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The NCAA has ruled that the Oklahoma Sooners must “vacate” all of their wins during the 2005 season, including their bowl win against Oregon in the Holiday Bowl. Not that it really matters all that much, they only won 8 games anyway.

The funny part about this is the fact that the NCAA thinks they actually hurt the Sooners, when all they did was extend their probation, cut their scholarships by two, and forfeit a season the Sooners didn’t even care about. Way to be tough NCAA.

Retire No. 10, NOW! Kevin Durant isn’t the only Longhorn who should have their number retired.

Summer drills Q&A up on TexasSports with Roy Miller. Miller, Derek Lokey, and Frank Okam need to show up big this season.

Jorge Martinez is experiencing “opportunity of a lifetime” as walk-on with Longhorns. Guys like this are critical to a team’s success. (via)

Earl Campbell has paid a toll for his hard running style. Earl is still representing UT well and the university is taking care of him.

Titans looking for ways to get FB Ahmard Hall more involved in the offense. I bet Hall had more carries per game last year than he had in his UT career.

Quarterback/athlete recruit [tag]Riley Dodge[/tag] has decommited from Texas and will follow his dad to Denton to play for the North Texas Mean Green. Riley, who is rated as a 3-star athlete, committed to the Longhorns back in February but this week reconsidered his decision.

This doesn’t come as a huge surprise, the chance to continue together at the next level has to be exciting for both Dodges. Also, despite an impressive career at Southlake Carrol, there was a good chance Riley would never get a chance to be a QB for the Longhorns. At [tag]North Texas[/tag] he’ll be able to come in and compete early on. Depending on how Riley progresses and how long Todd sticks around as coach, UNT could be set to dominate the Sun Belt Conference again.

He doesn’t have as much talent as some higher rated guys, but Dodge was still one of my favorite recruits in this class. I think he has the smarts, guts, and other intangibles to become a very good college quarterback. He should do very well for North Texas.

His change of heart puts Texas back down to 19 commits for the 2008 class, leaving open the possibility of taking three or four more to finish off the class. The Horns are still trying to land a stud linebacker (Lynn Katoa) and defensive end (Chancey Aghayere) plus a couple of wildcards. The recruiting season may be starting earlier and earlier, but it still finds a way to stay interesting all year long.

Cedric Dockery and UT offensive line looking to bounce back. OL play really fell after Dockery went down against OU.

I won’t mention his name and give him what he wants, but how can you call Vince Young overrated? (via)

Nathan Vasher signs a 5-year contract extension with Bears keeping him in Chicago through 2012.