have no idea…which means Greg Davis most certainly does not.

  37. Newy25 said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    We have two legitimate national top 100 recruits at the 1 tech in Howell and Humphrey. It really does kind of sound absurd when Texas fans complain about having no one at nose when we have 3-4 blue chip players there ready to go.

    I trust WM will have the line ready to play by game one.

  38. 98 said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    i wish howell was enrolling early; it would have given him a chance to figure in the rotation. i think power run teams will have their way with us in the early part of the season. luckily we dont face one till dallas. hopefully we improve enough by than. our offense will have a tough time against oklahoma’s defense. i am not scared of osu(loss of pettigrew hurts them a lot more;but stillwater will still give us fits ) or tech(loss of crabtree and harrel). i think the big 12 will be down next year.OU having only one loss(to us) is essential for a run at the championship.

  39. anonymous said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    Luckily, OU will be roughly as green on the OL as Texas will be at DT.

  40. RolloTamasi said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    We’re not whining about not having a DT ready, we’re discussing the next season and storylines for the offseason. You really should have to contrive examples of complaining fans.
    Overall I’m not worried about the D-line except at that position. I trust Acho, Jones, and Houston at the other 3 spots. Especially Kindle when he mixes it up in there.

  41. RolloTamasi said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    Shouldn’t, rather, shouldn’t have to contrive examples.

  42. 98 said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    sorry tamasi, but that is the problem with trying to win a championship in the current bcs format. Stars need to align.

    jones has been injuried way too often. if he has a breakout season i think we are fine at DE.Hopefully the line would be made to look better than it is because of the improvement we will see in the secondary. “COVERAGE SACKS” .

  43. RolloTamasi said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    Definitely. I hope we get Aaron Williams on the field because we need turnovers bad.

  44. wilyhusker said:

    January 15th, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    Find a tackle, find an end, find a guard…. you live in Texas for the love of God. What a bunch of whiners….

  45. Beaten dead horse said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 6:00 am

    WE SUCK! Coaches and players suck and we “fans” know better than anyone. 12-1 and the second best record at UT is not the UT “fans” standard.

    A few good comments here and a whole bunch of Aggy.

  46. Kafka said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 6:28 am

    Newy25:
    “We have two legitimate national top 100 recruits at the 1 tech in Howell and Humphrey…at nose we have 3-4 blue chip players there ready to go.”

    A good nose tackle is often double teamed by the OL. The OL guys tend to be very big strong and usually get a reshirt year to get even stronger.

    Is it realistic to expect a true freshman nose tackle to be sufficiently strong and good that OU or OSU or Tech (for example) have to double team him this year?

    In the past few years, how many freshman have started at UT at nose tackle? I think very few.

    Who do you think will start at nose tackle? Who will be the backup?

    Most horn fans think Muschamp is doing a bang up job as DC. Now we are wondering specifically how Muschamp will go about replacing Roy Miller. This is a normal off season discussion.

  47. Tim said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 11:01 am

    The thing I like about UT fans, is that for years you all said Texas Tech’s “dink and dunk” no running game offense was a gimmick and would never win 10+ games.

    Now, after UT runs the same offense for a year, you all think it’s great and can win the National Championship with it. You praise McCoy for his high Comp %, but laugh at Harrell for his.

    UT fans make me laugh, people in Austin are not even smart enough to realize that Texas copied Texas Tech’s offense and still can’t beat Tech on the football field.

  48. flamingmonkeyass said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 11:06 am

    Except for 8 out of every 10 years you mean. Are all tech fans this retarded?

  49. Tim's Bleeding Vagina said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 11:35 am

    generally yes, but my boy is a special brand of retard that is tough to match.

  50. The General said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 11:44 am

    Tim,

    1) There is a huge talent disparity in the guys running Tech’s chuck and duck and Texas’s chuck and duck (except for Crabtree)

    2) Colt had to break the single season NCAA passing completion percentage record to make the offense work and that earned Texas arogering by the BCS and no shot at the national championshp. Color me unimpressed. Graham Harrell hasn’t even sniffed that kind of precision.

    So, comparing the output of the two offenses is foolhardy.

  51. Tim said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 11:44 am

    So what your saying Monkey is that all 10 years you have been running Tech’s offense?

