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DJ Monroe is Coming Back?

Posted by CloseToJumping on July 2nd, 2009 under Football

BurntOrangeBeat is reporting to have confirmed through both the high school and college program sources that Monroe pulled off the miracle in the classroom and has had his scholarship renewed by the program. If this turns out to be correct, (and I trust those guys and their data above anyone else posting, including the likes of us on this board) this could be a huge deal for us. The data is on the paid site, so if you’re not paying them, you either have to trust me or sign up over there.

Texas has everything coming back this year except an established DT group behind Lamarr Houston and an explosive ball handler on a level with Ramonce Taylor or Jamaal Charles. We have some tremendous WR talent, a great QB, an excellent OL, and potentially serviceable backs. If Monroe or Desean Hales can get any opportunities to show off their skill sets this year, whether at WR, back, or returning punts and kicks, or all of the above, they could add another dimension to our scoring abilities. Of course, they need to get on the field, stay healthy, and get opportunities first, but if that happens, with two guys of their capabilities getting looks, our odds of having a legit all-purpose break away threat moves up substantially.

Is that too much wishful thinking for 2009 and two redshirt freshmen? Probably. Still, with Monroe making it back, it gives us a chance to see something develop, which was harder to believe before today.  In the drought of the offseason, I found this a refreshing news item to think on for the weekend.

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12 Responses

  1. BrickHorn said:

    July 2nd, 2009 at 7:00 am

    The skill positions don’t worry me. Wake me up when DNA evidence exonerates Andre Jones and Jesus builds Jarvis Humphrey a third kidney.

  2. HenryJames said:

    July 2nd, 2009 at 7:01 am

    With BD all things are possible.

  3. Dude Guy said:

    July 2nd, 2009 at 7:11 am

    Whaley to DT.

  4. HenryJames said:

    July 2nd, 2009 at 7:20 am

    Are you related to Guy Mann-Dude?

  5. CloseToJumping said:

    July 2nd, 2009 at 8:23 am

    BrickHorn–

    I guess my hope is that Muschamp can scheme around whatever deficiencies we have behind Houston at DT. He did an admirable job of that last year with the secondary youth, so there’s evidence to put hope behind.

    I think back on 2007 and Charles and I shudder to about what that season would have looked like without him. Truly elite teams have several home run threats, including one that can come out of the backfield. Can a team win without one? Sure, but it’s a lot easier with a few of them around.

    HenryJames–

    Your manlove for Brian/Bryan Davis continues to shame and embarrass the rest of us. As a result, I continue to actively root for your demise.

    ctex80–

    F you and thanks for the edit.

  6. ctex80 said:

    July 2nd, 2009 at 8:27 am

    I thought it was more of a colonel job.

  7. Mitch Cumsteen said:

    July 2nd, 2009 at 8:40 am

    “Texas has everything coming back this year except an established DT group behind Lamarr Houston and an explosive ball handler on a level with Ramonce Taylor or Jamaal Charles.”
    We could use a tight end too.

  8. Extra Blocking Surface said:

    July 2nd, 2009 at 9:50 am

    I’ll do just fine at TE, thank you very much.

  9. dick said:

    July 2nd, 2009 at 10:39 am

    “Truly elite teams have several home run threats, including one that can come out of the backfield. Can a team win without one? Sure, but it’s a lot easier with a few of them around.”

    We did OK last year. It wouldn’t suprise me to see DJ in a very limited role this year but we’ll still score a ton of points with or without him. I too am more worried about the Dline.

  10. The General said:

    July 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pm

    All teams need big plays in big games for alot of reasons. It helps to have big play guys.

  11. Manlove Demise said:

    July 2nd, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    I actively root for

  12. Barking Carnival — Blog — Tracking Baylor, Foresight Wizardy, & Other Quickies said:

    September 7th, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    [...] posted about the return of DJ Monroe in early July on the BC site here and the ShaggyBevo site in a thread here. I hoped he’d get some looks in a Romance Taylor kind of [...]

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