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[h2]Tuesday, July 29, 2008[/h2]http:// [h3]Josh Jarboe Is NOT Malcolm Kelly[/h3]
We here at RDK fully support hip-hop/rap music. From the hard streets of T-Town to the ghettos of Sac-Town, it's what we grew up with (if you can believe that). But if you've had "gun problems" before, it's best not to rap about them months after your "run-ins" and, yet again, risk your full-ride.

Well, Josh Jarboe, Oklahoma's highly regarded freshman receiver, wasn't thinking two steps ahead. Although the aforementioned gun charges were dropped, Jarboe (or someone he knows) posted his freestyle -- a poor one, at that -- on YouTube on July 23. Up until this point, everything's fine and just kids havin' fun at the Bud Wilkinson House.

It's when he's talking about guns, AKs, !!+%%#' *+%%*%# -- not that there's anything wrong with that -- and the like that the ol' ballcoach probably won't be fond off. Here are a few gems that would make Nas cringe.

"You best believe I'm from Atlanta, Atlanta ... where they tote AKs, AKs ... where they've got dreads and low-cut fades, low-cut fades." It actually sounds much better in print. The execution is awful. Later, "I'll shoot your @!% off like a damn pool table."

Our friend JJ did have one pretty decent line: "She's like a barbecue ... I put my meat up on her grill." Go get 'em, tiger!

This video tells us three things: 1) He can't rap; B) He's not Malcolm Kelly on the mic; III) He can't rap ... oh, and guns are cool. !%$@, that's four things. Anyway, "There's only one playa from the Himalayas." Truf.

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"She's like a barbecue ... I put my meat up on her grill."
Yo. If Weezy had said this......
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didnt see this posted in here and I know there are alotta Texas fans on here.

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Texas Longhorns
LOCATION Austin, Texas
CONFERENCE Big 12 (South)
LAST SEASON 10-3 (.769)
CONFERENCE RECORD 5-3 (t-2nd)
OFF. STARTERS RETURNING 6
DEF. STARTERS RETURNING 4
NICKNAME Longhorns
COLORS Burnt Orange & White
HOME FIELD Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium/Jamail Field (93,000)
HEAD COACH Mack Brown (Florida State '74)
RECORD AT SCHOOL 103-25 (10 years)
CAREER RECORD 189-99-1 (24 years)
ASSISTANTS • Mac McWhorter (Georgia '74), Associate Head Coach/Offensive Line
• Greg Davis (McNeese State '73), Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
• Major Applewhite (Texas '03), Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs
• Duane Akina (Washington '79), Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs
• Will Muschamp (Auburn '96), Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
• Bruce Chambers (North Texas '82), Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends
• Oscar Giles (Texas '91), Defensive Ends
• Bobby Kennedy (Northern Colorado '89), Assistant Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends
• Mike Tolleson (Delta State '70), Defensive Tackles/Special Teams
TEAM WINS (Last five yrs.) 10-11-13-10-10
FINAL RANK (Last five yrs.) 13-4-1-21-11
2007 FINISH Beat Arizona State in Holiday Bowl.
2008 Schedule | 2007 Results | 2007 Stats

COACH AND PROGRAM

Last season Texas took a step back. Seeming recharged and reloaded after a BCS Championship run in 2005 and what looked like a hiccup (if you call 10 wins ahiccup) a year later, the Longhorns appeared poised in '07 to make another run at a national title. They just weren't up to it.

Their defense, which was then under Larry McDuff instead of Gene Chizik, couldn't play up to its expectations, giving up too many big plays to beeffective. The offense did fine, but when game-breaking wide receiver Limas Sweed was lost with a season-ending wrist injury in October, the dynamic changedand big plays were harder and harder to find. So, too, were victories.

This season, Texas has the horses. It has the tradition. It has the know-how. Does it have the intangibles, the magic pixie dust Vince Young sprinkled everytime he juked, bobbed or weaved, every time he scrambled and found a receiver for a drive-sustaining completion?

For all Mack Brown has achieved -- seven consecutive seasons with at least 10 wins, five straight bowl victories, a BCS title in 2005 -- he still has onealbatross to shake. Can he win a national title with a quarterback who's merely very good instead of extraordinary? Can people finally give him the credit,not his recruits?

For all Texas loses -- tight end Jermichael Finley, wide receiver Limas Sweed, halfback Jamaal Charles and seven defensive starters -- Brown isn't takingthe cup-is-half-full approach. "We lost a great tailback, a great tight end, two other receivers who were very good and only four guys are back ondefense," Brown said. "And yet we're as experienced as we've ever been. We don't have the star-studded lineup we've had the last fewyears, but we'll still be at least as good."

Texas showed signs of getting its act together by jumping on Arizona State in the Holiday Bowl and not letting up. That was what people expected of Texas allseason, and a strong bowl finish gives rise to high hopes, particularly if the Longhorns can replace playmakers at wide receiver, running back and tight end --and things do look good at all those spots -- and rebuild a secondary that was at times porous, at others adequate, last season.

That job falls to former Auburn defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, who will try to restore a Longhorn defense that slipped last year. So far, he has wonconverts. "He's very intense," said end Brian Orakpo. "He'll get in your face and then love you to death afterward." "You wantyour players to have the personality of their coach," Muschamp said. "I wasn't a very good player, so I played with a lot of intensity. You haveto play defense with controlled aggression."

Aside from the restructuring of the lineup, there are other, more potent obstacles as well. Oklahoma is riding high, with a proven quarterback and a soliddefense and a momentum changing victory over Texas in a series that seems governed by streaks. Texas Tech, too, is always a formidable hurdle. Oklahoma Statemay be finding its stride. Texas A&M boasts two straight wins over the Longhorns and under new coach Mike Sherman may finally put all the parts together.

Kansas and Missouri, two BCS worthy teams last year that return their starting quarterback and many of their respective weapons, jump back on the Big 12schedule for the next two seasons.

The Longhorns had also been hit by a series of run-ins with the law last season, which took some of the glimmer off Mack Brown's do-it-by-the-rulesreputation. That will hardly be tolerated by the Texas faithful, who adhere strongly to a creed that they do everything better and bigger than anyone else --including following the rules -- and to Brown's credit, his program did exactly that from the Holiday Bowl on into the spring and offseason.

Should the Longhorns keep themselves off the injury list -- and police blotters -- they should once again go into their game against Oklahoma on Oct. 11 facingtheir annual winner-take-all, no-holds-barred cage death match.

Brown said he's ready to renew himself after 10 seasons at Texas, even if it means, at least mentally, starting over. "We're going to treat itlike we've never played before, like this is our first year at Texas," he said. "No. 1, with the coaches, we don't want them to take forgranted that they've been at Texas. Same with the players. Same with me."

QUARTERBACKS

This is Colt McCoy's team now. McCoy (6-3, 215) had a breakout freshman season followed by a retrenching, insight-giving sophomore year. He's a juniornow. It's time.

He's not Drew Carey following Bob Barker on the Price is Right anymore. He's not Chris Mihm following Shaq, or Aaron Rodgers picking up for BrettFavre. He's his own quarterback now, and this should be his team.

Most signs point to that being the fact. McCoy, whose neck injury on an otherwise innocuous quarterback sneak at Kansas State in '06 pretty much scuttledthat season, is bigger, stronger and, yes, faster. He's a guy the Longhorns believe can actually be a threat in the zone read, not an afterthought, who cangain more yards on designed plays than scrambles, as he did last season.

Now all he has to do is prove it.

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Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Greg Davis said McCoy's development is not atypical. "It's not uncommon for guy who plays early in theircareer to have what is a two-year cycle," Davis said. "The first year, everything turns to gold. The second year, a lot more happens."

That "a lot more," by the way, isn't a good thing.

"We weren't as talented in the offensive line," Davis said. "Also, we probably put too much on him at the line of scrimmage, making calls.We were young and banged up in the offensive line, and we gave him options.

"Because he watches so much film and he's so smart, he tries to put us in the perfect play every time. Really and truly, I think we added to theproblem by giving him too many choices."

Texas has always put a tremendous amount of emphasis on explosive plays -- runs of 11-plus yards; passes of 16 or more -- and Davis said that may have putadded pressure on McCoy to hold the ball longer and try to make something happen instead of throwing it away and living to play another down.

Oddly, many of McCoy's biggest plays, most of them runs, came when he was forced to scramble. He also made some of his biggest mistakes. "Even thoughhe made huge plays off schedule, when we broke everything down, his percentage was diminished," Davis said. "The risk-reward was dramaticallydiminished. There's a thin line when you deal with quarterbacks. You don't want to coach that spontaneity out of them, but you don't want it tohurt you, either."

Said McCoy, "There's a time to take that shot -- there's a time to play within what's around you. Last year the offensive line injuries hurtus because we weren't able to do as many protective schemes. Defenses knew that."

McCoy, however, is expected to get the ball more on called plays. He bulked up, from 210 pounds, worked on his speed and strength, and figure to be more than atoken option in the zone read.

"Colt rushed for 480 yards last year," Davis said. "That's not bad for a quarterback. If we had not had Vince, people would say he's thebest deal there since James Street." "I don't even know if I rushed for 50 yards in a game in high school," McCoy said. "It was nothingI ever needed to do."

Now it is, and how well he does it could mean a great deal as to how well the Texas offense works. McCoy's health, too, is no small concern.

Backup John Chiles (6-2, 205), a sophomore, handled the zone read aspect of the offense well in cameo appearances last year, though he tried only nine passesin seven games, with only one completion. Working on his passing was, obviously, a major focus in the spring. "He's probably a 50-percent passernow," said Brown, who would like to see that climb into the low 60s.

Sophomore Sherrod Harris (6-3, 200), who played in two games last year but didn't record a rush or pass, was slowed by a knee injury early last year but isexpected to be healthy in the fall.

RUNNING BACKS

Conventional wisdom may have dictated that Jamaal Charles stick around another year, prove his dependability and expand his versatility, add to his highlightreel and be a first-round pick in '09.

But Charles, the mercurial halfback who could at times dominate games as well as cough them up with fumbles, opted for the NFL draft. The Kansas City Chiefs,who have enjoyed no small amount of success with a free agent who had played at Texas -- Priest Holmes -- liked his pedigree and loved his speed, taking him inthe second round.

"Few people have a 10.12 [in the 100 meters] tailback," Brown said of Charles' ability to change a game. "We didn't have that Ricky[Williams] or Cedric [Benson]. To compare anybody with Jamaal would be unfair. It's like comparing them to Vince [Young]."

Normally, that would leave a gaping hole. But Texas, being one of those programs that tends to reload rather then rebuild, is confident the hole will befilled. Senior Chris Ogbannaya (6-1, 225) showed he's a dependable, if somewhat pedestrian running threat. An above-average third-down back, sophomoreVondrell McGee (5-10, 205), showed enough in spurts relieving Charles a year ago to convince people he can be the kind of back who may not get you 60 yards inone carry, but will get you six 10-yard gains.

Then redshirt freshman Foswhitt Whittaker (5-10, 195) became the sensation of the spring, all but alleviating any doubts that while Charles game-breaking speedmight be missed, his production can still be covered.

Ogbonnaya is, if nothing else, the security blanket. He averaged 2.5 yards on 26 carries but also turned into a pretty good threat on third down, catching 21passes for 204 yards. Neither McGee nor Whittaker is a burner -- but they aren't exactly plodders, either. "If you went out and raced them, it'dbe pretty close," Davis said. "And they'd run faster than you think."

They don't appear to be the type of backs who'll dazzle, but will simply produce. At least that's the expectation. "We've had backswho've always had people saying, 'Did you see that?' " Davis said. "With these guys, there'll be very few 'did you seethat's,' but at the end of the game you'll look and they will have had impressive days."

Last season McGee was Charles' main backup and gained 297 yards on 75 carries with eight touchdowns, showing a strong, between-the-tackles style ofrunning. "Vondrell's more of a slasher type," Davis said. "He reminds me of Cedric Benson." Whittaker, too, invokes memories of anotherof the string of 1,000-yard backs under Davis.

"Fozzy's a little more in the Hodges Mitchell style," Davis said. "He's got great vision, a great ability to jump in the hole and makeguys miss."

In the spring, Whittaker was one of the players who made the most of his chance, showing slipperiness and agility.

Fullback in the Texas offense, like it is in most offenses, is no better than a thankless part-time job. With the Longhorns using three-wideout sets, as apt toline up a tight end at fullback to get mismatches in the pass game, the job needs someone who's solid and willing to be anonymous.

That player, this year, is Antwan Cobb (6-0, 222) who started one game in 2007, played in six more but touched the ball only nine times, though his onereception was for a touchdown.

WIDE RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS

When Limas Sweed went out in October with a wrist injury that would require surgery, he left the Longhorns without the one big-threat guy who can bail out theoffense when it got into a hole. Oh yeah, Texas also lost Billy Pittman and Nate Jones, two guys who were dependable with potential for occasional big plays.Sweed's combination of height, speed and hands were impossible to replace. Senior Quan Cosby (5-11, 205) contributed what he could, and it was significant,but though he had the skills to break games open, he no longer enjoyed the single coverage Sweed would afford him.

Texas also had a burgeoning big-play threat in Jermichael Finley, who had teased but never quite fulfilled the promise he showed when he and McCoy wereredshirting as freshmen and on the scout team gave the first-team defenders -- from a national title caliber defense, that is -- fits. Davis, though,doesn't appear worried.

"We'll have guys who can play," he said.

"There's some talk we're not as explosive," Brown said. "We're as fast as last year."

The flanker will be Jordan Shipley (6-0, 195), a sure-handed fifth-year senior with deceptive speed who's battled leg injuries much of his time in Austin.

Finding depth is more important than usual. With the change to the NFL game clock, there will be less time to rest, and therefore more need to shuttle in freshreceivers. Sophomore letterman Brandon Collins (6-0, 170) and freshman Malcolm Williams (6-3, 225), a mid-term addition, and sophomore James Kirkendoll (5-11,175) have good speed and have shown signs of figuring the five-man rotation the Longhorns employ.

Sophomore tight end Blaine Irby (6-3, 240), who saw spot action last year but not enough to truly leave a taste of his ability, has drawn comparisons to astandout tight end of recent Longhorn vintage. David Thomas proved to be Young's go-to guy in the Rose Bowl victory over USC in '06, and he set themold for Longhorn tight ends in the shotgun offense. Davis thinks Irby has similar skills.

"He's kind of a David Thomas guy," Davis said. "He can play tight end, fullback, even some at wide receiver. He brings someflexibility."

The designated blocker will be senior Peter Ullman (6-4, 260). Both will be backed up by hybrid Josh Marshall (6-4, 240) a sophomore and former wide receiverwho has added strength and muscle.

OFFENSIVE LINE

Last year's misfortune -- and there was plenty of it -- is this season's blessings. "We probably have more guys, more depth, than any of thoseother teams we've had," Davis said. "That may be true too of any of the 36 years I've been coaching."

"Part of being a Texas football player," said junior center Chris Hall (6-4, 300) with a hint of a laugh, "is being ready to do anything."

Hall is the lynchpin, the jack-of-all trades who becomes the starting center and the leader of a line that's talented, with a smattering of experience, butoverall still pretty young. Hall had the distinction of playing all five line positions against Iowa State. "He's got to be proud that he played allfive line spots," Davis said. "The bad thing is that he had to play all five line spots."

Hall is cemented in at center this season -- barring another cataclysmic, injury-riddled season -- and figures to be among the league's best there.

Texas has no shortage of experienced linemen, many of whom saw time last season at more than one position. This year's starting lineup shapes up like this-- Hall at center; senior Cedric Dockery (6-4, 320) at right guard; sophomore Kyle Hix (6-7, 320) at right tackle; junior Charlie Tanner (6-4, 300) at leftguard; and junior Adam Ulatoski (6-8, 310) at left tackle. Ulatoski missed the spring with injuries, but like Dockery, who was knocked out part of last seasonas well, he's expected back at full speed when practice begins.

Waiting in the wings are several players who saw valuable playing time last season -- sophomores Michael Huey (6-5, 315), Buck Burnette (6-3, 320), BrettMitchell (6-5, 300) and Tray Allen (6-5, 320). Red-shirt freshman Aundre McGaskey (6-5, 295) should also work in the rotation at tackle.

Job No. 1 on the offensive line will be providing a pocket for McCoy, who last year was all-too-frequently forced to scramble and try to make plays on the run.

KICKERS

The Longhorns are set here, with the return of senior place-kicker Ryan Bailey (6-2, 205) and kickoff specialist Hunter Lawrence (6-0, 180), a junior.

Bailey, the former walk-on who earned a spot in Texas history with his debut kick, a last-second game winner against Nebraska in 2006, made 24-of-28 fieldgoals last season, including his last six.

Lawrence solved another Longhorn need despite the change in kickoff position last year. He's booted 31 touchbacks, 16 of them last season, in 133 careerattempts.

DEFENSIVE LINE

For the longest time, Brown struggled to find the true, pass-rushing ends that teams like Miami and Florida State seemed to attract in droves.

That changed six years ago, when the Longhorns recruited players like Tim Crowder and Brian Robison, and slowly but surely, he's made Austin a destinationfor that high energy, high-speed caliber of player.

This year, the Longhorns should boast one of their best -- and deepest -- set of ends in recent memory. "You can't make a living blitzing all the timeanymore," Muschamp said, indicating he wants an honest rush from his front four.

Senior Brian Orakpo (6-4, 260), who was chosen a Playboy All-American in late May, said keeping their motors running is just as important -- all across thedefense.

"It seems we quit at times last year," Orakpo said. "Not necessarily quit, but we didn't finish the plays we needed to to get off the field.We were playing complacent." Orakpo hopes to be the one to set the tone this season by rushing the passer. In the offseason he watched video of similartype NFL ends (Read: lean and quick) like Miami's Jason Taylor and Indianapolis' Dwight Freeney.

"Coach [Muschamp] always says a good pass rush makes a good pass defense," Orakpo said.

Orakpo will be bracketed on the other side by former fullback Henry Melton (6-3, 265), a senior who appears to have found a home. Two smallish-but-quicksophomores who showed their chops last year in backup roles are Sam Acho (6-3, 258) and Eddie Jones (6-3, 260.

The Horns should be smaller but quicker at tackle. Senior Roy Miller (6-2, 285) and converted ends Aaron Lewis (6-4, 265), a senior, and Lamarr Houston (6-2,275), a junior, will likely be the three-man rotations with junior Ben Alexander (6-0, 310) also figuring in the mix.

