Big 12 spring game reviews from CFN. They take a brief look at all the games.
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Texas ranked sixth in 2008 college football spring game attendance. Nebraska and Alabama are the top two.
Fanatic Cornhusker faithful pay $95 for spring game tickets. Nice devotion, but that’s idiotic. It’ll be just as boring as every other school’s free spring scrimmages.
Sooners, Jayhawks struggle offensively in spring games. Sam Bradford was intercepted three times. Thank God it wasn’t just us.
Defense dominates in Longhorns’ orange-white football scrimmage. I hope it was a case of good defense and not just bad offense.
Battle to replace RB Charles highlights Texas’ spring practice. I thought Fozzy Whittaker looked great going against the other twos.
The last scrimmage/practice of the spring is about to get underway on Fox Sports Southwest. The Orange-White Game is most fans’ first look at a lot of players and it’s always interesting to see who is playing where. We won’t see much (if any) new scheme or plays, but it’s football and gosh darnit I like it. The most important thing in this type of event is always that nobody gets seriously injured.
I’ll be posting my live thoughts and opinions below.
First Quarter
Nice to see we tackled more this spring, much more so that we did more full contact drills than in a scrimmage like this.
Here’s the spring roster off the official site. Definitely going to be needed today.
Tray Allen gets the start today at left tackle with Adam Ulatoski out.
I thought Brandon Collins had dropped that pass but on the replay cornerback Deon Beasley made a nice diving play to break it up. Collins probably needs to use his body better though to prevent the defender from being able to do that so easily.
I don’t know about that interference penalty on Beasley. Colt McCoy threw a nice pass but put it over Quan Cosby’s wrong shoulder. He had the position and Colt should have been able to put it in a more catchable position.
Not a good job on the Jordan Shipley reverse by Henry Melton. As the backside defensive end his responsibilities are RCC (reverse, counter, or cutback) and while he held his spot for a moment he started to pursue too quickly. Not a good job by the corner/safety over there either, the moment they saw Shipley going back the other way they should have been screaming at the top of their lungs.
Ishie Oduegwu is in street clothes on the sideline, I didn’t realize he was hurt. I assume that’s why true freshman Blake Gideon got the start at safety for Team Tradition. Okay that’s the last time I’ll mention these lame team names.
John Chiles and Fozzy Whittaker screwed up the hand-off on their first play of the day. Zone read and Chiles tried to change his mind and keep it but they put in on the turf.
On his first pass attempt Chiles makes a decent throw to Collins but he looked like he was tripled covered. The pocket was still holding so I think John could have waited another tick, bought himself some time, and looked for a more open receiver.
Nice run by Vondrell McGee ended with him delivering a blow to Earl Thomas. Good play though by Thomas to hold on despite the big hit and make the tackle.
I hope we’re not planning on playing freshman kicker Justin Tucker. We’ve already got Ryan Bailey and Hunter Lawrence and I want one of them to win the kicking job this year so we can afford to redshirt Tucker.
Russell Carter sure looks like a football player. Big old sucker. Nice play by him bringing down Whitaker.
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2008 Texas Football Spring Jamboree
Presented by Time Warner Cable
Date: Saturday, March 29
Admission to all events: Free
Spring Jamboree FanFest
When: 10 a.m.
Where: Lot 70 (Parking lot south of Mike A. Myers Stadium)
Activities: Carnival games, inflatables and more
Note: The first 3,000 fans get a free mini-football courtesy of Time Warner Cable.
Aunty E Concert
When: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Where: Lot 70 (Parking lot south of Mike A. Myers Stadium)
Note: There will also be an autograph session with Aunty E starting at 11:30 a.m. in the same location.
Orange-White Game
When: Noon; gates open 11 a.m.
Where: Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
Television: National live coverage on FCS Central (Fox College Sports); Live coverage on Fox Sports Net Southwest (Bill Land, pxp; Ahmad Brooks, analyst; Rod Babers, sideline reporter; John Rhadigan, sideline reporter)
Radio: 1300 AM “The Zone” (Craig Way, pxp; Keith Moreland, analyst; Roger Wallace, sideline reporter)
Internet Radio: Available live via www.am1300thezone.com
Satellite Radio: XM Channel 241
Parking: There is no reserved parking for the Spring Jamboree.
