Countdown To Football Season: 5 Days

by Peter Bean on Aug 27, 2007 12:37 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns Football

Our daily countdown to the return of Texas football continues with yet another reason to love the fall in Austin.

A Sooner on the Longhorn countdown? I'm afraid so. Not that I particularly admire the player pictured above - Lord knows I don't. No, Malcolm Kelly is pictured today because he stands at six-feet four-inches tall. A full five inches taller than both Brandon Foster and Ryan Palmer who, today, were listed as Texas' starting cornerbacks.

And really, five inches might be generous. Palmer and Foster are both listed at 5-10.

I'm not one to forecast doom and gloom before we've even seen any action on the field, but it's truly hard to imagine a happy ending to this story if Texas plays Palmer and Foster together all year. For now, we note that the depth chart released today is for Arkansas State and no more.

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--PB--

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Blasphemy!

He may be tall, but somebody still has to throw the ball in his general direction.

by SelimSivad on Aug 27, 2007 12:56 PM CDT reply actions

Brandon Foster

is 5'9" if he's anything.
i'm not discounting the bowie boys (though i should be) but i am more than ready for the brown brothers era.

by nematode on Aug 27, 2007 1:11 PM CDT reply actions

Ryan Palmer

I've stood next to Palmer and the only way he could be measured at 5'10'' is if he were wearing high heels. We're gonna need a good dose of Erick Jackson/Drew Kelson to slow down Kelly.

...til Gabriel blows his horn

by BigTexBD on Aug 27, 2007 1:16 PM CDT reply actions

limas

the coaches put together the depth chart after seeing a summer of these guys defending against 6'4" Mr. Sweed. limas' presence helps the team prepare for these things.

by the chairman211 on Aug 27, 2007 1:34 PM CDT reply actions

Another Countdown

That will not be my desktop.

I'll stick with the tower.

by Wells on Aug 27, 2007 1:48 PM CDT reply actions

OU Wide Out

OU's DB's/CB's avg about the same height as our CB's. However, I think we have the advantage due to OU's lack of intelligence.

by Atownatx on Aug 27, 2007 3:29 PM CDT reply actions

Not hardly

CB Palmer - 5'-10"
FS Griffin - 6'-0"
SS Jackson - 6'-2"
CB Foster - 5'-9"

Oklahoma's DBs

FCB Walker - 5'-11"
FS Harris - 6'-3"
SS Wolfe - 6'-0"
BCB Smith - 6"-1"

Looks like OU has us out-sized at 3 of the 4 positions. Collectively, their DBs have 6 inches on our DBs. Definitely not "about the same height."

--- All roads to the Big-XII Championships run through OU and the RRS. It's not just "another game." ---

by HornChamps on Aug 27, 2007 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions

It would have been more impressive

If you had their SAT scores too.

by Wells on Aug 27, 2007 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions

what about speed

i'm 6'3" but that doesn't mean i'm fast enough to play DB. obviously, you want tall AND fast guys but sometimes that's not possible. regardless, their heights doesn't begin to tell the full story.

i'm not saying that UT's DBs will be better than OU's. in all likelihood, they will not be. and i realize you're just answering the previous post, which said nothing about speed. but let's remember that speed is indeed important too.

by billyzane on Aug 27, 2007 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions