The Horns come in at #13 in the SI Preseason Top 20. Plus a little blurb by Luke Winn

For those without Insider, here's a brief rundown of the Longhorn recruits:

13 Mason Walters
26 Garrett Gilbert
27 Paden Kelley
56 Barrett Matthews
62 Chris Whaley
75 Thomas Ashcraft
80 Marcus Davis
118 Tariq Allen
149 Alex Okafor

Texas is pretty well represented, with 9 total.

Other Texas notables:

2 Russell Shepard - LSU
8 Craig Loston - Clemson
29 Stavion Lowe - LSU
49 Jamarkus McFarland - ESPN has Texas at 1
64 Christian Michael - decommited from A&M but ESPN still has them currently at 1 and Texas at 3 (doubtful)
74 Darius Jones - OU
82 Tom Wort - OU
87 Steve Williams - OU (3 of 4 OU representatives on ESPN 150 are from state of Texas)
100 Dexter Pratt - LSU
103 Kevin Brent - ESPN has Texas at 1

And FYI, Matt Barkley is #1.

For four games: FAU, Rice, Oklahoma State, and Baylor.

Took the liberty of checking it out: tickets are $65 each ($76 with surcharges) and "best seats" are in section 32.

This gimmicky formation could be the solution to our problems. I would like to see Beergut's breakdown of this, and see if anyone else has seen something like this

One of OU's '08 WR recruits has been dismissed for gun charges of carrying a pistol at his high school + getting caught by the asst. principal. Apparently, he also likes to rap about shooting people.

Texas will start the 2008 season ranked in the Top 10 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Also of note:

Georgia rides the media love fest to No. 1;
OU checks in at #4;
MiZZOU at #7;
KU and Tech kick off the season at #13 and #14 respectively.

So, five of the top 14 teams in the country are from the Big 12, and none of them are Nebraska, CU,or A&M. The Big 12 has become incredibly deep, incredibly fast.

MB-TF has been redesigned. Pretty slick. I could do without the Nissan Altima advertisement, though.

Casey Hampton is in Mike Tomlin's doghouse as he arrived at training camp 50 pounds overweight. Limas is leaning on Hines Ward for guidance as he hopes to become their third receiver sometime this season.

Former Longhorn Royal Ivey signed a multi-year deal with the Sixers. Hope he can be a mainstay on their team.