Unlike the offense, Chykie Brown and the Texas defense played 4 great quarters. (AP photo)
It wasn’t pretty for a half and I’m still not sure if the offense knows what it’s doing sometimes, but thanks to great defensive play and of course overwhelming talent the Longhorns pulled out the win over the Wyoming Cowboys. A win is a win, but in the sad era of the BCS the Horns have to play better if they want a chance at another national title.
Check out the links below to see what everyone is saying about the game:
40 Acres Sports
Local Media
- No. 2 Texas topples Wyoming, 41-10
- Texas/Wyoming box score
- Texas/Wyoming game notes
- UT starts slow, stomps Wyoming 41-10
- Third and Longhorns
- James Kirkendoll turns the game for Texas
- Texas falls short of big expectations
- Horns vs. Cowboys questions answered
- Texas/Wyoming photos
- Texas Overcomes Early Offensive Woes to Whip Wyoming
- InsideTexas photo gallery
Wyoming Media
- Can’t bust ’em
- Texas exposed UW’s weakness
- Cowboys Fever
- No. 2 Longhorns adjust to Laramie, roll past Cowboys
Texas Media
- Texas fizzles, then sizzles in 41-10 win over Wyoming
- Ex-Carroll star gets his first TD for Texas
- Texas’ win appears somewhat hollow
- Tre Newton makes presence felt for Texas Longhorns
- UT sticks it to Wyoming
National Media
Brief highlights of yesterday’s Texas win over [tag]Wyoming[/tag] from Versus:
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Follow along below or with @40AcresSports on Twitter for live updates on the Texas vs. Wyoming game tonight at 2:30pm…
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Refs just blew whistle and called delay of game with 2 seconds left on play clock. Mack is flabbergasted. #ut
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Great effort and block by Tray Allen as Chiles takes screen pass to the house. Touchdown horns!! Nice block by M Williams too. #ut
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#ut receivers don’t do much on most run plays. Never even leave line if scrimmage.
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#UT defense holds on 4th down. Drive starts with nice strong 10 yd run by newton.
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Everyone hates notre dame. Cheers from fans of all allegiances as Michigan scores.
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Wyoming defense looks exhausted. Tre Newton takes it right up middle got 14 yd touchdown. Newton looks good. #ut 34 wyo 10
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Okie State with comeback of their own. Now lead 28-24.
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Colt breaks tackles, rolls left and finds Buckner alone. Buckner breaks tackles, gets block from Newton and scores!! #ut
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Apparently MWC officials have no idea what holding is. Opposite if big 12 refs who never call it. #ut
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Vondrell McGee limps off. Newton back in. No Cody Johnson today?
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96 seconds into 2nd half Longhorns strike on McCoy option keeper. Whew. Don’t take foot off gas Horns. #ut 20 wyo 10
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DJ Monroe takes short 2nd half kickoff back to wyo 40. Great start. Saw 2 #UT players high five, hope refs don’t flag them. 😉
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Think the Wyo coach’s necklace looks like it’s made of gumballs and popcorn. #ut (2nd half bout to start.)
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RT @ChipBrownOB: UT held Wyo w/out a single f1st down in 2nd quarter. Defense playing lights out. All 10 Wyo points traced to sp teams.
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RT @mikefinger: Colt McCoy’s halftime numbers: 17-of-29, 166 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. If no one was watching, it actually looks respectable. #UT
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RT @stevehabel: At half, TX has 237 yards to WYO’s 99, thanks to big final drive for TD. UT has 11 FD to 6 for WYO (none in 2nd qtr) #ut
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Surprised by wyo taking a knee despite getting ball after OOB kickoff. Halftime. Let’s see how horns regroup. #ut 13 wyo 10
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KIRKENDOLL!!! Fantastic run after catch on crossing route and jukes/stumbles into endzone for TD. #ut 13 wyo 10
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Holding call gives Wyoming 7 points as #ut has punt block breakdown and cowboys take it into endzone.
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More bad officiating. It’s not a hold just because lineman’s hands are on defenders back. Costs #ut 1st down
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Fantastic defense by Randall and huge open field tackle by K Robinson stop wyo on 3rd and 3. #ut ball with 2:40 left.
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@KEYE_Sports #UT is fine. They’ll win thanks to overwhelming D. (knock on wood.) but it’s not overreaction to say they’re playing awful.
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Dan Buckner with fantastic block but Colt McCoy looking very 2007. Not good. Interception Wyoming. #ut
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Horns get down to 3 but false start by Snow and then series of stumbles forces them to settle for fiejd goal. #ut 6 wyo 3
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Another clueless flag by MWC refs. Call illegal forward pass when Colt was behind line of scrimmage. #ut
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RT @chrismaka: That upside-down Horns sign is actually the official international hand sign for “I AM A COMPLETE DOUCHE BAG”
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Surprised by wyo decision to punt with 4th and 5 on #ut 45 yard line. Horns will take ball inside their 10.
