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Texas Longhorns’ officials to honor Moncrief, McCombs with statue at stadium

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:27:00 +0000

Officials announced the dedication ceremony today. The statue will be unveiled Friday afternoon at the Red McCombs Red Zone, located at the north end of Darrell K. Royal- Texas Memorial Stadium. School officials said Texas football coach Mack Brown will… Source: Dallas Morning News – Blogs

Texas Longhorns Versus the Wyoming Cowboys Game Preview

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:34:00 +0000

Texas Longhorns, fresh off a 34-17 victory over the Rice Owls Saturday will play their first home game against the Wyoming Cowboys. The Cowboys beat Southern Utah 28-20 last weekend. Although the Longhorns started things out a little bit slow against… Source: Bleacher Report

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Non-AQ news and notes roundup

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:08:59 +0000

News and notes from the non-AQ schools: “BYU freshman wide receiver Ross Apo dislocated his left index finger during practice Wednesday and had surgery. He is expected to be out about six weeks. Apo did not have a catch in the opener against Washington last week. “ULM will start Jyruss Edwards at running back when the Warhawks open their season Saturday night against No. 14 Arkansas. Edwards had been listed as the No. 2 running back behind Frank Goodin throughout the fall

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Wyoming looks for offensive balance against Texas Longhorns

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:40:00 +0000

“It’s therapy to come out and practice right now and I thought the intensity level was good,” he said. “It was another good day of practice and gets the game plan down.” The last time Christensen was in Texas ‘ Memorial Stadium, it wasn’t too pleasant. … Source: Dallas Morning News

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College football Top 25 cheat sheet: Week 2

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:25:00 +0000

The Rebels have been awful against Utah , going 1-13 SU while not covering at Utah in five straight games. Total: While Utah has struggled in September, it has been part of some high-scoring games during the month as the Over is 6-2-1 in the Utes’ last… Source: Covers

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Boise State, TCU gaining cred from coaches

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:22:06 +0000

Are Boise State and TCU gaining respect from coaches around the country? Texas coach Mack Brown became the latest coach to say he would not have a problem with a non-AQ team making it into the national championship game if they deserved to be there at the end of the year. When asked earlier this week whether he would be OK with that scenario, Brown said this, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: “The way the [BCS] rules are, absolutely. If you don’t like it, change the rules.” Brown went on to add that he expects his team to be in the mix should it go undefeated, and believes it would finish higher than an undefeated Boise State or TCU. He is right there. But with the rules as they are currently configured, he seems to have a more inclusive approach should either or both of the non-AQ teams be the only ones to go undefeated. “I have not been a proponent of everything in the BCS,” Brown said. “I would think strength of schedule should be a bigger part of it than it is. And it’s not. And if that’s the case, then TCU and Boise have to be considered top teams. If somebody doesn’t like it, they need to go back and change the formula.” Last month, Florida coach Urban Meyer told The Sporting News, “If Boise State is the best team in America at the end of the season, you better believe I would vote them No. 1 . If they deserve to play in the BCS championship game, they should play in it.” Boise State and TCU inched up higher in the latest coaches’ poll this week, with the Broncos moving up two spots to No. 3 and TCU moving up two spots to No. 5. No non-AQ team has played for a national championship before, and it remains to be seen whether undefeated Boise State and/or TCU would be voted into the top two spots at the end of the season. That has been a big source of debate and contention in the past week, since both teams won their openers against schools from automatic qualifying conferences. It is easy for coaches to say today that Boise State and TCU would deserve a spot in the title game, but it is another thing to say it come December, with the actual championship on the line.

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Prediction: Wyoming will force Texas Longhorns to utilize passing game

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:14:00 +0000

Carta-Samuels completed 26 of 32 passes with two touchdowns and one interception in last week’s 28-20 win over Southern Utah . The Cowboys have a potential pro prospect in David Samuels out wide at receiver as well. Prediction: The Longhorns will… Source: Dallas Morning News – Blogs

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Texas Volleyball – Big Four Volleyball Classic Preview

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:41:49 +0000

Fifth ranked Texas Volleyball enters ~~Dante’s Rings of Hell~~ the Nike Big Four Volleyball Classic Friday in pursuit of its 1001th win. To earn it, the Horns will have to battle #1 Penn State, #2 Stanford, and #4 Florida. Whoever named it the “Big Four” tournament wasn’t messing around. In the first month of the season, #5 Texas will have played the top four national squads. The winner—really the survivor—of the tournament should emerge as the national favorite to start the regular season.

In a weekend of big matchups, the local story will be Texas’ shot to earn revenge against the Nittany Lions. You might remember that Texas was up two sets on Penn State in the NCAA Championship before losing three in a row. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Penn State, the first choice for any volleyball recruit, travels to Gainesville armed with Deja McClendon and Blair Brown. The two hitters have combined for 130 kills in only eighteen sets. Brown, a 6’5’’ Senior, spent her summer training with the US National Team. Setting for the Lions will be handled by Kristen Carpenter. Alyssa D’Errico will don the opposite jersey at libero. With fifteen service aces, D’Errico is no slouch behind the line either.

Stanford ‘s Alix Klineman was a second-team All American last season. This year, her senior season, she is averaging 4.77 kills per game. Texas’ front line will have to reduce her impact to stay competitive.