Biggest question for the Texas offense is who will replace Charles. Vondrell McGee, Fozzy Whittaker and Chris Ogbonnaya are main options.
Will Muschamp has made Texas’ spring practices noticeably more physical this season. Love to hear about more hitting, just hope we stay healthy.
ESPN previews Big 12 spring practices. A few quick notes on all the teams.
Here are some pictures from the Spring Game this past Saturday, including some pretty cool shots of the new construction on the north end. Thanks Brady and Katie for the pictures.
Video up on YouTube of the entire Texas Orange-White scrimmage/spring game. Much better way to watch the game than that terrible FSN production we sat through on Saturday. No missed plays, no fluff, just every single play in 18+ minutes. Check it out below:
Thanks to YouTube user and Orangebloods member KeriCarter for the great video.
Colt McCoy and Jamaal Charles are bulking up for 2007 season. Word is that McCoy has looked real good this spring.
March 3rd spring scrimmage notes and photo gallery. Chiles and Harris are splitting the backup QB reps evenly.
John Chiles looked good in first two spring practices, is there a battle brewing for the backup QB spot?
Myron Hardy and Jeremy Campbell are both out of school and off the team. It is unclear if they’ll be back in the fall.
No track until at least after spring football practice is over for Jamaal Charles.
Just a reminder that spring football practice gets underway today and the first two practices will be open to the public. Today’s practice is scheduled to get started at 4 p.m. and Saturday’s will begin at 1 p.m. These will be the only two practices open to the public and your only chance to see the Longhorns in person until the spring game at the end of March.
If there’s rain or other weather issues Mack Brown will move the team inside the bubble, which is not open to the public so pay attention to the weather reports before you head to campus. There’s supposed to be thunderstorms rolling in tonight but they shouldn’t cause any issues with this afternoon’s practice.
If any of our readers get the chance to attend, please contact us and share any photos (if cameras are allowed) or thoughts from the practice with us. You can also sign up to become a Bevo Booster and make your own posts here on the site.
Roddrick Muckelroy is healthy and will be back on the field when spring practice starts this week.
Muckelroy was the Longhorns’ best linebacker on the field through the first three games of the season before he was injured. He had surgery to repair a ruptured tendon in his right ring finger suffered against Rice and was forced to miss the rest of the season. I kept waiting for him to be back after a couple of weeks, and it sounds like he was as surprised as I was that a finger injury could be so serious:
“Everything feels good,” Muckelroy said heading into the opening of spring. “Sitting out that long after starting the first three games was a setback, but I understood the injury, and I had to get it fixed because I was worried about using my finger in the future. I think it was the best thing for me, and it’s good now.”
Muckelroy had to come to terms with how a finger injury could cost him the entire remainder season. However, after it was explained, it did not leave much of a decision as to whether or not to have surgery. “When I hurt it, I went to the sidelines and told them what happened,” Muckelroy described. “I thought my finger was just broken. I wanted them to tape it up and go back in because it was fourth down.
It’ll be huge for the Texas defense to have Muck back out there. He was playing incredibly well and he brings speed, nose for the football, and big hit ability to a linebacking corps that was missing all three of those things last season. While Scott Derry played very well in his place, he’s a solid player but not a difference maker like Muckelroy can be.
Muckelroy is just the type of player Duane Akina wants for his more aggressive new defensive attitude.
Cedric Dockery won’t be participating in spring practice but his recovery from ACL surgery is going well.
The Texas football spring schedule is set and Longhorn fans will have several opportunities to see the team in action. The team’s first two practices and the “Spring Jamboree” will be open to the public.
Fans can attend workouts on February 23rd and 24th if they want an early chance to see the 2007 Texas Longhrorns in person. The annual spring game will take place on March 31st at noon, probably on Fox Sports.
More details on spring practice coming soon. Keep up with the spring schedule and more on the Texas Longhorn Sports Calendar.
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