Morning Coffee Is Happy To Share Duties

by Peter Bean on Sep 26, 2007 9:57 PM CDT in Quick Hits Comment 18 comments

First, an administrative note. The Morning Coffee link roundups have been a touch... erratic... of late. I've always enjoyed putting them together, so there's no want of desire to continue them. As I shall. However, a few quick notes on some changes on the landscape.

As most know, I'm immersed in first-year law school work. It's far from overwhelming, but it's at least a full-time job's worth of work and class to deal with. Beyond that, I have extensive duties to fulfill as the manager of SB Nation's collegiate network of blogs. We're up to 36 sites (and growing), and though everything runs itself in most regards, you'd be amazed how much work I throw in to various administrative duties. It's all work I enjoy (a lot), but it takes time.

Those are reasons why my time is a bit limited, but there's something else which plays an even bigger role in all this: the outstanding job you guys do with getting news out in the Diaries section. (Right hand column of the main page for newcomers.) Honestly? When I go through the various websites reporting Texas news, I mostly relive the same experience: "Someone's already broken this story on BON in the Diaries. Ditto that one."

There was a time when every story was unreported on our site and writing the Morning Coffee was a snap. Now? I'm more likely to read a story through the Diaries than I am to see it for the first time on the original publisher's site.

Frankly, it's better this way. I learn a lot from readers by getting your takes on various stories, and you guys inevitably find stuff I would have missed. I hope this trend continues, because it makes for a much richer community. It also frees me up to spend more writing time on projects which are more analytical and don't require me to hunt for stories that you guys have already got covered anyway. Thanks, and keep it up.

(Anyway, yes - the Morning Coffee will continue, for sure. It just might continue to be a bit sporadic, as it has been of late.)

I've been so busy, and so focused on football, that I haven't done very well reporting news in other areas relating to UT athletics. Sometimes, stuff slips through the cracks. Other times, readers help me out via email.

One area I've been damn fortunate to have help is with news relating to BON favorite Cat Osterman. Her rightfully proud mother keeps me up to date with all of Cat's latest news, but she let a big piece of news slip through the cracks...

Cat Osterman made the US Olympic team. Again!

Okay, it's not a big surprise, considering how dominant Cat is, but I needed some reader help to get to the news item. In this case, though? It is my turn to be proud. Cat sent me an email herself, just to playfully rib me a bit for missing the story.

For those who don't know, Cat was recently hired as an assistant coach at DePaul University in Chicago. Which is only an hour from South Bend.... Hey, wait a sec - Cat, our next interview is gonna be one-on-one. None of this email stuff.

And congratulations on making the Olympic team. Not that any of us are surprised. Keep repping that burnt orange (as well as the red, white and blue) like you have been.

Speaking of the Midwest, Longhorn fans in the Detroit area will get a chance to see the hoops team this winter. The Longhorns will play Michigan State at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Saturday, December 22nd. Tickets can be purchased via telephone at (248) 645-6666 or, coming soon, online.

God are things getting depressing in Aggieland, where Athletic Director Bill Byrne is having to reiterate a "no firing mid-season" policy to fans. Responding to the flood of complaints Byrne has received of late, the A&M athletic director writes in his weekly newsletter:

First thing I want to talk about is the game at Miami. I heard from a lot of you who said you were embarrassed and angry. And so were all of us. No one liked what we saw last Thursday night.

We've asked you to buy into the program, and many of you have done so. That's why the game in Miami hurt so much.

But you're not the only ones hurting. The players are hurting. The coaches are hurting. The athletic staff is hurting. The lockerroom after the game was painful - physically, mentally, and emotionally.

A few have written that you'll never come to another game. I hope that was just the frustration speaking because we have eight more tough conference games left.

Sad, sad, sad indeed: "Please don't decide not to come to the last eight games!"

Briefly: OU defensive end John Williams is out for the season... Barking Carnival has an intriguing suggestion for Greg Davis... Mack Brown adresses the media following Wednesday practice.

And last, a brief note - purely speculative. The Tennessee Titans are off this week and I've heard that Vince Young will be in town. I base this on nothing other than my own imagination, but... could the Longhorns be planning something special for VY on the field this Saturday? I'm sure he'll be involved in some way. Any chance they retire his jersey? You'd think they'd make an announcement of some sort, but I have to admit to daydreaming this afternoon about the university surprising everyone with a #10 retirement at halftime.

--PB--

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WIlliams out, Chris Brown "back"

Stoops also noted that Chris Brown "was able to go through conditioning and could return against the Buffaloes after smacking the back of his head on the turf against Tulsa.