Miller slimmed down to 285 in the spring after playing at 305 last season. "I want to be quicker," he said. "I'm expecting to play the wholegame. I want to play every rep."

LINEBACKERS

His new players knew Will Muschamp before they met him. Knew him well, they figured. They saw him on YouTube going postal on the Auburn sideline during a 2007game against Arkansas. Or was it Florida? Or Alabama.

You get the idea. They saw him act with ferocity on the sideline, saw him bleed raw emotion, saw him live and die with his unit, saw him & well, doeverything they want him to do for them. Everything they need him to do for them.

"We had to get ready for a crazy man," tackle Roy Miller said of the sight. "That video had us all fired up. We couldn't wait. [His energy]is something we've been needing around here. Last year we had a lot of problems late in games. With coach Muschamp, you understand every play counts."

Muschamp inherits what may be the Longhorns' most talented group of linebackers, if not the most accomplished. Senior Rashad Bobino (5-11, 238) returns inthe middle. The two-time All-Big 12 honoree has started 38 of the 39 games he has played, and is a steady influence.

He'll be flanked on the strong side by junior Sergio Kindle (6-4, 239), whose career has been marked by injuries, a suspension and unfulfilled promise.Finally healthy, he should be poised for a breakout season, and could be an effective force off the edge.

On the weak side, junior Roddrick Muckelroy (6-2, 230) was voted one of the team's outstanding defensive newcomers last year in filling a backup role, with2.5 sacks, an interception and a fumble recovery.

All three backups have flashed talent, particularly Jared Norton (6-3, 242), a junior who'll work behind Bobino, and freshman Keenan Robinson (6-3, 220), aParade All-American who redshirted last season. Sophomore Dustin Earnest (6-3,233) is slotted as the backup on the weak side.

DEFENSIVE BACKS

Aside from Vince Young, the Longhorn secondary was probably the biggest key to the '05 national title run. The last two seasons, though, it's beentheir biggest vulnerability and one of the main reasons they've faltered.

Only one starter returns, senior cornerback Ryan Palmer (6-0, 190), who's solid but unspectacular. Junior Deon Beasley (5-10, 175), who has played 13 gamesover two seasons as a backup corner and in the nickel and dime packages, moves into the other spot.

The Longhorn safeties have struggled the last two seasons, often caught in no-man's land between deep balls and run support. With three of the fourcandidates to fill these spots redshirt freshmen and the other a lightly seasoned junior who boasts the unit's only career start, this is the obviousconcern on defense.

All had productive and promising springs, but spring football and fall games are two different things.

Ishie Odeuegwu (5-10, 210), a junior, is the most experienced, and he'll fill one of the safety spots, which Muschamp has termed right and left instead ofstrong and weak. Converted cornerback Earl Thomas, one of the freshmen, goes into the preseason as starter at the other spot, with heady freshman ChristianScott (6-1, 208), a former ESPN Top 150 prospect, as his backup.

Freshman Ben Wells (6-1, 195), a four-year honor roll student who was also a prep All-American, is the fourth member.

PUNTERS

This traditionally has been the redheaded stepchild of the Longhorns -- they've never had a punter earn All-Big 12 honors, not even honorable mention.

That doesn't mean they haven't had some solid punters. Last year's starter, Justin Moore, averaged 41.0 yards on 34 punts, including 12 inside the20. But Moore's gone, and two scholarship players, junior Trevor Gerland (6-2, 195) and freshman Justin Tucker (6-1, 171), get a shot at his job.

Tucker, fresh out of high school and the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, showed signs of making a move in the spring, but the job belonged, tenuously as it was,to Gerland.

SPECIAL TEAMS

The Longhorns were solid in returns last season, and Quan Cosby did enough on kick and punt returns to earn second-team All-Big 12 honors. He had 42 kickoffreturns for 1,017 yards and a touchdown; 19 punt returns for 178 yards.

That's a double-edged sword for the Longhorns. "We don't want Quan doing everything," Brown said.

Brown would like to take some of the load off of Cosby, who'll be the Longhorns' lead receiver, and to that end they worked cornerback Deon Beasley onpunt returns in the spring.

Cosby handled all but eight of the returns last season, including onside and pooch kicks, and that's where he'll likely get the biggest break. VondrellMcGee and Antwan Cobb are among a whole of cast of defensive backs and running backs who'll get a look there in the fall.

The Longhorns' coverage units were fairly solid, save for a touchdown and punt return for a score in a searing loss to Kansas State. The Longhorns,normally very potent at blocking punts and kicks, didn't turn back a kick or punt all of last year, as startling a stat as they had in 2007.

