Mack Brown's Texas Signing Day Press Conference
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 3:25 PM CST
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Print3:30 pm CST -- Mack Brown's National Signing Day press conference. Looks like they will cover it on News Eight Austin, as well.
So, people are asking about football season already. Well, the start of spring practice is about four week away, but for now, today marks the first time that Mack Brown will hold a press conference since the loss to Alabama and the last time he will hold a press conference before the start of spring practice. You'll get some coachspeak, but it will feel so good, in large part because some of these players have been committed for almost a year and Brown hasn't been able to say a single public word about them.
Why? Because they're with us rather than against us. Because when Mack Brown wants your sandwich, he gets your sandwich. Because Texas is Texas. The Chosen 25. One goal -- national championships.
This is your open thread.
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Don't make me Beergut this thing, fellas.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 3:31 PM CST reply actions
Ma'am, I've had this in play for almost a year
by run Bevo run on Feb 3, 2010 5:04 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Only you would point that out RBR, haha
Was that the 5 or 6 hr game? I think you were on the thread, went to dinner with your wife, went to the game and then got back on the thread later?….FREAKIN’ GREAT NIGHT!
by SneezyBeltran on Feb 3, 2010 10:19 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, my neck and eyes hurt for starin' at my damn computer so long that night!
by SneezyBeltran on Feb 4, 2010 12:36 AM CST up reply actions
We're gonna need ya again for a well timed Sneezy jinx
Get off your knees Greg, you're blowin' the game.
I forgot about that til I was readin' that old thread....classic.
by SneezyBeltran on Feb 4, 2010 12:49 AM CST up reply actions
This is too perfect...
“Strikeout after 20 foul balls!”
by SneezyBeltran on May 30, 2009 7:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
“he stood there for 11 pitches
not too good for the ole pitch count for 2 1/3 inning closer”
by kriess on May 30, 2009 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Yeah, if it doesn’t go into extra innings….”
by SneezyBeltran on May 30, 2009 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Little did we know…..
Get off your knees Greg, you're blowin' the game.
No dog piles
When that game ended, I didn’t care if the players tackled each other, I wanted to tackle Wood and promise him twelve virgins for his pains. Epic night.
"I live in the tower with Coach Brown." -Bevo
"Yeah if it doesn't go into extra innings..."
If only we would’ve known…..carpal tunnel any better kriess? I miss baseball threads
by SneezyBeltran on Feb 4, 2010 5:43 PM CST up reply actions
Just a couple more weeks
For some reason I fell in love with liveblogging baseball after that game. Unfortunately, the next 3 games I did were nailbiters and I think I should be banned from it.
Get off your knees Greg, you're blowin' the game.
Almost scary you remember that night of pure joy
But you missed one aspect. We went to an entire movie after dinner. I flipped on the radio to find out the score and high tailed it to the stadium when I found out it was on.
"I live in the tower with Coach Brown." -Bevo
Yeah, that's really funny. Don't exactly know why I remember that, but
I was amazed with all that you did in one night within the realm of one baseball game.
by SneezyBeltran on Feb 4, 2010 6:04 PM CST up reply actions
Has it started?
I keep getting “Currently Unavailable”
by future_longhorn_dad on Feb 3, 2010 3:35 PM CST reply actions
No.
Mack seems to be taking his sweet time.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 3:36 PM CST up reply actions
Mack doesn’t have any more sandwiches to take does he?
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 3:36 PM CST reply actions
I'm a little sad he hasn't taken the PBJ out of my hands that I'm currently eating...
It must be only a 2-3 star sandwich. :(
by ElMariachiLoco on Feb 3, 2010 3:38 PM CST up reply actions
13th and 28th?
Something like that.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 3:39 PM CST up reply actions
Looks like he's starting.
He’s excited. Jordan Hicks’ commitment screaming excited, though? Doesn’t seem like it.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 3:39 PM CST reply actions
I wish they would ask him about that
by future_longhorn_dad on Feb 3, 2010 3:39 PM CST up reply actions
If there are any decent journalists there
they will. I’m not holding my breath though.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 3:40 PM CST up reply actions
Well....