Florida may be 5-0, but they haven’t exactly been dominating their opposition. They only have 26 more kills, 19 more assists, and 17.5 more blocks than their sub-par opponents.Florida has operated a spike-by –committee approach led by Kelly Murphy, Callie Rivers, and Kristy Jaeckel.

There is good and bad news going into this weekend, I’ll try to lay out the important ones.

Good News: Texas has been ranked in the top ten for sixty-one straight weeks and the top five for thirty-four weeks.

Bad News: Texas dropped from #2 to #5 this week after being swept by Illinois on Friday.

Good News: Juliann Faucette has seventy kills in 20 sets.

Bad News: Illinois’ success resulted from dealing with her normally deadly spikes.

Good News: With 208 sets on the season, Hannah Allison is playing like a veteran. Based on this interview, she seems like a down-to-earth girl too.

Bad News: This weekend will be a remarkably tough challenge for any freshman. She is about to be Gilberted, for lack of a better term.

Good News: Unlike Stanford, Texas has already been challenged this season.

Bad News: Unlike Texas’ early opponents, Stanford has four players over 6’4’’ including 6’6’’ outside hitter Hayley Spelman.

Good News: Texas will have a height advantage over Florida, the weekend’s easiest opponent.

Bad News: Easiest is relative, as the tournament will be played in always-rowdy Gainesville.

Good News: Rachel Adams, Sha’Dare McNeal, and Jennifer Doris are racking up the blocks.

Bad News: The Gators, Lions, and Cardinal are significantly more athletic than the McNeese State….. whatever those girls called themselves.

Good News: Freshman Sarah Palmer performed well in her first sets in Gregory. She will likely replace fellow Hawaiian Sydney Yogi at Libero in two seasons.

Bad News: To play their tempo, the Longhorns will need stellar play off the bench. Even Yogi eventually gets warn-out from throwing herself at the floor.

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Video: Wyoming-Texas preview

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:00:44 +0000

Andrea Adelson previews the Wyoming-Texas game.

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Plenty of intrigue for Stanford’s visit to UCLA

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:20:06 +0000

Stanford’s visit to UCLA on Saturday features multiple mysteries and intriguing storylines. Will Bruins quarterback Kevin Prince be healthy? What about the health of Stanford linebacker Shayne Skov, receiver Chris Owusu and running back Jeremy Stewart ? What defense will the Cardinal run? Who will make the first mark in the Pac-10 schedule? Stanford senior center Chase Beeler, however, is focused on something that stands out specifically for him and his fellow hogs that is no mystery because it’s a measured number published for all to see: Last weekend, the Bruins’ rebuilt front seven surrendered 313 yards rushing at Kansas State. “As an offensive linemen, that’s something that excites me,” Beeler said. “If myself or any of the other offensive linemen were operating things, I don’t know if we would ever pass the football. We’d always be running.” While the conventional wisdom is that Stanford’s offense, post-Toby Gerhart, will lean in talented sophomore quarterback Andrew Luck , coach Jim Harbaugh owns Big Ten sensibilities and has worked hard to cultivate an edgy physicality within his team. As in: Yeah, it’s Stanford, one of the nation’s elite universities, but on the football field it plays like bikers whose manhood has been questioned. So count on Stanford challenging the Bruins’ questionable run defense with its post-Gerhart backfield-by-committee, which rushed for 213 yards and scored three TDs in the opener against Sacramento State. “We know we are going to play a team that is going to be running the ball,” UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel said. “And we’ve got to find a way to stop that run. If they can run the ball down our throats, as they seemed to attempt in almost every game they play, then it’s going to be a long evening.” Neuheisel likely is just as concerned about his offense as his run defense. For one, Prince, after missing all of fall camp with a back injury, is now nursing a shoulder injury, which has limited him in practice this week. Prince certainly looked rusty while completing just 9 of 26 passes for 120 yards with two interceptions at Kansas State, but he also was victimized by numerous drops. Neuheisel didn’t give Prince a bad grade for the opener, considering the circumstances. “He managed the game really well,” Neuheisel said. “I thought he ran the ball really well. While he was a little rusty with his accuracy, from the decision-making standpoint, I thought he was pretty sharp there. The ball just wasn’t where it needed to be all the time. Truthfully, I had to expect much of that because he missed much of training camp. But there should be a quantum leap from Week 1 to Week 2. If he gets sharp, we are going to be a much better offense.” But not practicing won’t help him get sharp. If Prince can’t go — or can’t go all the way — his backup is Richard Brehaut . Stanford is not without issues. Neither Owusu nor Skov, two of the Cardinal’s stars, played in the opener. Harbaugh’s new policy is to not talk about injuries, so the nature and severity of the injuries are a bit of a mystery, though probably not to UCLA coaches, who have ways of finding such things out. Harbaugh has intimated he thinks both will play. Stewart appeared to hurt his ankle in the opener and should be viewed as decidedly questionable. Another mystery: After adopting a new 3-4 scheme during spring practices with new coordinator Vic Fangio, the Cardinal played a 4-2-5 against Sacramento State. Fangio is a longtime 3-4 guy, and Neuheisel said he expects a 3-4. Harbaugh said his defense ran a 4-2-5 because Sacramento State runs a one-back spread. And that’s mostly what the Bruins’ new “pistol” offense is. So what are the Bruins to do

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