"We expect him to be able to play. I'm not saying he is yet. That's something they'll check by the end of the week," Stoops said. "... There aren't any lingering signs that there's anything going on there."

Like brain activity? Must be OK.

by whills on Sep 26, 2007 10:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

chicago, eh....

you know, i'm going to be in chicago in a few weeks.....you think they have fall softball practice at depaul?

actualy, i should probably not physically stalk her. that might be weird. then again, i really do love 6-foot tall softball pitchers with killer drop balls........no double entendre intended.......

by billyzane on Sep 26, 2007 10:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Email me

In town for business of pleasure?

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Sep 26, 2007 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

South Bend to Depaul is more like 2 hours

by Speedway on Sep 27, 2007 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

where do you watch the games

i'll be in chicago this weekend

by abcdmetrius on Sep 27, 2007 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

answer

http://www.brownstonetavern.com/

or Joe's on Weed street.

Cats and dogs sleeping together.

by EYESofBEVO on Sep 27, 2007 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

then i shall be there

is there a BON table that i can just walk up to
talk in prose
to where people think it's poetry
and say hey it's that e.e. cummings poster
and i can say
yes it is i
maybe?

by abcdmetrius on Sep 27, 2007 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Red Line

Fullerton stop on the CTA overlooks the softball field. It's literally 5 feet away.

You can see the softball and soccer teams practice.

It's actually a pretty cool set-up with the back drop of the city skyline and a great neighborhood to walk around.

Cats and dogs sleeping together.

by EYESofBEVO on Sep 27, 2007 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

From Mack Brown's interview

On the depth at linebacker: We’re not sure what we're going to do. We always sit down on Thursday and decide what we're going to do with our substitutions and that's really, really important and especially with this heat. (Substitutions) will be more important in the early part of the season than it will during the latter part. Jared Norton and Roddrick Muckelroy have played a lot and they've played well.

by JohnsonUT on Sep 26, 2007 10:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yup

Saw that, too. More on this tomorrow.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Sep 26, 2007 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Um

Byrne's speech could have been a Deloss speech also in Florida. Orlando a week and a half ago to be exact. Against a worse team. Be thankful Texas won that.

It's easier to sit back at 4-0 in the top 10 than be embarrassed on the road against a team from another state.

A team from a better football state.

Just playing the advocate

"Excuse me while I whip this out."

by FreedomDip on Sep 26, 2007 11:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Apples and paper clips

Let's not compare the two.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Sep 26, 2007 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

agreed

Fran is closer to John Mackovic than Mack Brown.

Two completely different situations.

by Beergut on Sep 27, 2007 1:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wish they would retire #10...

While I hope UT retires #10 before the Titans do, there are two main reasons to believe the university will not be honoring Vince:

Number one.

Number two.

by Lincoln on Sep 27, 2007 1:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Vince on Saturday

has an appearance scheduled at Scholz' that they've advertised on the radio all week

while I'd love that they might retire #10 this week, I'm not counting on it....

Food for thought....we treat our Heisman winners as the best ever (an they are offensively), but we've had an Outland winner, a couple of Thorpe winners, etc that should get the same recognition IMHO. They are best of their year defensively

Guys like Shearer shouldn't be forgotten..the problem I have with retiring jerseys is that no one aspires to wear that jersey and represent this University....I like it better the way we handle #60....only a special player gets to wear it (in tribute to Tommy Nobis)....that's what I'd like to see...no one wears #10, #20 or #34 until they've earned the right

by MojoMarvels on Sep 27, 2007 6:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree not when Kirkendoll & Robinson wear #10

You have to be a brave guy to wear #10 on the field at DKR so soon after Vince's departure.

I don't think anything is going to happen Saturday - with the number of folks that'd be involved in a number retirement ceremony you'd have to figure something would have been leaked already. Plus I think The University would like to use the event for publicity so such a ceremony would be advertised ahead of time.

There should be some way to honor a player without retiring his number. You know how they hang banners in the Erwin Center to commemorate events? We can't there be a display like that at DKR? Why can't we semi-retire Vince's number and put his name & number on display in DKR?

by Speedway on Sep 27, 2007 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

According to Dodds

Someone on the Orangebloods boards emailed Dodds and suggested they retire #10. Apparantly Dodds replied and said that VY's jersey will be taken care of shortly in a "very appropriate way". There is a thread about it in the Orangebloods free forum.

DeLoss responds about VY's #10

by fredo on Sep 27, 2007 12:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hoge on VY

I meant to watch after the game on MNF 'cause Hoge was supposed to report on the game, but I missed it. I'm curious if he's still dogging Vince. Anyone know what he said?

by UT92 on Sep 27, 2007 8:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs