Practice Report From The Asset

Thank you, Jesus. Is DGB coming in for the game tomorrow?

Num, num, num, numm. Sweet nectar of the gods! Thank you Jesus!

BD6, according the GoBR he is….

Great news on DGB! I take it by your silence that Shipley is not to be expected again this week?

I know he told ESPN not too long ago that Oklahoma and Arkansas led for his services, with Texas and Auburn in the second group, and not a lock to receive a visit at all. Obviously rooting for that report to prove false.

Ah Milwaukee! Minnesota’s version of Cleveland! If you lived in Milwaukee you’d drink like a fish too.

Is someone going to do the Milli wah key bit from Alice Cooper???

What’s the status on Shipley???

BD6, according the GoBR he is….

Cool, thanks. It looks like his team’s early exit from the playoffs is proving to be to our benefit.

I’m skeptical as well on DGB, just because OU and Arkansas have some pretty potent passing offenses they can sell. Wyatt and Mack will deserve at least one Barking Carnival totebag each if they can seal this deal, as DGB would be an absolute game-changer for our offense.

Shipley’s out. He tried to go last week in practice before Mizzou and the knee swelled up.

Crazy news on the RB situation. Would have thought it was flip flopped with Bergeron more likely and Brown more of a game time decision. That is good news though that both are making progress, and especially good news on the MB front since his injury could have been very serious.

Hope the news on DGB is correct. We need a major talent infusion there, and while help is on the way, Jones and Thomas are nowhere near the level of DGB. This offense needs more playmakers like Charlie Weis needs more insulin.

JS,

Does the Asset think Shipley is likely out for the remainder of the year?

Good news on Brown.

great report. thanks, good to read.

mag, you need to get out more (assuming he wasn’t echoing a line from a movie i probably wouldn’t care to see).

How are Ash and McCoy doing on accuracy? Are they hitting receivers? With Shipley out we have only one threat on the passing game and that is Davis. The QBs have to do more than simply manage the game. Aggie and KSU defend the run better and we have to have a half descent passing game.

Only read the first line. The article likely cannot get better than that line. Strong reference. Thank you.

Sounds like bowl game would be best scenario for shipley- that sucks, hard core. He was looking like a freshman all american and emerging star through 5 or 6 games, imo.

As this year isn’t all that important record wise, rather more process wise it might not be the worst thing in the world- if the extra attention can get the light to come on for White, or get eye chart some needed reps. Rationalizing something that sucks- before the injuries to our top 4 weapons I thought 9-3 was likely and 10-2 very possible. Now I’m having a hard time making a case for 7 regular season wins, as banged up as we are on offense.

Thanks Jesus,
These practice reports are the best thing on the web!

This game is akin to drawing the line in the sand at the Alamo. If we can escape this game with a win, I can definately see us going on a three game win streak and going to the Cotton Bowl. By the same token, if we put up another offensive stinker, I can see us losing all three games and running the risk of having another losing season by turning turtle in the bowl game. All great programs have a defining game that marked the turning point in their ascension. Will this game be ours?

Guys, go back and watch Longhorn Scotts breakdown of Shipley’s fall. Pay attention to what direction his foot turns. The sheer fact that Lil’ Ship doesn’t have a much more serious injury is remarkable. We should all probably temper our expectations of Ship’s recovery a bit. It doesn’t matter that he was walking and running on the sideline after that fall, your knee is not supposed to do what his knee did. We should count ourselves lucky that he doesn’t require surgery to repair the damage. He’s not going to be able to cut like he used to until it heals, and his ability to cut on dime is what makes his so dangerous. We could be looking at him being out the rest of the season, because even if he’s feelin better, he still may not be back enough to make much a difference.

Jesus,

Thanks for the report. You are quite an asset to this blog.

Big duke,

OU and Arkansas aren’t in Austin. They also don’t have Mack.

I’m pretty optimistic on this kid. Ash just needs to have a good game throwing the ball.

Glad to hear that the Asset feels we are in great shape with DGB. I tried to email with this info i got Sunday night but it came back. I talked to someone in a good position to know about recruiting this weekend and he thinks we are on the inside track with Armstead, USC being our biggest roadblock. I have seen since my conversation that Armstead’s dad said Texas was among the leaders now and that LaSalle Thompson was his dad’s longtime buddy. The person I talked with was of the opinion that I was that whether o or d, this guy would be the prize that we need most and his feeling was that feelings were hurt enough with USC that catching him might just happen.

Back to the subject of “Milwaukee” …..

“I think one of the most interesting aspects of Milwaukee is the fact that it’s the only major American city to have ever elected three Socialist mayors…..”

( and so does Alice Cooper )

awesome stuff, js. hope onyay can come through this week.

We need to all support the patch-work offense this week.
Yell your asses off !

Hope for turnovers.

Celebrate the Seniors !

Have fun at DKR .

As long as Malcolm or Joe B plays we should take care of business. Not worried about our D. They are ballers. Any work on Keenan Robinson?

It’s cold here in Kansas. I imagine Wisconsin is in the deep freeze.
It’s drinking season up North.

Thanks for the work Heyzus.

Hi TDL!

DKR,

Interesting stuff on Armstead. I would have thought we were the outlier given that the other schools that all seem to still be in the mix are west coast. I am pretty sure I read that his father said that we are now recruiting him exclusively at D with Giles as the lead recruiter. Also read that he has interest in potentially playing basketball wherever he goes.

Anyhow, that is good to hear that we are in serious contention for him. I kind of had him pegged as a long shot.

“As for redacted plays, there are two new wrinkles. "

I sure as h3ll hope it includes some Wild-2K packages…Rolling 7s!

I have absolutely no expectations to see Ship back until the late Dec bowl game.

Condolences to the Oklahoma State family on their tragic loss.
Bless the families involved.

Big Ern,

This was not a coach but someone very high on the inside. His thoughts were that he favored defense but wanted the coaches to determine what was best for him long term.

By the way, we tweeted Wednesday that Kendall Sanders noise was about to start up again and now the paysites are reporting an offer.

Big Ern,

He is interested in playing basketball, also. I know he is going to USC/Ore game this week but I was told that if not USC, it would most likely be us. You can never tell with these kids but you could not being going to a better source for a guess. I just got lucky being at the right party.

HookemLA, thanks!

Excellent news, DKR. Love that we are throwing our hat in the ring for kids like him, Landon Collins and DGB and willing to stick it even if the odds don’t look great at times. Have to think that the old staff would not have wasted the time.

JS = Hookem89?

Feel free to redact that for lurker purposes…

Great new on DGB and AA!! Hopefully Coleman, Daje and Collins will all be there too and we can have TGOD show them around!! All these guys are game changes!! Colbert wont be there bc he is sick but but he looks like a really good S also.
I have been to 3 home games this year and our fans really need to get fired up for this game. When these players visit other good team and the environment is so crazy we need to show that we have that much passion as a fanbase also. So please yell like crazy (at the right times ;) ) and motivate others around you to do that also!! Unfotunately i will not be able to come to this game!!

Great to have 2 or our 4 best offensive skill players back, even if they are not 100% yet.
What is the status of Klein?

LETS GO HORNS!!!!!! HOOK’EM!!!!!!!

“Have to think that the old staff would not have wasted the time.”

That is a fact! I am really liking the change that is going on here! Going after national recruits and staying after them, playing tough hard-nose football and leaders stepping up everywhere.

I really like and respect what David Ash said this week. When he took the blame for Mizzou stacking the line, he really proved he was a man and a leader. The team will respond this week in a big way.

This was echoed by so many this week, new attitude!

Thanks for the JS. The news is always like water in the desert. Kind of like dessert. Ha.

The team really needs a major improvement from Ash this week. I know he is a Freshman but if is going to be the guy, He has to be the guy.

I am not optimistic about the injuries. I want the guys to play, but I think it is inevitable that if they do, they will reinjure themselves. At the same time, the season is coming to an end so why not give it a try and force it a little, at least for Aggie.

I won’t think much about DGB until he verbals. That is just too much of a long shot and I am sure his conversations with every coaching staff are positive. So each group probably thinks they are in the lead right now. The news is the best we can hope for right now though. That would be awesome.

I don’t know how they would do it but I hope DJ Monroe gets about 15 touches this game. I remember Ramonce Taylor starting at TB in 2005 for a while, so I bet DJ can shoulder more of the load than he has. He isn’t an every down option, but he is a running threat and could catch screens and flare outs in passing situations.

Jesus -

I think you and your liver “digress,” not “regress.”

Magnitude -

Wait – Milwaukee is in Minnesota now? WTF?

That is all. As you were.

I digressed but my liver regressed.

Texas A&M; Fighting Aggies 57
Kansas Jawhawks 13

Whoop Whoop!

Does anyone else feel like if a Texas player gets injured they get held back more than they should. I remember reading reports about Bergeron doing really good in the summer camp until he hurt his hamstring and then he was never to be heard of again until the Kansas game. Did it really take that long for him to recover?

How does a medical redshirt work? Could we have another six-year Shipley on our hands?

We haven’t been to the humidor in a couple of weeks.

Not positive, but I thought to apply for a medical redshirt a player would have to be unable to play in 30% of a team’s games.

Strike that… can’t compete in more than 30% of a team’s games.

The University of Texas-Austin Longhorns 13
Kansas State Wildcats 57

Hook Hook!

Interesting update, Jesus & Asset. I appreciate it.

“At QB, David Ash worked on checking the ball down and looking more to the middle of the field. Harsin was very vocal with the true frosh on Tuesday. The theme was making a positive on every play and staying on schedule. That should translate into more receptions from backs and TE’s this weekend as they worked this aspect of the passing game in team work”

Very good news that Harsin is having Ash focus more on the short passing game. Ash did such a great job in the short passing game vs KU. Because completing those short passes is much easier than completing long passes, it will build his confidence and reduce his anxiety during the game.

“At receiver, Darius White continues to be the most frustrating player on the entire roster. He’ll make a beastly catch in traffic on one play and follow that up with a drop or the wrong route on the next snap. The Asset tells us he’s getting more attention from Coach Wyatt which has to be a good sign for the young man, but he needs to start taking advantage of these opportunities.”

The coaches need to keep it as simple as possible for Darius. Great to hear that Wyatt is coaching him up. Darius may yet turn out to be a hero for the horns. There is no doubt that the horns need him to step up.
 
It seems like the coaches might want to use B&B; mostly as decoys since that would be physically much less stressful but still quite useful.

Any explanation why the horns are 9.5 point favorites?

Ash will probably roll out more and execute the two man offense (i.e. either throw a short pass if the CB comes up to tackle Ash or run if the CB stays back). Definitely expect to see Ash running more option plays and QB draws.

Goodwin and Monroe should be running wide more vs KSU. Cody should be running more at TB.

Does the Asset think that the horns can block KSU’s DL well enough to run inside efficiently?

Praise be to Jesus for all the info. Let’s hope DGB likes what he sees with the QB situation…

Longhorn Rick has it correct. It’s going to be a slaughter. After reading the Asset’s thoughts before the OU game I bought the hype. After last week’s report, no more Asset kool-aid. The reports are fun to read, but we can’t possibly take them for truth. Chip Brown must be the Asset.

adt2, fucking geography! Gets me everytime…

Shipley news is no bueno. This team could’ve done good things this year at full strength. Annoying. We’ve had some atrocious luck since the ’09 Championship game…

impromptu q&a; thread today maybe? maybe just to expand on the sanders dev?

Given a little rest you can grow another one Shuttlesworth.

….and if anyone’s interested, here’s Alice Cooper’s take on Milwaukee…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw1cHykOxqg

I like this better….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmKzxhMzwo

Trav Jam,

Managing expectations requires critical thinking… in real time. The Asset can’t do that for you.

For those that don’t follow recruiting, DGB has the chance to have a Roy Williams type of impact as a freshman.

Hopefully by that you’re not meaning that he’s a non-factor when we play OU.

He (Darius White) will make a beastly catch in traffic on one play and follow that up with a drop or the wrong route on the next snap.

The young man needs to be aware of a life-determining truism: A single “Awww… SHIT!” is enough to wipe out One Thousand “Atta Boy”. Dropping the “easy” one even ONCE is an Awww… SHIT! This is one of those things that needs to be followed by "Man, you are WAYYYY behind on Awww… SHITs! You need to step it up or move it out. I hear UTSA might be interested…

"He can be as good as he wants to," says the Asset.

Uh, huh. Okay. Sure. What does Bo say?

if you get trucked by a QB we’re never going to let you hear the end of it.

Please tell me that the Coaches have gone or are going to the Refs and pointing out that the “crowning” (Article 3) “targeting” rules (Article 4) do not exempt offenses from being called for a foul if the offensive player puts his head down whether blocking or running or “targets and initiates contact to the head or neck ‘area’”… and further pointing out that KennyV’s penalty was called erroneously. We would like the ref’s to convene – and hopefully agree to overrule) when they see such a penalty erroneously called, and to call it on offensive players as well (including Collin Van Pelt), and if necessaryto invoke the “egrtegious error” rule to ask for a replay if in doubt.

As for redacted plays…

Please tell me Luuuuke is going to have a pass thrown his way if the D lines up the way we want in order to make that an option, whether that’s goalline or short yardage… Please?

The Asset was in on a conversation with the staff about the five star wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham and he claims they think they have the lead at this point in the game.

Please tell me that the Not-afiliated-with-longhorns-in-any-conceivabe-way State National Bank and Trust Credit Union has a really, really nice job for either or both of DG-B’s parental units? Or maybe just some funding for them to start an Outreach Organization? I know, I know, but it couldn’t hurt… it worked for CU, even if the recruit turned out to be JAG.

Some on the Shag said Daje has an offer…any official news on that front?

Re: Medical redshirts

It’s three games. You play 3 or less, you can get a hardship RS. More than that, out of luck. We had 3 players who got the hardship redshirt in ’09 — Walters, Barnett and Howell. The latter was kinda blind luck; Howell was part of the playing rotation but missed one of the first four games because it turned out to be close (Wyoming, IIRC). Then, the week of the fifth game, he suffered a practice concussion and never returned.

I noticed the MB-TF site lists Sedrick Flowers as having played in three of our first four games (Rice, UCLA, Iowa State). He missed BYU, because it was a close game. Assuming he doesn’t play again, he’ll be eligible for a RS.

Sadly, that doesn’t cover Shipley. It would cover John Harris (3 games), but he already took a redshirt in 2010.

@Magnitude,

Nice “Laverne & Shirley” ref! Was thinking the same thing.

Hey, how about this for a new reality sitcom on the LHN:

“The Brown & Shipley”

— Malcolm and Jaxon get into miscellaneous little adventures on the 40 while realizing their dreams of playing professional football.

It practically writes itself. Now, we just need Green Day to do their version of the “Laverne & Shirley” intro

WIN!

DJ Monroe. Think about it.

You play 3 or less, you can get a hardship RS.

Not exactly. You can play in the first three (actually, 25 percent of the schedule) in football. Must be hurt and out for the year by then. If you play after that, no medical.

What are the chances of having Shipley for A&M;?

I agree: Milwaukee is an absurdly hard drinking town, and TALL. I think I had a neck crick from staring up at so many people while trying to go pint for pint. And a broken liver.

Things are looking good for me to get a starting spot early!

Just check out my website! http://www.connorbrewer7.com/ I have more completions than attempts!!!

I’m all for increasing exposure, but CB7’s website strikes me as lame to quite lame.

Connor Brewer has already completed the passes that he thought about yesterday… I can’t wait for him to win the Cognitive Heisman…

Also, what’s the status of Keenan’s injury?

Yes, I will soon be a Longhorn. PSU is now out of the running—they wanted me at tight end.