BLUE RIBBON ANALYSIS

The Longhorns have had ample time to rebuild.

They won't find another Vince Young, but if Muschamp and McCoy live up to their reps, and Whittaker and McGee can tote the ball effectively withoutgame-killing turnovers (see Charles, Jamaal), they may not need one.

Grading the Longhorns
Unit
Grade

Offense



A-

Special teams



B+

Defense



B+

Intangibles



A-

Quan Cosby and Peter Irvin should be solid, but they'll need help. If either of the freshmen receivers comes through as billed, they'll get it. With anexperienced offensive line, McCoy shouldn't be forced to scramble -- which, quizzically, was a strength last year -- or force passes, a killer last season.Bottom line, time should equal success. At least the Longhorns will be fun to watch this season.

"We've put a lot of emphasis on explosive plays and the turnover margin," Davis said. "We call it a double positive. In our 10 yearswe're 60-0 when we've won both. Now we want to add trick plays. We want to work on it enough to where it's not a shock. It's something wedo."

Still, with the high-powered offenses and great quarterbacks -- Sam Bradford, Stephen McGee, Graham Harrell and Chase Daniel, etc. etc. -- in the Big 12,defense will win it or lose it. If Muschamp can mold a pass defense that should have the requisite pressure up front from Brian Orakpo and the others and cancoax solid play from a young set of safeties (Clue: Don't bite on the run fake), the Longhorns can make a run for the South title and maybe even the BCScrown.

Texas will be interesting to watch for other reasons. With Major Applewhite on board as assistant head coach, it's interesting to speculate on whetherhe's the hand-picked successor for offensive coordinator Greg Davis, should he finally get the top-level head coaching job he's sought, or even Brown,who has never seemed to be a Paterno-like coaching lifer.

Applewhite didn't come to Texas because he wasn't ready to part with his burnt orange wardrobe or because he likes the title of running backs coach.It's hard to dismiss the notion that something is in the works, probably not this year, but likely sometime in the next five.

That drama may be as much fun to watch as the season.

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Originally Posted by WinstonDon

Originally Posted by Newbs24

Josh Jarboe is a buffoon.
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some fans kill me w/ some of the statements they make....dude is just rapping on youtube....big deal
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Yeah, but

If you just got in trouble for guns and !%!!....

You prolly shouldn't be rapping about the same !%!! you just got arrested for on youtube...

But yeah, some fans can be OD w/ remarks towards players...
 
Originally Posted by dreClark

Originally Posted by WinstonDon

Originally Posted by Newbs24

Josh Jarboe is a buffoon.
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some fans kill me w/ some of the statements they make....dude is just rapping on youtube....big deal
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Yeah, but

If you just got in trouble for guns and !%!!....

You prolly shouldn't be rapping about the same !%!! you just got arrested for on youtube...

But yeah, some fans can be OD w/ remarks towards players...
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ohhh.....yea he is dumb for that
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Originally Posted by WinstonDon

Originally Posted by dreClark

Originally Posted by WinstonDon

Originally Posted by Newbs24

Josh Jarboe is a buffoon.
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some fans kill me w/ some of the statements they make....dude is just rapping on youtube....big deal
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Yeah, but

If you just got in trouble for guns and !%!!....

You prolly shouldn't be rapping about the same !%!! you just got arrested for on youtube...

But yeah, some fans can be OD w/ remarks towards players...
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ohhh.....yea he is dumb for that
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[h2]Sooners signee Jarboe arrested on weapons charges[/h2]
By Kristina Torres | Friday, March 7, 2008, 02:08 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Oklahoma Sooners signee Josh Jarboe was arrested Thursday evening for receiving stolen property and having a weapon on school property - both felony charges for one of the nation's top college recruits.

Online jail records show Jarboe, 18, was booked into the DeKalb County Jail along with 17-year-old James Davis, who was charged with the same two counts. Both were arrested by DeKalb school system police officers.

The school system has not released any information about the arrests or about the two young men. A spokesman said that the police report - a public document - was not yet complete.

Jarboe, a standout wide receiver from Cedar Grove High School, is ranked by Rivals.com as the 10th-best wide receiver nationally in the Class of 2008. He committed last month to play for Oklahoma, choosing the Sooners over Florida, Georgia and LSU.

In addition to the felony charges, Jarboe also could face expulsion from school under DeKalb schools policy.
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what planet has 16 year olds that look like this




i looked up this dude seastrunk, he's listed at 5'10 so this ball eyeballs at almost 12 feet high. i'm impressed
 
Anymore news on who isn't expected to qualify at Miami? I read somewhere that there were one or two of their better recruits on the border...
 
Coaches' Poll is out...

Couldn't ya'll put us at #3 so you can hype that USC/OSU game as a #1/#2 matchup? C'mon...
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Edit: Switched it up to add the breakdown and such...

