The Garrett Gilbert era is officially underway in Austin, Texas. The rising sophomore was thrown into the fire as a true freshman during the 2010 BCS National Championship game against Alabama after Texas starting QB Colt McCoy left the game in the first quarter with an injury. Even though Gilbert only went 15-40 for 146 yards with 2 TDs and 4 INTs, his Longhorns were still in the game heading into the last 10 minutes of the 4th quarter. Gilbert impressed...
Texas head coach Mack Brown has lost his mother to cancer. Katherine Brown, 81, was battling pancreatic cancer and passed away on Sunday. Brown was able to fly to his mother’s home state of Tennessee to be with her at the time of her death. Mack Brown has mentioned numerous times how important his mother is to him and the two have always been very close. Our hearts go out to Mack Brown and his family. Brown is one...
Mike Gundy has issued a gag order for his Cowboys squad. Gundy has laid down the law and is not allowing the media to speak to his team and vise versa for the next 10 days. The Cowboys open the season against the Georgia Bulldogs on September 5th and it seems as if Coach Gundy is going in to full-time game prep mode and doesn’t want any unnecessary distractions. The Cowboys are expected to be a force in the Big...
With a story fitting for daytime television drama, the K-State vs. Ron Prince battle continues. Recently dismissed former Wildcat coach Ron Prince, along with his attorneys, are asking that Kansas State University pay him $3 million in additional damages for “wanton and malicious misconduct.” Prince, who went 17-20 during his 3-year tenure as head coach at KSU, had an alleged secret agreement with then-athletic director, Bob Krause, giving Prince $3.2 million, with payments starting in 2015 and ending in 2020. All of this...
Bill Snyder, the architect of what some consider the greatest turnaround in college football, has given himself and his coaching staff a deadline to name K-State’s starting quarterback for the 2009 football season. Snyder wants to name a starting quarterback by August 29th, a week before the Wildcats’s season opener against UMass. The Wildcats are entering this season without school record-setting quarterback Josh Freeman, and as of now, his replacement has yet to be named. Carson Coffman, Grant Gregory (South Florida transfer),...
According to the Oklahoman, Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray left Friday’s practice with an apparent left hamstring injury. The 6’1, 214 lb. junior has had an astounding career as a Sooner, but it has been injury plagued. Murray missed 3 games in 2007 after dislocating his kneecap, and he also missed 3 games in 2008 after suffering an injury to his hamstring. He did not play in last year’s BCS Championship game against Florida. Before the injury last year he...