I think the defense keeps us in this one, as long as Klein is not able to run up the middle. If we plug the holes and force him to stretch his run plays to the outside we will be fine. and I will take malcolm at 80% health over no malcolm at all.

@DGB

Well, then Get Your Ass to Austin!! We Gotta Win Tomorrow!!!

… YOU CAN DO EET!

I hope DGB will be better than Williams. Maybe he could be as good as Mark Clayton or Broyles or Malcolm Kelly.

I only hope DGB is better than Williams if he comes to Texas. If he signs with the land thieves, I’d love to see him completely under-play his game at the RRS.

I’m told that Bergeron will play, Malcolm Brown will not.

I hope DGB will be better than Williams. Maybe he could be as good as Mark Clayton or Broyles or Malcolm Kelly.

The three of whom will make less money combined in their NFL careers than Williams has on his own. You’re definitely WR-U up there.

Aggies TE was open quite a bit vs KSU. They prob win if he catches all the balls that he dropped.

For the 10th straight game I’ll hope for a Darius White breakout. They should use him like they would DGB, just to prove to DGB that he would be starting next year.

You think Kelly was better than Roy Williams? I hope that’s a joke.

PB,

Interesting info. We’re hearing the opposite. I bet one of us is right!

Mostly good news.

It won’t surprise me or concern me if we don’t win this weekend. Save it for the aggies.

Great news on DG-B and hi Mona

Vasherized: As long as one of us has heard correctly, I’ll be happy.

As long as one of you has a tailgate tomorrow, I’ll be happy.

I have six beers burning a hole in my fridge just waiting to be added to someone’s collection. SIX. That’s half a dozen to you and me, kids.

I second nordberg’s notion

I have a 12 pack of Cranberry Schmirnoff Ice with Vash’s name written all over it. I hope there’s a tailgate.

The three of whom will make less money combined in their NFL careers than Williams has on his own. You’re definitely WR-U up there.

I care a helluva lot more about how they do in college than in the pros.

I just got home and flipped it to ESPN to check if there was a college game on. I had to check, double check and triple check to make sure this wasn’t a “classic” game rebroadcast. 24-17 OSU with 3 minutes left in the third. WTF T-Boone’s?

I just put $500 on ksu +9. Emotional hedge for the win- and maybe we win by a td and I’m twice as happy.
I would advise all orangebloods to do the same.

TDL, I’m watching it. It’s easily OSU’s worst game of the year. They’ve made as many mistakes as they have all the rest of the year. Weedon is off. Iowa State has found a pretty tough gamer at QB.

The announcers are pulling so hard for the upset it’s embarassing and annoying. But it just might happen.

OkieSt missed short FG with a minute left. Overtime.
ISU scores in one play to lead.
OkSt matches.

ISU wins it!

2nd overtime:

BCS CHAOS ENSUES.

Weedon intercepted on first play.
ISU scores TD.

Boom.

Weeden’s a man. He’s (almost) 40.

Klein is injured and won’t start tomorrow for K State. Vegas bookies knew something after all.

Joe — got a link?

Any link for Klein injury?

Now all we need is LSU to lose and we’ll get a chance at the absurd possibility of Alabama- Oregon: The Battle of the Bayou’s Bitches. Forever Pulling the rug out from under he argument that regular season matters in the BCS system

Someone else said he wasn’t even on the plane.

Hummmm and some of you die hard longhorn fans wanna sell our young guns down the creek &the; don’t have faith that they can beat much less cover the wildcats.
Shame shame shame
Iowa state fans turned out in droves as a 4form, that’s right 4minus touchdown underdog and guess what….. UPSET IN AMES.
come on folks, a bit of positive energy can sway battles, even when we’re all beat up!
Hook’Em Texas

Funny thing is that the rumors started on the KSU sites… fans telling me that he didn’t travel. Won’t believe it until David Ubben says it is so, now HE is authoritative.

Very nice work, Team Dirty Leg. Hadn’t even considered that outcome, and you’ve outdone Don King with the matchup moniker.

