Category: Football

A confident and at ease Charlie Strong appeared before reporters Sept. 26 for his weekly press conference in advance of the Texas Longhorns traveling to face Oklahoma State at 11 a.m. Oct. 1 on ABC. But Strong wasn’t relaxed enough to give details on who would be the featured defenders. “You want my game plan, huh?” he said to a reporter who asked him for names of the players who will play significant roles during the contest. “I’ve got some guys.” And fans will see them against the Cowboys (2-2,…

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It might not have been pretty, but the TCU Horned Frogs‘ strong second half led to a 33-3 win over SMU on Sept. 23. The Horned Frogs have now won five straight over the Mustangs. Quarterback Kenny Hill set the tone for the second half when he hit John Diarse for a 75-yard touchdown on the first play. Hill finished with 452 yards in the air and two touchdowns. The other went to Jaelan Austin on a fade route. Hill said the first touchdown to start the third quarter was…

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Another night at the office for Baylor quarterback Seth Russell as he threw for 387 yards and four touchdowns in beating Oklahoma State 35-24 on Sept. 24. But the talk of the game was the Bears’ (4-0, 1-0) defensive stand in the fourth quarter inside their own five to turn the Cowboys (2-2, 0-1) away twice. And it came when OSU had the ball for almost 42 minutes. Baylor acting head coach Jim Grobe tipped his hat to the defense. “It was amazing to watch the guys play so hard,”…

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The battle of the Iron Skillet will occur under the Friday Night Lights when TCU visits SMU at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 on ESPN. TCU (2-1, 1-0) leads the series 48-40-7 and captured 14 of the last 16 games. Coach Gary Patterson is 12-2 against the Mustangs (2-1), including last season’s 56-37 win. At one point, however, SMU scored 20 unanswered to pull within 42-37. Patterson said SMU coach Chad Morris is doing a fine job with the Mustangs. “It’s always a big game,” he said. “It is a cross-town…

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The Big 12’s top game will be played in Waco when Oklahoma State visits Baylor at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 24 on Fox. The game features two high octane offenses led by veteran quarterbacks — Baylor’s Seth Russell and OSU’s Mason Rudolph. Mason has already thrown for 1,017 yards and six touchdowns to rank third in the conference, while Russell has thrown for 761 yards and nine touchdowns. Bears coach Jim Grobe said he is impressed with Rudolph, especially with how well he throws the deep ball, and how he gets…

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Following a 50-43 loss to California Sept. 17, Texas coach Charlie Strong vows to get more involved in the defensive planning. Strong made the comments during his weekly Monday press conference Sept. 19. Not only is he planning on being more involved, Strong said every coach will get evaluated in the next two weeks. The Longhorns’ next game is at Oklahoma State Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. Typically, he said, he makes suggestions to the staff, not demands. The good news is the defensive problems are correctable, the coach said,…

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The Texas Longhorns traveled to Berkley to play California and came away with their first loss of the season 50-43 Sept. 17. How can the Longhorns (2-1), who played so well in the double overtime win over Notre Dame to start the season, come up short against a California team that was reeling following a loss to San Diego State last week? The answer is that the Notre Dame loss in 2015 changed the Texas program, while the loss to the Bears last season was a game Texas felt like…

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