No idea...the segment was only on UT's QB's.
Don't look for a problem bro, my comments were solely aimed for Randy's hyperbole.
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No idea...the segment was only on UT's QB's.
Don't look for a problem bro, my comments were solely aimed for Randy's hyperbole.
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Texas QBs McCoy, Snead face questions over who will start
<!-- article right block --> <!-- /article right block --> <!-- byline --> By Associated Press
August 17, 2006
<!-- /byline --> AUSTIN — After months of team-imposed silence, freshman quarterbacks Colt McCoy and Jevan Snead faced the media Wednesday and the No. 1 question in the Texas training camp: Who’s going to replace Vince Young? Neither was ready to declare himself the front-runner in the competition.
"That’s up to the coaches," McCoy said in the players’ first interviews of the preseason. "It’s a competition. We’re out there getting better every day. What’s best for this team is what’s going to happen."
Snead practically echoed McCoy about five minutes later.
"We’re just out there competing right now," Snead said. "We both want to be the starting quarterback."
And so it goes. For now.
Texas has shielded the players from the media through spring and summer practice. Most workouts are closed, and team policy typically prohibits interviewing freshmen until they have played in a game, although both talked to reporters after the final spring scrimmage.
McCoy would appear to have the edge to get the start for the season opener Sept. 2 against North Texas.
He’s been getting more snaps with the first team and offensive coordinator Greg Davis said he’s ahead of Snead in knowing the playbook and reading defenses after redshirting last season.
Snead was still in high school last season and enrolled in time for spring practice to try to catch up.
Asked how the two quarterbacks get along, McCoy said, "We’re fine."
And when asked if Snead defers to him as the starter because he’s older, McCoy said, "I’m not going to answer that."
The bigger question is which player will better respond to the pressure of playing in front of 80,000 fans for the defending national champion.
Texas will be a heavy favorite against North Texas. Ohio State comes to Austin the next week.
"I’ve never been in front of that that many people before," Snead said. "I’m looking forward to it."
Davis has told both quarterbacks they will play in the first game, although no rotation has been set.
Coach Mack Brown has said the Longhorns won’t abandon last season’s spread offense just because Young isn’t around to break off 80-yard runs.
Both McCoy and Snead can run, Brown said. Last week, he called McCoy a "Major Applewhite with legs," referring to Texas’ career passing leader who scrambled like he had cement shoes.
But it’s also an unintended reminder of what happened the last time Texas went into a season trying to settle on a quarterback. The competition between Applewhite and Chris Simms dominated and distracted the team for two seasons in 2000-01.
"I don’t know what to say about Major. He’s a god here," McCoy said. "Maybe someday I’ll win a lot of games like he did."
Snead, who won’t turn 19 until the day of the first game, said he’s learning to be more assertive and vocal in the huddle.
"You can’t be all quiet and shy," he said.
Snead said he thinks the competition is wide open. Texas fans will be surprised by the quarterback play no matter who starts, he said.
"I think some people are saying, ’Since Vince is gone, what are we going to do?"’ Snead said. "Whoever is starting, we’re going to be very good."
Texas QBs McCoy, Snead face questions over who will start
<!-- article right block --> <!-- /article right block --> <!-- byline --> By Associated Press
August 17, 2006
<!-- /byline --> AUSTIN — After months of team-imposed silence, freshman quarterbacks Colt McCoy and Jevan Snead faced the media Wednesday and the No. 1 question in the Texas training camp: Who’s going to replace Vince Young? Neither was ready to declare himself the front-runner in the competition.
"That’s up to the coaches," McCoy said in the players’ first interviews of the preseason. "It’s a competition. We’re out there getting better every day. What’s best for this team is what’s going to happen."
Snead practically echoed McCoy about five minutes later.
"We’re just out there competing right now," Snead said. "We both want to be the starting quarterback."
And so it goes. For now.
Texas has shielded the players from the media through spring and summer practice. Most workouts are closed, and team policy typically prohibits interviewing freshmen until they have played in a game, although both talked to reporters after the final spring scrimmage.
McCoy would appear to have the edge to get the start for the season opener Sept. 2 against North Texas.
He’s been getting more snaps with the first team and offensive coordinator Greg Davis said he’s ahead of Snead in knowing the playbook and reading defenses after redshirting last season.
Snead was still in high school last season and enrolled in time for spring practice to try to catch up.
Asked how the two quarterbacks get along, McCoy said, "We’re fine."
And when asked if Snead defers to him as the starter because he’s older, McCoy said, "I’m not going to answer that."
The bigger question is which player will better respond to the pressure of playing in front of 80,000 fans for the defending national champion.
Texas will be a heavy favorite against North Texas. Ohio State comes to Austin the next week.
"I’ve never been in front of that that many people before," Snead said. "I’m looking forward to it."
Davis has told both quarterbacks they will play in the first game, although no rotation has been set.
Coach Mack Brown has said the Longhorns won’t abandon last season’s spread offense just because Young isn’t around to break off 80-yard runs.
Both McCoy and Snead can run, Brown said. Last week, he called McCoy a "Major Applewhite with legs," referring to Texas’ career passing leader who scrambled like he had cement shoes.
But it’s also an unintended reminder of what happened the last time Texas went into a season trying to settle on a quarterback. The competition between Applewhite and Chris Simms dominated and distracted the team for two seasons in 2000-01.
"I don’t know what to say about Major. He’s a god here," McCoy said. "Maybe someday I’ll win a lot of games like he did."
Snead, who won’t turn 19 until the day of the first game, said he’s learning to be more assertive and vocal in the huddle.
"You can’t be all quiet and shy," he said.
Snead said he thinks the competition is wide open. Texas fans will be surprised by the quarterback play no matter who starts, he said.
"I think some people are saying, ’Since Vince is gone, what are we going to do?"’ Snead said. "Whoever is starting, we’re going to be very good."
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Dispatch
Texas adds 1,500-pound running back
Thursday, August 17, 2006
John Maher
AUSTIN (TEXAS) AMERICAN-STATESMAN
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AUSTIN, Texas — When the No. 1-ranked Ohio State football team comes to town Sept. 9, the University of Texas plans to trot out a 9-foot, 1,500-pound Earl Campbell.
Ken Bjorge’s bronze sculpture of the 1977 Heisman Trophy winner will be placed near the southwest entrance to Royal-Memorial Stadium.
"The image I had to capture is the game face. He has a sense of humor, but he was a very serious football player," Bjorge said. "Players would almost rather have rather run into a brick wall than into Earl. He was uncommonly tough."
Campbell’s statue, "The Tyler Rose," encountered some thorns along the way. It took the hard work of donors and the involvement of some top university officials to get the statue in place.
"I don’t think many places have made statues of their great players, and Earl was our first Heisman winner. I think it’s fabulous that we can do something nice for him," said James Nixon, a San Antonio oilman who spearheaded the project.
In all, 86 donors, many from the San Antonio area, gave money for the statue, which was presented to the Longhorn Foundation. The total cost has not been disclosed.
"Jimmy wanted to do something for the stadium that will forever be remembered, and he has great memories of Earl," said Pat Frost, president of Frost Bank.
Nixon spends part of his year in Montana, where he became familiar with Bjorge’s work.
Although he’s known for his flair working with Western or natural themes, Bjorge likes to work with a variety of forms. The one that Nixon was impressed with was a statue of former University of Washington football coach Jim Owens. Owens coached the Huskies from 1957 to 1974, taking over after Darrell Royal ended his one-year stint there in 1956 to head for Texas. He’s even sculpted longhorns before; there’s a cow and two calves on display in Los Colinas.
Originally, Nixon’s idea was to hire Bjorge to create statues of Texas’ two Heisman winners, Campbell and Ricky Williams.
That was before Williams ran into problems in the NFL by flunking drug tests, getting suspended and moving to the Canadian Football League.
Campbell’s reputation at UT was on far firmer ground, however, and not only because he rushed for a Southwest Conference-record 1,744 yards in 1977 and then later went on to star with the Houston Oilers. Campbell is widely regarded by UT fans as a player who helped pave the way for other black players at a school that had an all-white team as late as 1969.
"It has really been a treat and a honor to be asked to do this sculpture. Nobody that came out of the 1970s and who enjoyed football didn’t think an awful lot of Earl Campbell," Bjorge said.
Dispatch
Longhorns’ QB candidates still unsure of status
Thursday, August 17, 2006
ASSOCIATED PRESS
<!--PHOTOS--> <table class="phototableright" align="right" border="0"> <!-- begin large ad code --> <tbody><tr><td> <table align="center"></table> </td></tr> </tbody> </table>
After months of team-imposed silence, freshman quarterbacks Colt McCoy and Jevan Snead faced the media yesterday and the No. 1 question in the Texas training camp: Who’s going to replace Vince Young?
Neither was ready to declare himself the front-runner in the competition.