    I think everyone but you is smart enough to realize we’re talking about this year.

    Most UT fans are not smart enough to even realize that Texas took Tech’s offense, and the ones that are, deny it, or claim Texas runs it better.

  52. Nordberg said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 11:50 am

    You just lost in the Cotton Bowl to a 4-loss team. We just won the Fiesta Bowl. Whatever point you’re trying to make, it’s really fucking stupid.

  53. Tim said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 11:53 am

    The only reason UT didn’t go to the National Championship with that offense, is because they finally faced a decent team in a true road game and OU lost earlier. It had just a little to do with the OCC schedule but just hundredths of a BCS point.

    The only talent disparity between UT and TTU is on defense, overall offensivly UT was not more talented than Texas Tech. The only reason McCoy was able to be successful is because of his ability to scramble, and allow receivers to get open. Something Tech fans have longed for since Leach came to Lubbock.

    McCoy doesn’t have the ability to read a defense and change the play, or check down to the run like Graham. Colt’s is not as smart as Graham, but Colt is more athletic than Graham. I don’t think any NFL team will give Graham a legit shot at a starting position, simply because he played for Texas Tech, but Graham will make a better NFL QB than Colt ever will.

  54. t1climb1 said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 11:55 am

    Now, after UT runs the same offense for a year, you all think it’s great and can win the National Championship with it.

    Tim, you are truly annoying. Is that on purpose? I mean do you get your jollies by trying to poke the hornet’s nest?

    At any rate, I have to disagree with the above comment from you. If you really had spent any time at all on this site you would know that almost to a person we all bitch about our lack of a running game. In fact many of us on here have said exactly the opposite of what you claim and feel we can’t win them all unless we become a bit more balanced so I don’t know where you came up with that pearl.

  55. Tim said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 11:56 am

    I don’t think you can find a single soul outside of Ohio or Austin that thinks Ohio State could beat Ole Miss. If Ole Miss could slow down the FLorida offense at home, Ohio State wouldn’t have a change in hell.

  56. Nordberg said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 11:59 am

    “The thing I like about UT fans, is that for years you all said Texas Tech’s “dink and dunk” no running game offense was a gimmick and would never win 10+ games.”

    Yes, that’s what everyone has been saying all right. “10 wins”. Not BCS games, or national championships, but “10 wins”. Nice wording on your part. Congrats on your 10 wins and GREATEST SEASON EVER!!!!111

  57. HenryJames said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    We’re thinking of starting a blog called ‘Retarded Carnival’ featuring Tim, Ouch, Steven, etc.

  58. TaylorTRoom said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    You guys are missing the point. Every discussion point about Texas is a disrespecting of TT’s accomplishment on November 1. To Tim, that’s like denying V-J day, and he just won’t stand for it.

  59. ponderos said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    “We’re thinking of starting a blog called ‘Retarded Carnival’ featuring Tim, Ouch, Steven, etc.”

    Founding father holla!

  60. Horncasting said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    “Except for 8 out of every 10 years you mean. Are all tech fans this retarded?”

    Has it really only been 8? Now I’m pissed.

  61. Horncasting said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    “You can make an argument that our offensive line coaches have not earned their pay in a couple of seasons.”

    And you can make the argument that Vince Young earned it for them the 3 years before that.

  62. The General said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    Ole Miss lost to traditional powers Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, and South Carolina.

  63. hopefulhorn said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    Tim,

    I don’t care what the others here say, please, PLEASE keep posting here. The responses that your myopic comments elicit make me laugh to the point of tears.

    Retarded Carnival was a true classic.

  64. the Bobs said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    “I don’t think you can find a single soul outside of Ohio or Austin that thinks Ohio State could beat Ole Miss.”

    something tells me that if these two teams played right now, there’d be more people betting on Ohio State in Vegas than the combined populations of Ohio and Austin…

    But go ahead and buy into the greatness of Ole Miss, if you think it makes your loss look better. Personally, I’d have liked your odds better if your very best player was at full speed, or if your second-best player wasn’t a full-blown douche…

  65. Tim said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    ‘retarded carnival’ ha ha ha that’s hilarious. How did you come up with that? I mean taking the blog title and replacing the first word with “retarded” sooo clever.

