Wednesday Practice Report From The Asset

Thanks! Getting more excited, if that is possible.

I just got done watching the 2010 MNC. I’m ready for some Harsinwhite-style redemption!

On espn classic. I wouldn’t put myself through that experience otherwise. Its not like I own the dvd.

Thanks for the reports, so much appreciated. But no matter what’s said about the defense or starting rotation or development of the young’uns or anything else I just keep coming back to the feeling that, dammit, I want to see an offense that does something I don’t fully expect. And it works.

That’s really all I want right now. And another splash of Macallan 18.

Sucks for Cobbs, Statesman reporting he broke his arm. Get well soon! From the sounds of it, our LB rotation should be fine until he can recover.

Cobbs has a broken forearm. Cast that shit up and let him use it as a weapon. Oh if only the lariat were still legal as a means of tackling in football.

Thanks for the report. It’s good to hear progress at D-tackle.

JS-
How are we doing on the mental aspects of the game? 2010 was plagued by false starts and dropped balls. Yesterday and today the TE’s were ho-hum, and missed some assignments. Do you expect us to look sharp Saturday night, based off what you’ve heard?

sinless, I’ll ask. But just know that the chemistry is different. These dudes are ready to jack-up someone not wearing burnt orange. Bank on it. Lay the 23 against Rice. It’s a new era.

Heal up Cobbs! Focus on doing well in the classroom…no worries about getting in playing form once he’s good to go cuz you know Wylie will take care of that.

These guys have to want new meat and Saturday can’t get here fast enough. It’ll be nice seeing these guys getting some experience and testing their new superpowers.

JS, I know this is probably more suited as a Friday type Q and A question, but are y’alls plans for teh BC-Cosm tailgate scheduled for Rice or BYU game?

Cobb’s misses 7 or 8 games he should redshirt

Any news on DT DeAires Cotton? Has he been heard from or did I miss an update????

Thanks, JS, for all the reports. I plan to call Verizon tomorrow to upgrade my FIOS to Ultimate HD to start watching LHN. I’m hopeful that this season will see Bevo rise like a Phoenix from the ashes of last year.

Jesus:

Nice 8 year old football, now we’re talking about important stuff.

But dude, your sons team boots right from fake 22 blast? They boot to the fake side?

Although it’s not quite as bad as the coach I heard about who teaches his kids to tackle from their knees and says his goal this year is to teach his kids to lose well.

I feel terrible for Cobbs. According to the Asset series, he’s been opening eyes all camp long. Forearm fracture. What kind of time line should we expect?

lark47 -

A forearm Fx is usually a 6-8 heal time with a 2-3 week recovery period afterwards, depending on the severity of said Fx. As for a timeline, I would expect February. I think due to our depth at the position, and the possibility of having Hicks be a 3 and done type player, we could see him use a medical redshirt this year and gain an extra year of separation between him and Hicks. Just speculation though.

What I heard, was that if both the tibia and the fibula are broken, you’re in a above the elbow cast for 6-8 weeks and then you get recovery time due to the muscle atrophying. If only one bone is broken, it’s a below the elbow cast which can be padded and you can play in a few weeks.

I’m not a doctor though so I might be completely full of shit.

If it is the tib/fib fracture, you’re looking at a leg cast, not arm. But you’re right. If the ulna and radius are both fractured, it is usually a full arm cast.

haha

yea, just medical RS cobbs…since robinson will graduate this year, cobbs should be starting next year in the rotation

Kasey, yep, tailgate for Rice. Logisticsshould be up tomorrow.

I clean broke both the ulna and radius in half in 8th grade and only had a below the elbow cast. The break was closer to the wrist so i dont know if that means anything. Also, i was only in the cast for 6 weeks so that gives some hope. Plus, linebackers can play in a cast and not be affected too much

crap that about cobbs. hope he heals fast and well.

superb write-up. you really have talent. really appreciate this fine work.

great to hear how many are doing well, but i wish more good news was coming from te. hope this is just a lull.

particularly pleased to hear that bible is progressing. his not showing up on the 2½ deep made me think he had regressed or just not come up to speed. very excited to hear he may be rounding into shape before too long.

great that allen is showing signs of handling the l-tackle position. i wish we’d had these coaches when he came here. can’t help but think he’d have come on sooner.

very tickled to hear about mykkele. this secondary will have some growing pains, but i think they will be giving out the pain before long.

oh, and i didn’t hear one thing about ‘crazy legs’ running the thing.

Cobbs does not need or want to sit out another year. Hopefully he’s back in 5 weeks.

JS -

Outstanding! Looking forward to it on Saturday.

If Fozzie was a freshman or even a sophomore right now, would the snaps-per-player distribution be the same amongst the rb’s percentage wise?

Thank You Jesus.

I thought the same thing…bootleg to the fake side…. I’m sure the bootleg was to the correct side (assuming passer was right handed), probable the fake went to the wrong side. Also probable I don’t know WTF I’m talking about since I wasn’t there.

Looking forward to Tailgate news on Friday… unless its VIP only,in which case back to the old…

Redshirt for Cobbs is the right choice in my opinion, assuming he misses more than 4 or 5 weeks. Sucks now, might be way cool later.

Davisinthewildcattopsecrettuffhuh? And I thought M. Thompson…though I think anything is possible. We might see Whaley and Bible bring new meaning to a jumbo backfield before the year is over. You think Bible likes chips….He’d really love him some pancakes!

If Bible is “3 bills or so” now, then he’s dropped a lot of weight already. My guess is he’s still somewhere north of 300 but heading in the right direction from the way it sounds.

“Frozen Horn said: August 31st, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Cobbs does not need or want to sit out another year. Hopefully he’s back in 5 weeks.”

If he has a both bone forearm fracture, there is zero chance he will be ready to play in 5 weeks.

Was thinking recently we have been remarkably injury free through camp. Cobbs is the first one of any seriousness. Testament to Wylie’s conditioning over the summer. It probably came at our deepest position—LB.

You lost me in the second paragraph, but I seem to be the only one who is lost….

In the context available, Cobbs’ injury sounds like a displaced fracture of the radial and ulnar shafts. If so, the treatment is likely surgery to realign the bones and stabilize them with plates and screws. Healing time probably 6 weeks. Depending on how the season is going, he might be allowed to start practicing or playing in a cast shortly before or after the end of this period. Smartest move would be to redshirt, but kids don’t like sitting out half a season for injuries that are healed. Obviously a lot could change if the fracture is not what the grapevine and routine lead one to guess.

Hmmmmm. I wonder if Ash “cooled off” because he knew he wasn’t getting the starting gig. Knowing something like that would take away the competitive edge.

as canny as colt is, he redshirted and was pretty young his first season to play.

we need to be careful not to let the talent and promise david has shown override our judgement. our coaches must be thrilled with the potential he shows, but they know he needs to grow into the position at this level. colt certainly did and colt is pretty unbelievable. i think david running a package with increasing responsibility as he is ready for it is a brilliant way to bring him up to speed.

No jinx, you are not the only one. The 2nd paragraph scrambled my brain like an acid trip.

It sounds like all the news is good this week. I expect we are getting a little more sober message about Ash. Not that I doubt that he has been very impressive, but there is a reason why 3 star, true Freshmen QBs don’t win starting positions. It takes time to do all the things a QB is supposed to do in a game. It will lead to a really interesting spring and fall camp next year though.

I have to admit I was a little bummed with all of the talk about how much more explosive Brandon Williams was last year than Malcolm Brown. But now it seems like Brown has returned to the form that made him the top TX junior RB. It will be very fun to see him run.

I am tempering my expectations of the WR core. Maybe I am too used to the B Kennedy effect over the last few years. And something in my hears too much of Mal Williams in D White.

I just really wish I was going to be able to see this game on Saturday.

Then Jesus, my faith could be made sight!

Jinx: I was lost too until you asked. Compare the 2nd paragraph to the end of the 2006 Rose Bowl…

Cobbs already redshirted. Any decision about a 6th year wouldn’t come for another four years. Even if he didn’t play a down this year, he’d still be classified as a sophomore next year.

As hydromod points out, that’s a play on the famous Plaschke article from the day after VY sodo’d USC.

I liked the part about the Escalade.

I think they should redshirt Cobbs if they don’t think his learning curve will be that great in 2012. We’re obviously going to need him playing well at the beginning of next year.

Per the usual, nordberg is wrong. Unless I am.

JS – I know that Mykkele Thompson is a back-up to Vaccaro at Free Safety. But do you think he might replace Gideon in some 3rd and long passing situations in order to give us some added speed?

Another thing I just noticed. I was looking through the 2011 recruiting class. You know the true Freshmen that are impressing the coaching staff. Many of those guys are from East Texas and the Houston area. There has been a lot of talk about most of the talent coming from DFW. There is a good amount but the 2011 class seems to be mainly represented by East Texas/Houston and Central Texas. Hopefully these kids in following years don’t have some secret desire to play in the SEC just for the name recognition.

mona with another zinger.

“Cobbs already redshirted.”

True but can’t he qualify for a ‘medical redshirt’ due to injury and get another year? How many games do you have to miss to qualify for ‘medical’? (I’m sure Coach Saban knows, if he’s reading this …)

JS,

For some reason, I thought the team didn’t practice yesterday, so this was a really nice surprise. I wish I could express how grateful I am for these reports with fantastic insider info. I can’t imagine how mad I would go if I had to rely on practice reports on MB-TF.com for all my fall camp info.

I’m glad to hear that Gilbert is earning his starting role and we are not just witnessing more Mack politicking and meddling. As excited as I am to see the highly acclaimed Ash put on a show, I’m really pulling for Gilbert.

Demarco Cobbs news is really disappointing. I figured he would do some great things in Manny’s scheme.

“True but can’t he qualify for a ‘medical redshirt’ due to injury and get another year?”

Yes, and that will come after the 2014 season, if he wants it. And, of course, if he doesn’t play this year.

