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Former Texas quarterback Vince Young has struggled on and particularly off the field since the beginning of the 2008 season. Within about 24 hours he struggled in the season opener, got hurt, lost his starting job with the Tennessee Titans to (the mediocre) Kerry Collins, and then things escalated to the point where Nashville police were looking for him worried for his safety. Lately Vince has given a few radio interviews where he hasn’t come off well, and has stated that he wanted out of Tennessee.

Recently, Vince sat down and spoke with Michael Smith for ESPN E:60 and though it’s not perfect, he speaks well about what he is dealing with in his life and what his focus is for the upcoming season. He emphatically states that he did not try or want to hurt himself. Watch an excerpt from the interview below:

More of the interview will air in late July on the E:60 season premier.

Because you can never watch it enough…

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Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach has been very vocal lately that he thinks his quarterback Graham Harrell isn’t getting a fair shake from the media or NFL scouts. He stood up for Harrell at Heisman time and is now upset that his QB went undrafted this weekend. In the process of defending Harrell he took a hilarious shot at former Aggie and future Cowboy backup Stephen McGee: “I’m happy for Stephen McGee,” Mike Leach said. “The Dallas Cowboys like him more than his coaches at A&M did.”

Ouch.

Cowboys fans should be excited they’re getting a quarterback who couldn’t even start for his college team, just like Dallas legend Quincy Carter. Plus, he’s a jerk:

McGee actually isn’t terrible and was done in by horrible coaching and mediocre teammates at A&M, maybe he’ll have better success with a poorly run NFL franchise. Dennis Franchione tried to make into an option QB for no reason and then current head coach Mike Sherman decided the team’s future was more important than McGee’s. With good coaching, McGee has the talent to become a decent backup in the league, hopefully he gets an attitude adjustment as well.

Source (Note: Watching Aggies and Tech fans argue on the Internet is hilarious.)

ESPN The Magazine scours the depths of YouTube and ranks the top Kevin Durant clips on the Internet, they chose a good one for number one. Check out “Kevin Durant Evolution”:

“The Legend” is actually a pretty good basketball player, but up against a real college player he wasn’t much of a match last weekend during Michael Huff’s celebrity basketball game. After a wheels off loose ball, UT-Arlington’s Marquez Haynes took a pass and dunked right in Roy Williams’ face. Watch below:

Roy does a good job bailing at the last minute to not get too embarrassed (or hurt) and it’s hilarious watching Roy’s former teammates Michael Huff and BJ Johnson. Great to see the ex-teammates are still having fun and doing for a good cause.

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Future Longhorn track star and possible slot receiver Marquise Goodwin won this week’s 100m at Texas Relays with a blazing fast 10.38 time. Watch the race below:

The 2008-09 basketball season isn’t over yet but Texas fans can get started being excited for next year already. The 6-foot-3 guard had a great week at the McDonald’s All-American basketball game including showing great things in practice, 15 points in the game, and a slam dunk contest win. Check out high quality video of the dunk contest win below:

Haltom City defensive end Reggie Wilson is the latest 2010 recruit to add his name to one of the most impressive recruiting classes in recent memory, and he may also be the most exciting. He’s only been playing football for a few years but he’s already a dynamic pass-rushing end who strikes fear in opposing quarterbacks. Check out some of his highlights below to learn exactly why you probably don’t want to be a Big 12 QB for the next few years:

The 2008-09 Texas Longhorns were far from a perfect team, but Saturday night the team showed a ton of heart but came up short in the final minute in a second round loss to Duke. Despite being overmatched in some areas, the victim of some bad bounced (and calls), and unable to knock down free throws the Horns still had their chances to come up with a huge win. Watch highlights from the game below…

Yahoo.com interview from Varez Ward:

Texas advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament behind a barrage of 3-pointers from senior guard AJ Abrams and support from Dexter Pittman and others. They started slow but a run of four straight 3’s by Abrams allowed the Horns to pull away from Minnesota and eventually win 76-62.

It’s not really a highlight package, it’s an Abrams show but so was the game last night so it’s fitting. Watch it now…

Texas will play Duke on Saturday at 7:15pm.

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ESPN’s Andy Katz spends a few minutes breaking down the Horns’ first round matchup with Minnesota. He talks (very) briefly with both head coaches to get their thoughts on the tournament and their first round opponent.

Not many Texas fans have their own team making a long run in this year’s NCAA Tournament, but both college basketball experts from Yahoo Sports think the Horns could make some noise in the East regional. The team has been horribly inconsistent throughout the 2008-09 season but does have the ability to beat most anyone if they play well. Thanks to big front line including Damion James, Dexter Pittman, and Gary Johnson they believe the Horns match up well against Duke and could give the region’s #2 seed fits.

Watch the region preview below:

Jason Horowitz and Greg Anthony of CBS Sports discuss the first round matchup between 7-seed Texas and 10-seed Minnesota. Anthony talks about the Gophers’ lack of offense and something we all know very well: the Horns’ lack of quality guard play. If the Texas big men including Damion James and Dexter Pittman play well they could dominate the opening round game. Watch the preview below…

Texas opens the NCAA Tournament Thursday at 6:10pm.

Barely any Texas talk but ESPN has a brief look at the teams in the East Region of the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Watch Rece Davis, Digger Phelps, and Scott Bilas break down the region below…

The Texas Longhorns did exactly what they were supposed to today in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament, they throttled an overmatched Colorado team that finished the season at the bottom of the conference standings. Junior center Dexter Pittman played more minutes than he has any other game this season and dominated an outclassed CU frontcourt with 26 points. Brief ESPN highlights are below:

The Horns take on Kansas State Thursday at 2pm.

The Longhorns are one of the first teams in the country (love that Texas weather) back on the practice fields and preparing for the 2009 season. Before last season’s run at a national title, Mack Brown and Texas fans were actually pointing at this year as the one the team’s best chance to win it all. Texas quarterback Colt McCoy did an interview with ESPN and talked about the team building on their successful 2008 season and making another run in 2009, check it out:

If you missed the halftime retirement ceremony of Kevin Durant’s jersey from earlier this week the Statesman has a brief video that’s definitely worth watching:

I got chills even watching that short bit, Kevin wasn’t at Texas long but he’s a great kid and really loves the University of Texas. Anyone who doubted whether Kevin’s #35 jersey should be retired simply had to watch his heartfelt emotion at the honor to know he was more than deserving.

The Longhorns big win over the Sooners mirrored their 2008-09 basketball season, with huge swings between good play followed by long stretches of mediocrity and frustration. Fortunately, Saturday night senior guard AJ Abrams took his teammates on his back during the second half with 16 straight points and the Horns were able to pull out a very important win over their biggest rival.

Next up for Abrams and the Horns is another important conference match-up against Texas Tech Wednesday.

Texas legend Noble Doss passed away Sunday night at the age of 88. Doss, who played for the Longhorns from 1939 through 1941, still holds two school interception records including his career mark of 17 which Nathan Vasher tied in 2003. Bill Little has a nice write-up on Doss and watch a fantastic tribute to the man from ESPN/ABC Sports below:

The Longhorns didn’t finish off the 2009 recruiting class with the bang some fans were hoping for, but the class is still one of the top in the nation. Rivals.com ranks Texas as fifth overall class overall, but is with Florida and USC for best average rating per prospect. Check out a brief video feature on the entire top ten below:

The Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team went from a top ten ranking to possible on the outside looking in for the NCAA Tournament. Saturday the team dropped its third in a row to Nebraska to fall to 6th place in the Big 12 thanks to a 4-4 conference record.

This may have been one of the most disappointing games of the seasons as at the end of the first half and beginning of the second they played some of their basketball in weeks. In the end it was another hectic finish and just like in previous games the Horns couldn’t get it done. AJ Abrams and Justin Mason both had looks in the last moments but neither made the shot and Texas fell 55-58.

ESPN “highlights” are below:

Round Rock Stony Point defensive end Tevin Mims was the last recruit to join Texas’ 5th ranked 2009 recruiting class but he’s excited to be a Longhorn. Mims exploded during his senior season and went from a relative unknown to a highly sought after 4-star player. When he finally got the offer in January from his boyhood favorite he jumped on it quickly.

Watch Tevin discuss his commitment to UT on National Signing Day below:

Texas Ex Kevin Durant was drafted number two behind Greg Oden but since then then their paths couldn’t be any more different. Durant was the 2007-08 Rookie of the Year while Oden missed the entire season due to an injury. This season Durant is averaging over 25 points per game and 6 boards while Oden is putting in 8.7 points and 7 rebounds for Portland.

There first head-to-head match-up in the NBA Friday night was even more one sided as KD came up huge in a 102-93 Oklahoma City win. He had his third straight 30+ point game while Oden played only 16 minutes and scored 4 points. Watch a nearly all-Durant highlight reel from ESPN below:

Think Portland GM Kevin Pritchard might be having a sleepless night tonight thinking about that draft pick? The Blazers are a great young team, but add a dominant player like Kevin Durant at small forward to a lineup that includes former Horn LaMarcus Aldridge and they’d be tough to beat.

The Texas Longhorns lost another one in the final seconds Wednesday night at the Erwin Center to Missouri. With less than 6 seconds to go the Tigers banked in a layup to break a tie on the way to 69-65 win. Just about every Horn struggled mightily, but the one bright spot was center Dexter Pittman’s career night. Dex was able to stay out of foul trouble enough to play 23 minutes and pour in 25 points and 7 rebounds. Hopefully a sign of big things to come for Dexter.

Watch brief ESPN highlights below: