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NCAA Proposes New Football Rules to Enhance Player Safety
The NCAA has announced new rule proposals to make the game safer for players, and unlike the $2000 stipend, I can't imagine these rules being overruled by the membership. The five proposals are largely concerning special teams, and they are as follows: Kickoffs and touchbacks: Kickoffs go from the...
Texas-Kansas Post-Mortem: Defense/Special Teams
I'm leading with the Texas defense because while our offense faced a historically bad Kansas defense, the Longhorn defense drew a 30 points/400 yards per game Kansas offense that had success against quality opponents. I thought we'd play well and surrender 14-17 points. Then this happened: ** 46...
Texas-Oklahoma Football Preview: Special Teams
I didn't want to write this portion of the preview at all, but the Iowa State game punt block and forced fumble on the kickoff provided some hope. The history of this series is replete with game-changing plays on special teams (here are two recent ones: 2008 Shipley kick off return, 2009 Earl...
Texas – Nebraska Post-Mortem: Special Teams
It gets its own breakdown this week because they played such a key role in both the positive and negative side of this game. The players executed almost perfectly. The headsets had a Milesian moment. I don't want to dwell on any negatives as the win itself was phenomenal and our players cleaning...
Changes will have to wait for the offseason.
O rly? After putting on perhaps the worst special teams performance in modern football history last night, making a very ordinary Patriots team look like modern football giant UCLA, the Bill Parcells run dolphins did not mess around, firing their special teams coach. Who says you can't have...
Texas-Rice Football Post-Mortem 2010: Defense Special Teams
The game wasn't as close as the final score suggested and it should have been a 41-6 type of win, but we demonstrated a facility for shooting ourselves in the foot. And then hacking that foot off and sending it to ourselves with a ransom note. Chykie Brown and Texas Offense, raise your game or I...
Measuring up to the Rival
One of my favorite preseason rituals is to match up the good guys with the land thieves across all the positions and note which squad is stronger where. As a general rule OU rules RB and LB while Texas typically has the advantage at DB and QB. Where they often go back and forth is in the...
Texas Special Teams: Impact Freshmen in 2010
Mack deserves praise for trusting youngsters like Marquise Goodwin and DJ Monroe in the return game last year and they scored three times on kickoff returns between them with Goodwin also blocking a punt for a touchdown against Colorado. Texas dominated on special teams and that will continue in...
Charges Dropped Against DJ Monroe
Happy Friday. Driving While Intoxicated charges against Longhorn football player D.J. Monroe have been dropped. Monroe, a kick returner and running back, was arrested on November 15 in Hays County. Monroe did get charged with obstruction of a passageway. Monroe was suspended by Mack Brown...
Georgia Bulldogs 33, Vanderbilt Commodores 28: I Ain't Afraid of No Goat
Here are a few questions and observations concerning the Georgia Bulldogs’ 33-28 victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores and last night’s Second Annual Dawg Sports Sacrificial Goat Roast: Aaron Murray completed 22 of 38 passes for a career-best 326 yards and a trio of touchdowns, so why does it...
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