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Quotable Mack

Posted by HenryJames on November 9th, 2009 under Football

Talking about Malcolm Williams at today's press conference: "Malcolm's about 220 pounds, and it's amazing to me that he's on kick coverage, he's on punt coverage, he's on the kickoff return team and playing 35-40 plays a game and making a difference. I walked into Oscar Giles' office and tried to get him off the kickoff coverage team, and it was like trying to steal a child or something." That made me laugh.
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The New Texas Longhorn Offense

Posted by Scipio Tex on October 20th, 2009 under Football

It's an odd thing when a 6-0 football team decides midseason before its two biggest road games to bench three offensive starters, modify its base set, demote 2/3 of the starting receiving corps, change the best WRs position, tacitly admit a failure of offensive philosophy,
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Practice: Day Ten

Posted by HenryJames on August 18th, 2009 under Football

Texas had a single practice on Tuesday. I talked to a source within the program, and he indicated that the practice was either in the morning or the evening. Or possibly in the afternoon. Mack Brown informs us that it's pretty fucking hot in Austin on his blog. Kenny Boyd, the head athletic trainer for football, apparently gives Brown lots of random facts that Brown finds interesting. He said the guys typically take
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Practice: Day Three

Posted by HenryJames on August 12th, 2009 under Uncategorized

The first day of (shoulder) pads. Did you know that shoulder pads and jersey weigh 5 1/2 pounds and that the helmet weighs 4 pounds? You would if you read Mack Brown's blog. Remember when coaches didn't allow you to drink water at practice because it was supposed to make you tougher? Yeah, the Nuremberg trials took care of those guys. In addition to testing for sickle cell trait, we run specific tests to determine
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7 on 7 scrimmage report

Posted by Vasherized on July 23rd, 2009 under Football

Got a chance to watch the guys scrimmage Texas State last night inside the bubble in a 7 on 7 format, which is basically Sherrod or GG snapping the ball to Colt (or vice-versa) who has his choice of 4 WRs or a TE. These were my random notes with a few follow up thoughts: Colt to Malcolm Williams on two perfectly thrown deep balls that #9 ripped out of the air in tight coverage. He's