"That’s up to the coaches," McCoy said in the players’ first interviews of the preseason. "It’s a competition. We’re out there getting better every day. What’s best for this team is what’s going to happen."
Snead practically echoed McCoy about five minutes later.
"We’re just out there competing right now," Snead said. "We both want to be the starting quarterback."
And so it goes. For now.
Texas has shielded the players from the media through spring and summer practice. Most workouts are closed, and team policy typically prohibits interviewing freshmen until they have played in a game, although both talked to reporters after the final spring scrimmage.
McCoy would appear to have the edge to get the start for the season opener Sept. 2 against North Texas.
He’s been getting more snaps with the first team, and offensive coordinator Greg Davis said he’s ahead of Snead in knowing the playbook and reading defenses after redshirting last season.
Snead was still in high school last season and enrolled in time for spring practice to try to catch up.
The big question is which player will better respond to the pressure of playing in front of 80,000 fans for the defending national champion.
Texas will be a heavy favorite against North Texas. Ohio State goes to Austin the next week.
"I’ve never been in front of that that many people before," Snead said. "I’m looking forward to it."
Davis has told both quarterbacks they will play in the first game, although no rotation has been set.
Texas adds 1,500-pound running back
Thursday, August 17, 2006
John Maher
AUSTIN (TEXAS) AMERICAN-STATESMAN
<!--PHOTOS--> <table class="phototableright" align="right" border="0"> <!-- begin large ad code --> <tbody><tr><td> <table align="center"></table> </td></tr> </tbody> </table>
AUSTIN, Texas — When the No. 1-ranked Ohio State football team comes to town Sept. 9, the University of Texas plans to trot out a 9-foot, 1,500-pound Earl Campbell.
Ken Bjorge’s bronze sculpture of the 1977 Heisman Trophy winner will be placed near the southwest entrance to Royal-Memorial Stadium.
"The image I had to capture is the game face. He has a sense of humor, but he was a very serious football player," Bjorge said. "Players would almost rather have rather run into a brick wall than into Earl. He was uncommonly tough."
Campbell’s statue, "The Tyler Rose," encountered some thorns along the way. It took the hard work of donors and the involvement of some top university officials to get the statue in place.
"I don’t think many places have made statues of their great players, and Earl was our first Heisman winner. I think it’s fabulous that we can do something nice for him," said James Nixon, a San Antonio oilman who spearheaded the project.
In all, 86 donors, many from the San Antonio area, gave money for the statue, which was presented to the Longhorn Foundation. The total cost has not been disclosed.
"Jimmy wanted to do something for the stadium that will forever be remembered, and he has great memories of Earl," said Pat Frost, president of Frost Bank.
Nixon spends part of his year in Montana, where he became familiar with Bjorge’s work.
Although he’s known for his flair working with Western or natural themes, Bjorge likes to work with a variety of forms. The one that Nixon was impressed with was a statue of former University of Washington football coach Jim Owens. Owens coached the Huskies from 1957 to 1974, taking over after Darrell Royal ended his one-year stint there in 1956 to head for Texas. He’s even sculpted longhorns before; there’s a cow and two calves on display in Los Colinas.
Originally, Nixon’s idea was to hire Bjorge to create statues of Texas’ two Heisman winners, Campbell and Ricky Williams.
That was before Williams ran into problems in the NFL by flunking drug tests, getting suspended and moving to the Canadian Football League.
Campbell’s reputation at UT was on far firmer ground, however, and not only because he rushed for a Southwest Conference-record 1,744 yards in 1977 and then later went on to star with the Houston Oilers. Campbell is widely regarded by UT fans as a player who helped pave the way for other black players at a school that had an all-white team as late as 1969.
"It has really been a treat and a honor to be asked to do this sculpture. Nobody that came out of the 1970s and who enjoyed football didn’t think an awful lot of Earl Campbell," Bjorge said.
Dispatch
Longhorns’ QB candidates still unsure of status
Thursday, August 17, 2006
ASSOCIATED PRESS
<!--PHOTOS--> <table class="phototableright" align="right" border="0"> <!-- begin large ad code --> <tbody><tr><td> <table align="center"></table> </td></tr> </tbody> </table>
After months of team-imposed silence, freshman quarterbacks Colt McCoy and Jevan Snead faced the media yesterday and the No. 1 question in the Texas training camp: Who’s going to replace Vince Young?
Neither was ready to declare himself the front-runner in the competition.
"That’s up to the coaches," McCoy said in the players’ first interviews of the preseason. "It’s a competition. We’re out there getting better every day. What’s best for this team is what’s going to happen."
Snead practically echoed McCoy about five minutes later.
"We’re just out there competing right now," Snead said. "We both want to be the starting quarterback."
And so it goes. For now.
Texas has shielded the players from the media through spring and summer practice. Most workouts are closed, and team policy typically prohibits interviewing freshmen until they have played in a game, although both talked to reporters after the final spring scrimmage.
McCoy would appear to have the edge to get the start for the season opener Sept. 2 against North Texas.
He’s been getting more snaps with the first team, and offensive coordinator Greg Davis said he’s ahead of Snead in knowing the playbook and reading defenses after redshirting last season.
Snead was still in high school last season and enrolled in time for spring practice to try to catch up.
The big question is which player will better respond to the pressure of playing in front of 80,000 fans for the defending national champion.
Texas will be a heavy favorite against North Texas. Ohio State goes to Austin the next week.
"I’ve never been in front of that that many people before," Snead said. "I’m looking forward to it."
Davis has told both quarterbacks they will play in the first game, although no rotation has been set.
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High Lonesome
Hook 'Em
And the rolls reverse one more time....this time with Earl's day replacing Woody's....it's really becoming ridiculous
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Hopefully for your sake they actually pay tribute to the man. That Woody "tribute" last year was a joke.High Lonesome said:
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bchorn
Longhorn fan
Sorry...I'm just highly sensitive to any criticism from Cowheard's show after he was so negative about us ALL last year (even after we beat you guys and OU). So, while I'm not saying Jevan is playing like a fifth year senior, my guess is Todd McShay was pandering his opinion to Colin's prefered negativity to the horns.
The knock on Snead is that he uses his very strong arm to force a throw he shouldn't have made to begin with. That's why I prefer Colt who is developing a rep for making smart throws which is all we need with all the talent surrounding our QBs.
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I can understand that completely...and McShay did mention Snead forcing throws. He was complimentary of McCoy.
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To be fair, he's a betting man so he goes with the odds. The odds for every year except last said Mack would lose the big game. I didn't take anything he said to be anti-Texas just for the sake of being anti-Texas.bchorn said:
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bchorn
Longhorn fan
Buckeye write-up on Austin
Here's a write-up from one of your fellow buckeye's about Austin.
http://www.mikeroberto.com/2006/08/16/fellow-buckeyes-so-you-wanna-visit-austin/
I can't speak to accuracy about anything he says about Ohio seeing how I've only been to Ohio once (Cedar Point ROCKS!!!!). But his write-ups about Austin are pretty accurate (and I've lived here all my life).
The only point I have an issue with has to do with education. Toward the end of the 90's, Austin had the highest number of degreed professionals per capita in the US. Back then we also had a severe number of people who were under-employeed (i.e. working in jobs they were clearly overqualified for). Maybe things have changed in the last 5-6 years but I doubt it in a university town.
Here's a write-up from one of your fellow buckeye's about Austin.
http://www.mikeroberto.com/2006/08/16/fellow-buckeyes-so-you-wanna-visit-austin/
I can't speak to accuracy about anything he says about Ohio seeing how I've only been to Ohio once (Cedar Point ROCKS!!!!). But his write-ups about Austin are pretty accurate (and I've lived here all my life).
The only point I have an issue with has to do with education. Toward the end of the 90's, Austin had the highest number of degreed professionals per capita in the US. Back then we also had a severe number of people who were under-employeed (i.e. working in jobs they were clearly overqualified for). Maybe things have changed in the last 5-6 years but I doubt it in a university town.
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scarletngray
Gold Pants
Freshman Tackle
Someone asked how our Defense might take advantage of UT's Freshman OT. Here is a link, curteousy of lvbuckeye that explains zone blitz'. The links gives various diagrams and explanations of zone blitz packages, some of which would effect the OT position.
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Someone asked how our Defense might take advantage of UT's Freshman OT. Here is a link, curteousy of lvbuckeye that explains zone blitz'. The links gives various diagrams and explanations of zone blitz packages, some of which would effect the OT position.
zone blitz explained<!--EZCODE LINK END-->
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EngineerHorn
No todo alli
I've always liked that feature from Davie. Isn't there something similar here at BP? I remember seeing a few articles written by grad and a few other guys, but I can't find them anymore.
Still on the freshman OT. Okay, would you be saying the same thing if we trotted out a 4th-year junior in Dockery instead of the freshman?
Because the line is better with the freshman.
The player Heacock should be looking to exploit is the quarterback.
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