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Morning Coffee

The Mack Brown Press Conference watch enters its sixth day. Last night, Longhorn Sportsline with Mack Brown on the radio was canceled; Rick Barnes was the coach on the show in his stead. Mack Brown and the Athletic Department said they won't comment on Jevan Snead until after the bowl game. Still, at some point, you have to wonder when Mack will sit down and talk.

I've been picking on Kirk Bohls a lot lately - his football columns over the last month have been pretty lousy. Today, though, he's got a great piece on Longhorn point guard D.J. Augustin, in which we get this really exciting bit:

During a Texas football weekend this fall, former All-America point guard [T.J. Ford] was in town and made a late-night call to Barnes, looking for a pickup game early Sunday morning. Augustin showed up and never backed down while guarding the 2003 national player of the year.

Ford was duly impressed, and now he and Augustin talk regularly. Barnes wishes he were as vocal on the floor.

Toward that end, he has taken to making Augustin literally coach the team. He will make the point guard go to the blackboard and diagram plays and even make him run some drills in practice. It hits home.

"I have to come out of my shell," Augustin said. "You can't hold back, so I'm telling the guys where to go."

We've been quite critical of Rick Barnes' half court offense over the years, and probably the only time we weren't a pretty stagnant offensive team was when T.J. was running the show, acting as the coach out on the floor. So it's great to see Rick putting Augustin in a similar position, and the dividends are already apparent. Texas' offense thus far this year has more motion and activity than it has since Ford was still on campus. A big part of that is Augustin, and it looks like the best is yet to come.

Light posting for the rest of this morning, but be sure to keep checking in over at Bruins Nation throughout the morning. They'll be posting a conversation between Orson from EDSBS and I about who to root for in this Saturday's USC-UCLA game. I bet you can guess who we took, but I can guarantee you that you'll still enjoy reading why.

--PB--

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
I know you picked against SC.

Too Bad!

Conquest Chronicles

by Paragon SC on Nov 30, 2006 11:26 AM CST   0 recs

41 - 38 wasn't enough?
How long must the suffering continue?

by DC Trojan on Nov 30, 2006 3:02 PM CST   0 recs

until saturday
when you smash the bruins by 40 and earn a shot at the MNC.

again. lucky bastard

...til Gabriel blows his horn

by BigTexBD on Nov 30, 2006 3:09 PM CST   0 recs

not counting my chickens...
Just because SC can beat UCLA doesn't mean that they will. But if they do, I'll at least as excited about matching the streak than about the MNC game, to be honest.

by DC Trojan on Nov 30, 2006 3:28 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

It's all in good fun
You guys are on top of the mountain; that's part of the package. Everyone else takes shots at you.

by PB @ BON on Nov 30, 2006 5:41 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

I know I know...
But I was still hoping that I could sway you to the Dark Side.
Conquest Chronicles

by Paragon SC on Nov 30, 2006 7:56 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

I'm personally all for USC
I think they may be the only team (other than maybe Michigan in a rematch) that can beat Ohio State.  And as nice as it is to say "We only got beat by the (Mythical) National Champions (and two other unranked teams)!", I'd rather Ohio St. not get another title.

by Kahuna on Dec 1, 2006 12:27 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

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