For some reason it’s not working for me
Do you have a recent edition of Silverlight?
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 3:55 PM CST up reply actions
booo m$
wish CBS would switch to another format so unix users can watch ;) (without silverlight crap)
moonlight....
for those of us on a unix system, moonlight is available for firefox only…
http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight
That wasnt just a sack
I think he knocked some of the guys on the sideline over
by future_longhorn_dad on Feb 3, 2010 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
Not convinced by the speed of Adrian Phillips
I don’t think he can recover and accelerate fast enough against good wide receivers — he’s a safety to me. Nickel back is questionable.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 4:14 PM CST reply actions
That might be the most erroneous thing I’ve ever seen on the internet.
proud to swim home
by learned hand on Feb 3, 2010 7:01 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Good news everyone
I recently came across a way to fix Nickelback.
by BoddickerIsClutch on Feb 4, 2010 4:34 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
This is wonderful.
You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?
by Infield Elephant on Feb 4, 2010 4:59 PM CST up reply actions
I can say this with quite a bit of confidence:
You and I are going to seriously disagree on Scott Stapp.
by burntorangehorn on Feb 5, 2010 7:05 AM CST up reply actions
Sorry I'm behind on these highlights
got occupied for a couple minutes so bear with me, but DeSoto just ran an inside shovel pass to Terrell and he made a nice little play out of it. Is there any chance I could ever see that at Texas?
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 4:18 PM CST reply actions
Appreciate the honesty from Mack
on the O-line situation . . .wishes they’d brought in one more.
My sense almost a year ago was they should chase a tackle in addition to Matthews; by the time they might have wanted to, and Matthews was gone, the top tackles had committed (mostly to OU and Aggie).
Exactly
Guys like Klinke, Oguechi, Thompson, Joeckel, Washington, Daryl Williams. There were a bunch of them. Don’t know what happened with that really.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 4:23 PM CST up reply actions
Why not take a flyer on the kid from Minnesota? I mean if he’s interested in USC, he might be Texas. Not a “Texas” guy?
Henderson would never make it at Texas
IMO he picked U$C because if any school can bend things to get him and keep him eligible it is them. There was no way he would stay eligible at Notre Dame.
LOL
I’m not buying that U$C is tougher than Texas. If he has been unable to qualify to this point how can he expect to stay eligible? U$C must have some easy majors in physical education or something.
Your tellin me that someone at SC isn't going to be doing Henderson's assignments in class!
Shit this guy is going to be like Alvin Mack in the movie The Program..You just need to be able to spell your name on that NFL contract
Not on football players it's not
And on other students, it’s hard to say.
by burntorangehorn on Feb 4, 2010 1:04 PM CST up reply actions
US News and World reports is not a proxy for acadmic rigor
And that mistake is one reason higher education has gone to hell.
proud to swim home
I'm guessing Henderson will be a non-qualifier
and will miss the season trying to get his grades/scores up. Under those conditions, player loses a season (can’t use a redshirt).
No redshirt for the winner of the McCoy/Wood battle?
Not sure if I totally buy that, but I understand if that’s the idea going into spring practice since they are both there, which should be great for their development.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 4:24 PM CST reply actions
In my mind there is no way Case doesn't redshirt
His frame is so far off from where it needs to be to stand up to a Big 12 schedule…even as a back up.
"I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field."
-Walter Payton
I like the thought that one of them does not redshirt
Woods has the more developed frame, but let them duke it out. The better goes to the 3 deep and loser of the head to head redshirts. The best part of the whole press conference was that Mack was having fun again and said this group was fun and ready to compete.
Pretty obvious
To me, they were never sold on Washington. Joeckel’s brother went with him to A&M; we likely weren’t going to offer the brother, so Luke looked elsewhere. And the coaches didn’t know this time last year that McGaskey, Marshall would leave the program.
So that eliminates a few of them
but what about guys like Klinke or Williams, guys are projects, but you’re looking at needing them in about two years. Missed evaluations or just a lack of knowledge of the numbers?
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 4:27 PM CST up reply actions
You have to worry about depth
But you don’t want to bring someone in sometimes if they are not going to compete.
"I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field."
-Walter Payton
Any chance
that we would look OOS for a tackle…surely the (lack of)depth chart could lure a top prospect…
Looking at two to the west of us
Both are national recruits. Westerman from Arizona and ? from New Mexico
"I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field."
-Walter Payton
Thanks, Ghost
"I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field."
-Walter Payton
Priorities, I suppose.
I prefer to look at as this year’s message to the best left tackles in the state is, “We not only want you, we NEED you.”
for those of us unable to stream at work
will this be available News 8’s website or elsewhere tonight?
I'm sure they will have it on the mb-tf.com site
"I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field."
-Walter Payton
Ugh, not being able to hear the questions is frickin annoying!
Anyone know a way to hear them or know what he’s being asked?
TEXAS FIGHT
"Everything fell in place
both inside and out of state." — Mack.
No kidding.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 4:46 PM CST reply actions
"Our expectation is to win all the games, every year"
Music to my ears, Mack.
"13-1 and tweaks needed.....major tweaks"
Spoke of needing to take the pressure off of the QB to win the games, hint/ie a solid running game. Forget the name of the recruit, but Mack said he could also play the Flex. Anyone notice the absence of TE speak? Wonder how the injured are progressing? If Irby ever plays again? Will the Offensive Line be Strong(er)? Which receivers step forward with Gilbert? I know we have the talent, they just need to step up.
Defense looks stout and stocked for the future.
Cobbs in the flex
Talking about everywhere he could play — which is just about everywhere imaginable for a guy who is 6-2, around 215 right now with some room to fill out if necessary.
On the lack of tight end? Eh, Mack didn’t want to get into spring stuff too much. It’s Signing Day, let’s focus on this class.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 5:38 PM CST up reply actions
I missed it!
Because I was working. Link to see it now?
"A lot of people look for the easy way to do anything, in swimming there is no easy way." - Eddie Reese
Mack Brown didn't seem like he was leaving anytime soon
He seemed to have a serious fire in his belly to avenge that NC game. And, I don’t think he is vacating his seat anytime soon. He said he planned to be with this group through their careers at Texas. He also said that he and Will are having fun, so that is all good. Applewhite better get some RB performance or he may be gone.
Agree on everything but the last.
The scheme is getting serious tweaking, as will the offensive linemen — that’s where the problem lies. A big reason why Texas didn’t win the national championship wasn’t because of the running backs or any coaching that went on with them, it was with the consistently mediocre performance by the offensive line and a scheme that wasn’t helping anyone involved.
We’ll see what happens.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 3, 2010 5:37 PM CST up reply actions
Scheme tweaking?
Do you suspect this or you have some inside info? I’m suspecting it but no hard evidence yet.
But yeah that’s why we didn’t win it all. On a macro level we couldn’t run the ball when the QB went down. On a micro level the bonehead empty set sack/turnover disaster. I really think GG was poised to move us downfield.
"If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em"- Darrell Royal
by SpiritOfTheFedora on Feb 3, 2010 6:14 PM CST up reply actions
I would suspect it anyway
but “serious tweaking” was the word that Mack used today himself, because he feels like they were putting too much pressure on the quarterback — and they were, Colt had to be almost perfect for Texas to win big games and occasionally was not.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Feb 4, 2010 12:43 AM CST up reply actions
You need to stay off those aggie boards.
Applewhite is not going anywhere unless its for a promotion.
He is there
not because he would be the best candidate for running back coach but so he can learn the position so when he takes over as OC he isnt just another pass happy guy he knows how to work his RB’s… well thats just my opinion
It would be hard for either Mack or Boom to leave after today.
I could see both of them being here together for five years with a rumor mill every time a vacancy opens up somewhere. Muschamp has to be feeling like a kid at Christmas over prospects for the defense. All those new toys to play with. It would be hard to leave Jeffcoat, Hicks, et al.
"If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em"- Darrell Royal
by SpiritOfTheFedora on Feb 3, 2010 6:06 PM CST up reply actions
My favorite part...
…was hearing Mack pimp the Big 12 TV package. Not sure how he did that without laughing.
"We're Texas. We're gonna do what we do...we don't copy anybody else..."
~ Will Muschamp
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