Except, guys, Cobbs DID NOT redshirt. He was one of four true freshmen DBs (Phillips, White, Byndom) who played in 2010. This is his second season in the program.

Tough loss for Manny’s defense . . . Demarco apparently was one of a kind with his speed and timing on the blitz. He was also the lone backup at LB who had been on the field. All the rest have zero game experience; Benson redshirted last year, Edmond, TJackson and KThompson all hit campus in June.

Best news I’ve heard about Bible, great write up, now I’m thinking 10-2 and we maul aggies

I fucked that one up pretty well. Cobbs is a sophomore. I could have sworn he redshirted last year. Probably because he should have.

Bring me the Kool-Aid! We are going 13-0! Whoop…s

Already have $100 down on the Horns, -23. Easy $.

Compare the 2nd paragraph to the end of the 2006 Rose Bowl…

… is how I took it. Recent references to GDGD and Pop Warner was the giveaway, imo.

So have we given up on LHN being picked up by someone that matters in time?? They can’t announce a deal Friday and have it running Saturday, can they?

Any word from The Cigar on this???

What’s the word on U-Verse??

How’s about someone who DOES have the signal considering streaming it – justin.tv or others, no? I’ll chip in. There must be a Texas fan somewhere who can handle that… hell, I saw an agy game on justin last fall that the poor bastard streamed by pointing his webcam at his TV screen. It wasn’t too damn good, but it was a hell of a lot better than nothing.

I emailed ESPN and told ‘em I’ll buy in if they’ll add it to the ESPN3 lineup or add a new one. Shouldn’t be too hard – you can already log on for ESPN3 even on the road, if you have it available on your home feed.

Hey, JS, Scip, or whoever’s watching – start a thread about access, would’ja?

Someone on 247 posted that a UVerse customer assistance rep told him that UVerse will not have the LHN by Sept. 3. One would think that a communications provider wouldn’t have its customer service reps saying things like that if there was any chance a deal would be struck in the meantime, so that’s not an encouraging sign.

yeh, you’re so sensitive.

UT07, they can have it up 30 seconds after the deal is signed by clicking a checkbox on the computer. No worries there.

The worry is getting the deal signed.

Daniel – why was there a multi-day delay in the time FiOS was named a carrier and the time FiOS turned on the LHN?

I will buy someone with LHN a webcam to Skype with me with the webcam in front of their tv.

LHN = Dodds giving the finger to the fans

president@po.utexas.edu

Lets send Powers some emails…

Why is there 5or6 noname companies that dont have that many people subcribing 2 them willing 2 pay 4 lhn with no problem,but the cable companies with all the money are not willin 2 pay.Are why cant espn come down on the price,it is not like they dont have enough money.

Thanks for another good report. Those Bozos on the Austin American (Bohls and Golden) should be confined to reporting games played. On their “Chat” this week they thought that A&M had stuck it to UT and were doom and gloom. I felt they had little faith in Ash playing so I asked, “How many games before Ash becomes #1 QB?” From reading here, I am sure he is going to play this year and I think he may be #1 by game 5 or so but they seem to think he is a definite redshirt. They answered, however, “at least 12” and at least 13."

I also asked if they read any forums and, if so, which ones. That one did not come up and was not answered. They seem to be devoid of information on any of the practices.

“Hmmmmm. I wonder if Ash "cooled off" because he knew he wasn’t getting the starting gig. Knowing something like that would take away the competitive edge.”

That would be a pretty sorry condemnation of his readiness to be the starter.

Why is there 5or6 noname companies that dont have that many people subcribing 2 them willing 2 pay 4 lhn with no problem,but the cable companies with all the money are not willin 2 pay.Are why cant espn come down on the price,it is not like they dont have enough money.

Most of these deals are done as ‘pay per subscriber’, which means LHN wants a specific monthly amount for every person with access to the network. Smaller providers may negotiate a lower rate vs. what DTV, Comcast, etc… have to pay. So they typically come to an agreement quickly in hopes of pulling subscribers from some of the big boys.

Here’s another point – cable companies are losing customers already, so their interest in adding cost may not be all that high… here’s a link a couple of weeks old – you know what to do with the xx’s:
hxxp://consumerist.com/2011/08/report-record-number-of-cable-customers-cutting-the-cord.html

As I said elsewhere, I’d bet ESPN could do some decent business by streaming it with the same login as their “insider” bullshit. ESPN3 already works off the ISP’s, so either that or a straight login would look to be fairly simple to implement.

I noticed Dish Network decided to add MLB Network, launched January 1, 2009, as of September 1, 2011. I wasn’t sure they’d ever add it as DirecTV is a partner is the channel, but apparently the sides got around their issues recently.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dish-network-hits-it-out-of-the-park-with-mlb-network-2011-09-01

Don’t know what that says about Dish Network’s mood in dealing with ESPN, but perhaps it will get more of their attention.

What i hear is Joe Knows his Job and they are Trying to catch Malcolm up because he had been taking fewer reps because of the hamstring. I may be bias, But Joe is a complete back, Mesquite is just up the road from me, so i saw him play a few times. we may be arguing who the best back is a year from now, that would be a good thing.