After an 18 month absence from the NFL, word out of ESPN is that the NFL has decided to reinstate [tag]Ricky Williams[/tag] from his suspension. No word yet on whether or not the Miami Dolphins will welcome him back, they have two weeks to make that decision.
Video below with a few more details:
More thoughts on Ricky and which NFL team he might end up with later tonight.
Update
It looks like Ricky could very well end up back with the Dolphins. His agent is saying Miami would welcome him back and possible teammate Joey Porter sounds like he’ll take any player who can help the Fins get their first win of the season.
Ricky has a serious issue with social anxiety disorder that it sounds like he finally got the treatment he needed during the last six months. He’s made his mistakes but he’s never hurt anyone and he certainly deserves a chance to earn a living and play football again. He showed in 2005 that he can still play, and whether it’s with the Dolphins or another team I think he can make a contribution this season.
I love watching Ricky run and no matter what he’ll always be one of my favorite Longhorns. I’ll be watching his return closely and rooting him on to prove all his doubters wrong on and off the field.
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Posted November 13th, 2007 by Brian
Filed under: Football, Quick Hits
Selvin Young rushes for 109 yards and first career TD against Chiefs while Priest Holmes gets first start since 2005.
Posted November 13th, 2007 by Brian
Filed under: Football, Quick Hits
Longhorns are 9-2 heading into matchup with Aggies. If Jamaal Charles outrushes Stephen McGee Texas will win big.
Mike Leach is probably still whining about it, but the Texas Longhorns outscored his [tag]Texas Tech[/tag] Red Raiders to win for the ninth time this season. Tech falls to 3-4 in Big 12 play and 7-4 on the season.
Here’s what people are saying about the game from around the Interwebs…
Austin-American Statesman
- McCoy’s 6 TDs Help No. 15 Texas Hold On
- Texas a team on the rebound
- Leach goes off deep end with comments on officiating
- Longhorns vs. Red Raiders photo gallery
Dallas Morning News
- Staying grounded: UT rushes past Tech
- Determined Longhorns still in BCS hunt
- UT front line puts forth yeoman’s effort
San Antonio Express-News
- McCoy’s play helps UT easily wreck Tech
- Longhorns showcase line depth vs. Raiders
- Brown’s optimism paying off yet again for Texas
Houston Chronicle
Inside Texas
Other
We thought it was going to be an exciting, high scoring game and Texas and [tag]Texas Tech[/tag] certainly didn’t disappoint when they took the field Saturday afternoon. The Longhorns were able to put up enough points to make up for a defense that couldn’t consistently stop Graham Harrell and the Red Raiders explosive offense. The win moves the team to 9-2 on the season and keeps the Horns in position for a possible BCS birth.
ESPN highlights from the game below:
Real weak highlight package from ESPN this week. These are the clips they showed on College Gameday Final and even Sportscenter showed more. I can’t believe they didn’t show Colt McCoy’s fantastic touchdown run or Nate Jones’ TD where he tip-toed down the sideline for 30+ yards. I guess when you have to spend 5 minutes discussing Notre Dame losing again you don’t have time to show more than 41 seconds of highlights of an exciting game featuring a ranked team.
Posted November 10th, 2007 by Brian
Filed under: Football, Quick Hits
Can Texas stop Graham Harrell (or at least slow him down)? The defense has made much worse QB’s look like All-Americans this season.
Posted November 10th, 2007 by Brian
Filed under: Football, Media, Quick Hits
Longhorns en Espanol Big in Austin. Nice article on the Spanish language broadcast on 1260 AM in Austin.
An SEC match-up between Auburn and Georgia is the only game between ranked teams today but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad day for college football fans. The Big 12 may be home to the day’s best games including a huge trap for the still undefeated Kansas Jayhawks as they travel to Stillwater to face Oklahoma State.
Here’s today’s lineup:
(12) Michigan at Wisconsin – 11:00 am on ESPN. After losing their first two games of the season Michigan has beaten a bunch of mediocre Big 10 teams to climb back up to number twelve in the current polls. Wisconsin beats them at home unless Chad Henne has a huge day.
Texas A&M at (6) Missouri – 11:30 am on FSN. This could be an ugly one for the Aggies, Mizzou quarterback Chase Daniel is going to light them up today and put the final nail in Dennis Franchione’s coffin.
Air Force at Notre Dame – 1:30 pm on NBC. 1-9. Ha. Go Air Force!
Texas Tech at (14) Texas – 2:30 pm on ABC. The game will reportedly be in high definition, finally. Tech is always a scary game for the Horns and today shouldn’t be any different.
(18) Auburn at (10) Georgia – 2:30 pm on CBS. The only game of the day between two top 25 teams. I haven’t been particularly impressed with either team this year but they play great defense and they’ve been winning tough games.
(4) Kansas at Oklahoma State – 7:00 pm on ABC. The Jayhawks’ defense has been incredible this season but the OSU Cowboys’ offense will give them one of their first tests of the year. I’m calling the upset, Okie State wins at home tonight in front of a national audience.
(17) USC at California – 7:00 pm on ABC. Not nearly the match-up we thought this game was going to be a month ago but still should be fun to watch. A battle to see which team will finish third in the Pac-10.
If I were the Athletic Director of Oklahoma State University, I would try to figure out a way to remove Texas from the schedule. Or maybe just transfer out of the Big 12 all together. This game was absolutely ridiculous, and probably the best comeback against OSU of the 3 in the last 4 years.
What I want to know is why Texas only decides to play in the 4th quarter? If they played like that for the whole game, we might be looking at playing in the Sugar Bowl this year. In case you missed it, here are the highlights.
None of Texas’ wins against [tag]Oklahoma State[/tag] the last few years have come easily and that isn’t likely to change today. This team showed last week it could come back from a big deficit and win, but hopefully they don’t have to keep doing that. I wouldn’t mind jumping out to an early 17-point lead like last year, that might be the only way I’m not a nervous wreck this afternoon.
Here are three keys to a Texas victory against the Cowboys:
1. Find a way to run the football
Oklahoma State isn’t a terrible football team but they’re not a good one either. This is a team that’s giving up an average of nearly 26 points per game and gave up 41 in an early season loss to Troy. The Longhorns won against Nebraska because they suddenly rediscovered the zone read, against the Cowboys they’ll have to try that and a bunch more because they can’t win if they can’t run the ball. [tag]Jamaal Charles[/tag] showed what he can do when he’s feeling it, let’s hope he can stay on a roll, find a few holes, and make some more big plays this week.
2. Beat the blitz
Texas got lucky last week. The Cornhuskers blitzed often and with tons of success against the Longhorns for the first three quarters. Quarterback [tag]Colt McCoy[/tag] didn’t have time to think let alone throw and that resulted in one of the worst performances in his career. Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy is 40 years old and claims his team won’t blitz like Nebraska did but I don’t buy it, they’d be stupid not to. McCoy and the Texas offense have to threaten the defense deep in order to open on the quick hot routes they’ll need to hit to beat the blitz. Of course if Charles rushes for nearly 300 yards again that would be nice as well.
3. Have a linebacker lead the team in tackles
The bad news: Sergio Kindle is out this week. The good news: the coaching staff appears to be noticing that the young, athletic linebackers can make more plays that the veteran group. Last week the team’s top three tacklers were all linebackers (when is the last time that happened?) and the defense needs to be led again by it’s linebackers against OSU and their option attack. If Marcus Griffin or another member of the Texas secondary is the game’s leading tackler that probably means OSU running back Dantrell Savage had a big day and the Horns are headed home to Austin as losers.
Prediction: Texas 35, Oklahoma State 31
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