[table][tr][td]
Rank
[/td] [td]Team (first-place votes)[/td] [td]
Record
[/td] [td]
Points
[/td] [td]
Final 2007
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
1.
[/td] [td]Georgia (22)[/td] [td]
11-2
[/td] [td]
1,438
[/td] [td]
3
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
2.
[/td] [td]Southern Cal (14)[/td] [td]
11-2
[/td] [td]
1,430
[/td] [td]
2
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
3.
[/td] [td]
Ohio State (14)
[/td] [td]
11-2
[/td] [td]
1,392
[/td] [td]
4
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
4.
[/td] [td]Oklahoma (3)[/td] [td]
11-3
[/td] [td]
1,329
[/td] [td]
8
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
5.
[/td] [td]Florida (5)[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
1,293
[/td] [td]
16
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
6.
[/td] [td]LSU (3)[/td] [td]
12-2
[/td] [td]
1,163
[/td] [td]
1
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
7.
[/td] [td]
Missouri
[/td] [td]
12-2
[/td] [td]
1,143
[/td] [td]
5
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
8.
[/td] [td]West Virginia[/td] [td]
11-2
[/td] [td]
1,008
[/td] [td]
6
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
9.
[/td] [td]Clemson[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
999
[/td] [td]
22
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
10.
[/td] [td]Texas[/td] [td]
10-3
[/td] [td]
979
[/td] [td]
10
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
11.
[/td] [td]Auburn[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
888
[/td] [td]
14t
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
12.
[/td] [td]Wisconsin[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
747
[/td] [td]
21
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
13.
[/td] [td]Kansas[/td] [td]
12-1
[/td] [td]
714
[/td] [td]
7
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
14.
[/td] [td]Texas Tech[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
644
[/td] [td]
23
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
15.
[/td] [td]Virginia Tech[/td] [td]
11-3
[/td] [td]
568
[/td] [td]
9
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
16.
[/td] [td]Arizona State[/td] [td]
10-3
[/td] [td]
560
[/td] [td]
13
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
17.
[/td] [td]Brigham Young[/td] [td]
11-2
[/td] [td]
547
[/td] [td]
14t
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
18.
[/td] [td]Tennessee[/td] [td]
10-4
[/td] [td]
506
[/td] [td]
12
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
19.
[/td] [td]Illinois[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
422
[/td] [td]
18
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
20.
[/td] [td]Oregon[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
399
[/td] [td]
24
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
21.
[/td] [td]South Florida[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
350
[/td] [td]
NR
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
22.
[/td] [td]
Penn State
[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
313
[/td] [td]
25
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
23.
[/td] [td]
Wake Forest
[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
203
[/td] [td]
NR
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
24.
[/td] [td]
Michigan
[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
112
[/td] [td]
19
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
25.
[/td] [td]
Fresno State
[/td] [td]
9-4
[/td] [td]
91
[/td] [td]
NR
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Others receiving votes[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Alabama (7-6) 83; South Carolina (6-6) 64; Utah (9-4) 60; Florida State (7-6) 53; Rutgers (8-5) 53; Boston College (11-3) 47; California (7-6) 41; Pittsburgh (5-7) 34; Boise State (10-3) 25; Oregon State (9-4) 23; Nebraska (5-7) 17; Cincinnati (10-3) 13; Virginia (9-4) 12; Connecticut (9-4) 9; Michigan State (7-6) 9; Mississippi State (8-5) 6; Kentucky (8-5) 5; Notre Dame (3-9) 5; TCU (8-5) 5; Maryland (6-7) 4; North Carolina (4-8) 3; Texas A&M (7-6) 3; UCLA (6-7) 3; Central Florida (10-4) 2; Georgia Tech (7-6) 2; Louisville (6-6) 2; Arizona (5-7) 1; Colorado (6-7) 1; Oklahoma State (7-6) 1; Tulsa (10-4) 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 61 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. This season's board: Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Bret Bielema, Wisconsin; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Art Briles, Baylor; Mack Brown, Texas; Neil Callaway, Alabama-Birmingham; Gene Chizik, Iowa State; Mario Cristobal, Florida International; Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Butch Davis, North Carolina; Todd Dodge, North Texas; Randy Edsall, Connecticut; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Jeff Genyk, Eastern Michigan; Turner Gill, Buffalo; Joe Glenn, Wyoming; Todd Graham, Tulsa; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Dan Hawkins, Colorado; Pat Hill, Fresno State; Butch Jones, Central Michigan; Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville; Mike Leach, Texas Tech; Jim Leavitt, South Florida; Rocky Long, New Mexico; Bill Lynch, Indiana; Doug Martin, Kent State; Urban Meyer, Florida; Les Miles, LSU; Shane Montgomery, Miami (Ohio); Hal Mumme, New Mexico State; Rick Neuheisel, UCLA; Tom O'Brien, North Carolina State; George O'Leary, Central Florida; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Mike Price, Texas-El Paso; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Michigan; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Howard Schnellenberger, Florida Atlantic; Mark Snyder, Marshall; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Jeff Tedford, California; Joe Tiller, Purdue; Bob Toledo, Tulane; %@#% Tomey, San Jose State; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn; Charlie Weis, Notre Dame; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Tyrone Willingham, Washington; Ron Zook, Illinois.
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What day is the first game of the year?

I remember it was CMU/BC last year? or was that the year before...

Anyone ever played College Fantasy Football? I heard some dude talking about it on the Radio and it sounds like a good idea if you just limit it to oneconference.

If anyone has ever done it, where did you play? Or did you just make up your own home league?
 
First games of the year are on Thursday, August 28.

ESPN has NC State @ South Carolina. ESPN2 has Oregon State @ Stanford.

(There's a bunch of other meaningless games that night, too. Bunch of I-AA @ BCS blowouts.)

Might as well talk about the rest of Week 1...

Friday night...SMU @ Rice on ESPN. (June Jones' debut.)

Saturday's big games...

Hawaii @ Florida.
Utah @ Michigan.
USC @ Virginia.
Appalachian State @ LSU.
Michigan State @ Cal.
Alabama @ Clemson. (Atlanta)
Illinois @ Missouri. (St. Louis)

Kentucky/Louisville and Colorado State/Colorado on Sunday. Tennessee/UCLA on Monday.
 
ill take VT at 15, much higher than I thought they would be.

Top 10 for Clemson is a good look for them, they better not blow it this year w/ the schedule they have.
 
Originally Posted by dreClark

Originally Posted by WinstonDon

Originally Posted by dreClark

Originally Posted by WinstonDon

Originally Posted by Newbs24

Josh Jarboe is a buffoon.
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some fans kill me w/ some of the statements they make....dude is just rapping on youtube....big deal
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Yeah, but

If you just got in trouble for guns and !%!!....

You prolly shouldn't be rapping about the same !%!! you just got arrested for on youtube...

But yeah, some fans can be OD w/ remarks towards players...
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ohhh.....yea he is dumb for that
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Yeah,
[h2]Sooners signee Jarboe arrested on weapons charges[/h2]
By Kristina Torres | Friday, March 7, 2008, 02:08 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

[h3]Categories[/h3]
Oklahoma Sooners signee Josh Jarboe was arrested Thursday evening for receiving stolen property and having a weapon on school property - both felony charges for one of the nation's top college recruits.

Online jail records show Jarboe, 18, was booked into the DeKalb County Jail along with 17-year-old James Davis, who was charged with the same two counts. Both were arrested by DeKalb school system police officers.

The school system has not released any information about the arrests or about the two young men. A spokesman said that the police report - a public document - was not yet complete.

Jarboe, a standout wide receiver from Cedar Grove High School, is ranked by Rivals.com as the 10th-best wide receiver nationally in the Class of 2008. He committed last month to play for Oklahoma, choosing the Sooners over Florida, Georgia and LSU.

In addition to the felony charges, Jarboe also could face expulsion from school under DeKalb schools policy.
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And the outcome?


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=201
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=201
Oklahoma has kicked wide receiver Josh Jarboe off the team, coach Bob Stoops announced Friday.

"We are disappointed in this outcome, but our complete review and this final decision is in the best interest of our program" Stoops said.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=201
Jarboe, who was No. 13 on the ESPN 150 list of top high school players last season, was sentenced in May to two years probation for carrying a gun on school grounds at his high school in Georgia.

The Cedar Grove High School product had signed in February to play for the Sooners.

The last straw for Stoops appears to have been a video Jarboe was featured in this week on YouTube in which he is seen rapping about guns and shooting people.

"We outlined for Josh the expectations we had for him when he arrived and, unfortunately, those expectations have not been met," Stoops said. "Josh needs to learn from this experience. We hope he can move forward in a positive manner."

OU's fall camp is set to start in Norman on Sunday in preparation for the 2008 season.
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Ok - so they just reported this and then just took it back.... errrrr - OK

I was just thinking about the potential commitment and combined w/ what might happen this weekend, our DB's would be done for the year. Winston is stillout there so I dunno if the coaches wanted to accept the commit or what. Interesting scenario though.
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Michigan just picked up another commitment and might get another one this weekend.

The third Jones in this recruiting class. First Teric, then Dequinta, now Mike...

Miiiiiiiiike Jonnnnnnes!

getting a top notch bball recruit today too... but OT
 
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