Can’t confirm by anyone non-homer. Going to sleep. Time to throttle down the classless hope I had. Interesting that the leaks started after the flight though. We shall see in the am. KSU never releases their injury reports… don’t have to.

KSU wide receiver inadvertently mentioned in an interview yesterday that Collins was hurt in aTm game.
I’m sure coach didn’t authorize that interview.

That was a Redshirt Fresham Quarterback tonight for Iowa State. And we are stuck with the worst Quarterbacks in the B12. One was recruited because of his brother, God only knows why the other was recruited.

Meanwhile, tonight I witnessed Tommy Armstrong, Cibolo Steele, lead his team to another playoff victorry. Armstrong is headed to Nebraska. And we are rolling the dice with a QB from Arizona whose sister is on the swim team who has faced below average high school competition.

Will it ever end ?

torre:

Our last proven winner @ QB won a couple of SCG’s with Lake Travis… and I can still hear Urban Meyer talking about how great he is. I don’t think we can pick a QB at all right now.

“Will it ever end ?”

No, it won’t. You should just go ahead and kill yourself.

Jalen Overstreet had a 37 yard td pass tonight, along with 2 more tds and 359 total yards.

Cant wait to see a true duel threat in a Longhorn uniform.

I’m with 55f100tx. A kid like Overstreet gives us so many options.

I’m not going to make it to the game tonight but I hope most of you do and you are loud as hell and put on a good show for the recruits.
Klein, or no Klein, be loud. There have been games in the past where we have been an awesome group of fans like 1990 UH and OSU in 2004 to name a couple and it makes a huge difference.

On another note, I am glad Iowa State exposed Oklahoma State instead of OU next week. I’ve never been that impressed with them.
It’s probably a good thing we caught Iowa State early, too.

Oh yeah, and it’s people like Torre that make me sick about our fans, the internet and sports in particular.
No, we’ve never had a good QB in the Mack Brown era. Not one.
So, it will never end.

What a freaking dope.

Does OSU’s loss decrease the chances that OU can back into the title game? I wish, but don’t feel confident. Oregon and Bama have the dreaded ‘we don’t want a rematch’ tag and everyone else doesn’t have the ‘prestige’ of OU. If LSU and OU win out, I think that’s our title game…ugh. Go Baylor!

Re: torre,

He is more than likely a troll, if not, then he/she is an irritant and should go back on his meds – now! Ignore, and he will go away.

Will Missouri beat Tech tonight with Pinkel suspended? I say yes. What say you?

I hope and pray that one of Bergeron/Brown will be 100% tonight. If they do, I like our chances. However, they should not play to critical fatigue levels. Given what I know about turf toe (very little), I would think Bergeron would be ready first. but that is put speculation.

Ship will be back when he is back. He is probably dealing with bruising in the joint. It should heal relatively quickly, but only without aggravation. One or two games is not worth the risk. I am glad they are being cautious with him.

Those of you bashing Ash are being very petty. Each time Harsin has focused on improving an aspect of David’s game, it has improved dramatically. Criticize all you want, but it is true.

I have good feelings about this game. Why? The last time I woke up with the flu the day of a Longhorn game was the first Big 12 Championship game, and I woke up with the flu this morning. It may be a dogfight, but we will win!

Hook ’em, Horns!

btw, for a good look at J. Bergeron, see the photo gallery currently up on MackBrownTF, the shot that simply overwhelmed me was #6/17. He is quite a specimen.

Cant wait to see a true duel threat in a Longhorn uniform.

If you’re gonna obsess over ‘em, you could learn to spell ’em. It’s “dual”.

java, the last two (16 and 17) from the photo gallery with cap’n american in the wheelchair trying to bring joy to those kids might just cause misty eyes.

As far as I can find, it’s nothing more than a rumour that Klein isn’t playing.
They have a truck full of Collin Klein clones donated by Monsanto.
I think our defense wants the real KSU, not the hobbled version.
Lets just get our RB’s going and beat them straight up.

I don’t know bigduke, if Kenny V playd QB he could very well offer a “duel” threat to anyone.