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2009 Texas Longhorns Depth Chart: Pre-spring

2009 Texas Longhorns Depth Chart: Pre-spring
2009 Texas Longhorns Spring Depth
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2009 Texas Longhorns Football Recruiting Review

Scipio breaks down the class like so:

2009 Texas Football Recruiting: DL
2009 Texas Football Recruiting: LB/DB
2009 Texas Football Recruiting: Offensive Skill Players
2009 Texas Football Recruiting: OL
HenryJames adds his thoughts here: Signing Day 2009
Scipio also takes a look ahead to 2010.

2009 Fiesta Bowl Wrap Up: Texas Longhorns vs. Ohio State Buckeyes

Coverage of the 2009 Fiesta Bowl from Scipio Tex.
Post Game
1) Thoughts upon arrival in Glendale.
2) Musings on game flavor.
3) Post-mortem on defense.
4) Post-mortem on offense and special teams.
Pre Game
1) Ohio State’s defense led by Laurinaitis
2) Ohio State’s offense led by media-shy newcomer and non-Vince Young replicant Terrelle Pryor
3) Some thoughts on who the restful layoff [...]

2009 Fiesta Bowl Wrap Up: Texas Longhorns vs. Ohio State Buckeyes

Coverage of the 2009 Fiesta Bowl from Scipio Tex.
Post Game
1) Thoughts upon arrival in Glendale.
2) Musings on game flavor.
3) Post-mortem on defense.
4) Post-mortem on offense and special teams.
Pre Game
1) Ohio State’s defense led by Laurinaitis
2) Ohio State’s offense led by media-shy newcomer and non-Vince Young replicant Terrelle Pryor
3) Some thoughts on who the restful layoff [...]

Texas Longhorns 52 - Arkansas Razorbacks 10 — Round Up

HenryJames has belated thoughts.
Scipio Tex has the post-mortem.
ChrisApplewhite has thoughts on the defense, etc.
Eyes has the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

No J’Covan Brown This Fall

BevoBeat bears the bad news.

Rick Barnes statement on J’Covan Brown:
J’Covan Brown will not be enrolled at Texas during the upcoming Fall semester. However, we do expect J’Covan to earn admission to The University of Texas and join our basketball program at some point.

J’Covan Brown statement:
I’m very disappointed that I will not be at The University [...]

2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship Title Goes to The Horns

19 hits led to a 15-7 win, the third such crown the Horns have captured. Brandon Belt was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship Most Outstanding Player and joined teammates Jordan Danks and Russell Moldenhauer on the all tourney squad. Now, can somebody tell me just what the fuck to expect [...]

Who’s the Boss?

Many might say Morello: The Ghost Of Tom Joad
The end is incredible.

Lester Miles Hearts Mack Brown

…or perhaps not.
A new NCAA rule bars head football coaches from visiting high schools in May, a wrongheaded decision LSU Coach Les Miles said was prompted by widespread cheating and the probable wishes of Texas Coach Mack Brown.
“I can tell you this, there were head coaches who were violating the rules, tremendously so,” he said. [...]

Those shorts are way too tight for you.

So says Brennan Carroll, athletic fashion maven, mentor of walk ons, and true innovator in the realm of golf visor application.
I found this while perusing the always excellent BHGP.

Horns Finish # 5 in Final Coaches Poll

The link.
Pretty good stuff considering what was predicted, the fact that beat the # 1 team in the land and the putative # 4 squad IN THEIR HOUSE.
While the difference between # 4 and # 5 is not really that big of a deal, I think the Horns have a more than [...]

Optimist vs. Realist?

ChrisApplewhite sees good things while EyesofTexas takes a more pragmatic view.

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Ken McDonald takes reigns at Western Kentucky

Horns Hoops Assistant gets his shot as the Head Hilltopper.
Congrats, Coach McDonald and good luck!

Attaboy!

Will Muschamp Moonlighting

Apparently as Mikhail Youzhny’s tennis coach. Intensity.

(h/t: Yost @ The M Zone)

Regional Previews

The East: A Regional Analysis
Weaklings of the West: A Regional Analysis
The Midwest: A Regional Analysis
Southern Comfort. Analyzing the South Region

Muck City Florida

While out cruising the blogs, I cam across this at MGOBLOG, who found it at EDSBS. Thought our readers might enjoy it if they hadn’t seen it.

Longhorn Hoops: All Big XII & Coach of the Year

From Big 12 Sports:
Barnes wins his third Big 12 coaching accolade after leading the Longhorns to a 26-5 regular season record. Despite losing National Player of the Year Kevin Durant from last season’s roster, he has had UT in the top five of the rankings for a good part of the year. He led Texas [...]

Congrats Horns - 2008 Big XII Basketball Co-Champs

The team seemed to cross the finish line with three flat tires, a steaming radiator and running on fumes but the are off to Kansas City as the top seed.

2008 Academic All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Team Announced

srr50 tipped us off to the fact that Texas led the conference with six selections — four on the first team and two on the second. More here and here.
Congrats to First Teamers Connor, D.J., Damion, and Dexter and Second Teamers Justin and Ian.
There’s also a video - Success in the classroom.

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