    HenryJames, what are you doing wasting your time around this dull blog, you should be doing stand-up, or sketch comedy. Oh oh why don’t you go write for SNL??? I’m sure you could be lead writer for the gay pride skits, you know with your knowledge of Austin and everything UT. When you get there, do one about Colt and Jordan’s fishing adventures.

  66. Horncasting said:

    January 16th, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    “We have two legitimate national top 100 recruits at the 1 tech in Howell and Humphrey…at nose we have 3-4 blue chip players there ready to go.”

    I just don’t see Howell as a 1 tech right now, or getting there next year. Hell he played half his snaps at DE his sr. year.

  67. 8straight said:

    January 17th, 2009 at 9:41 am

    Even IF Harrell had the physical tools to be a NFL starter his mental make up would not allow him to be successful at the next level. Unlike Tebow, McCoy and Bradford, who have the mental and physical qualities, Harrell continues to show the signs of immaturity that have been with him since high school.

    “McCoy doesn’t have the ability to read the defense and change the play, or check down to the run like Graham.”
    McCoy to Quan for winning TD!!!!

  68. Chooky said:

    January 17th, 2009 at 10:34 am

    Remember that time Tim landed a plane in the Hudson and saved 155 lives?

  69. Sports Jesus said:

    January 19th, 2009 at 10:46 am

    Remember that time Tim landed a plane in the Hudson and saved 155 lives?
    =
    uncomfortable laugh out loud in quiet office.

  70. Dunstan Pearl said:

    January 19th, 2009 at 11:19 am

    “McCoy doesn’t have the ability to read a defense and change the play”

    You’re an idiot.

  71. horn7 said:

    January 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    Tim, you’re the poster child of why you people are called “sand aggies.”

  72. NateHeupel said:

    January 19th, 2009 at 9:45 pm

    1) I’m glad I’m not the only person who thinks the loss of Roy Miller is bigger than the loss of Brian Orakpo. My only real hope for the 2009 Red River Shootout is the fact that UT’s DL doesn’t appear to have anyone prepared to fill the voids left by Orakpo and Miller until 2010. Don’t get me wrong, losing a guy like Orakpo is always huge. But it’s easier to create a great DE out of a good athlete paired with a good DT than it is to find a good DT.

    2) I don’t foresee UT having any problem rebuilding the WR/TE corps this year. HOWEVER, this statement comes with a caveat. It is my firm belief that guys like Shipley and Cosby (and their OU counterparts Iglesias and Johnson) are good, not great, players who end up looking a lot better due to supreme QB play. Thus, the talent waiting in the wings will fill in better than many expect. For UT it’s guys like Williams, Buckner, and Kirkendoll; for OU it’s guys like Broyles, Jameel Owens, and DeJuan Miller. Admittedly, if the contributions of the aforementioned WRs are being underestimated, and I could be doing just that, then both OU and UT could be in some trouble.

    3) UT’s OL recruiting has been quite solid of late. How UT doesn’t have a far superior line is beyond me.

    4) Apparently UT has some skeletons in the closet. I say this because Gideon clearly has some photographs or documents proving this that keep him on the field in spite of mounting evidence to the contrary.

    All in all, IMHO UT’s offense will be almost exactly like it was in 2008, but with more vertical passing. A big part of establishing a running game is having a good RB. UT appears to have no such player on the present roster, and Whaley will need a year before he can be a #1 back.

  73. beowulf said:

    January 20th, 2009 at 5:51 am

    “Retarted Carnival.”

  74. 8straight said:

    January 20th, 2009 at 6:44 am

    Nate- Regarding #3, No reason for this group not to be good. We will not be going vertical if they don’t protect better.

    I do disagree about the RBs. Fozzy is just as talented as the kid at Oregon St. It is how they are used. Cody Johnson is not the same kind of back as Whitaker. He should be moving toward the line not parallel. I just don’t think it is Vondrell, Fozzy or Cody who are at fault in the running game.

  75. Hippie Killer said:

    January 20th, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    I find Texas Tech fans to be just a shade under Oklahomo fans on “The Cocksucker” scale.

  76. Houstonearler said:

    January 21st, 2009 at 10:00 am

    Tim,

    Harrell is an amazing athlete. There isn’t a QB anywhere who is faster running to the locker room after a loss.

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