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Kindle has gotten several shots in on Wyo qb but he’s doing good job getting rid of ball. #ut DBs giving lots of cushion.
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Colt not looking his normal accurate self. Leaving a lot of passes way high. #ut has to punt. Tucker with nice lefty soccer pooch punt.
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Wyo DBs off the LOS and bailing at snap. Colt having to hit underneath checkdowns. Might need to test deep middle. #ut.
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Not sure that was 15 yd roughing but #ut will take it. Wyo hits punter and gives horns free first down.
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Horns front 4 getting great pressure if Wyo just drops back to pass. More trouble when they zone play action and move pocket. #ut
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After moving downfield easily Horns forced to settle for 32 yd field goal from Lawrence. #ut 3 wyo 0
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Dont forget: Follow along with today’s #UT vs Wyoming game live here on twitter and at http://bit.ly/10exfb
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RT @suzhalliburton: For those keeping score, #ut brought 74 players. Mack brown told us they normally take 80 on non-conf road games
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RT @bobcatbaseball: Snow?! Rain is already blowing my mind. RT @kbohls: About to rain in dallas. Hearing chance of snow in wyoming. #ut
It was already pretty much assured but the Statesman has confirmed that the three Texas players in academic trouble did not make the trip to [tag]Wyoming[/tag] for the game.
Cornerback Deon Beasley, receiver Brandon Collins and safety Christian Scott, who were ineligible for the Longhorns’ season-opening game against Louisiana-Monroe, also won’t play against Wyoming, a school spokesman said Friday.
Spokesman John Bianco said the three Longhorns did not travel to Laramie, Wyo., with the team.
Lots of rumors are swirling about all three players. A student-athlete’s academics are a sensitive subject so I don’t want to spread unconfirmed information (though it does come from good Orangebloods sources) but one of the three players is likely to be back, one is 50-50, and one has little chance of being eligible this season. No word on when official news will come from the NCAA.
Jared Norton reinjured his shoulder against ULM.
Just one week into the season and the Horns’ official injury list is already getting a little long, and there’s a familiar name on it that fans were hoping would be a big contributor this year. Four players didn’t make the trip to [tag]Wyoming[/tag] due to various injuries.
Running back Fozzy Whittaker is out again this week with a knee injury. Also out are offensive guards [tag]Michael Huey[/tag] with a left ankle sprain and true freshman [tag]Mason Walters[/tag] with a foot injury. Linebacker [tag]Jared Norton[/tag] has a right shoulder injury that reportedly isn’t too serious, but it’s bad enough that he’s out for this week’s game.
The offensive line depth is definitely hurting. When the season started the coaches had five starters and [tag]David Snow[/tag] backing them up and now one of the starters is out and another backup is down. [tag]Tray Allen[/tag] was working almost exclusively at defensive tackle last week and this week he’s the number two guy at both left guard and tackle.
Hopefully the line and everyone else can stay healthy this week in possibly snowy Wyoming.
Watch as Texas head coach [tag]Mack Brown[/tag] discusses what the Horns have to improve on before the game against [tag]Wyoming[/tag]:
KXAN NBC Austin had a great highlight package of Saturday night’s opening UT win against ULM. Some great field level angles of the game and interviews with coach [tag]Mack Brown[/tag], [tag]Colt McCoy[/tag], [tag]Garrett Gilbert[/tag] and others. Don’t miss the blur that was [tag]DJ Monroe[/tag] at about the 1-minute mark.
Check it out below:
Posted September 7th, 2009 by Brian
Filed under: Depth Chart, Feature, Football
Redshirt freshman [tag]DJ Monroe[/tag] may have had the most impressive and important debut Saturday night but nine true freshmen including quarterback [tag]Garrett Gilbert[/tag] burned their redshirts against Louisiana-Monroe. Here are notes on the nine youngsters who played:
- [tag]Eryon Barnett[/tag] – Played on defense late in the game.
- [tag]Marcus Davis[/tag] – Played on defense late in the game.
- [tag]Garrett Gilbert[/tag] – Came into the game to a standing ovation in the 4th quarter. Played one drive and led the backups to a nice touchdown drive. Looked poised in the pocket and moved well, completing 4 of 5 passes for 46 yards. Finished things off with a nice 12-yard TD run that showed he can do things on the ground as well.
- [tag]Marquise Goodwin[/tag] – Fast! The track start became a football scholarship player the moment he stepped on the field on a kickoff return. During Gilbert’s drive Goodwin showed that he can also do things as a receiver. Caught 3 passes for 39 yards, including a short hitch route that he took 29 yards and was a shoelace away from using his speed to take it to the house.
- [tag]Calvin Howell[/tag] – Played on defense relatively early. Got a lot of bad TV exposure as he committed two 15-yard penalties with a facemask and late QB hit. Finished with 1 assisted tackle.
- [tag]Barrett Matthews[/tag] – Played some special teams and was in at tight end on Gilbert’s scoring drive.
- [tag]Alex Okafor[/tag] – Played early and often on the defensive line. Okafor was one of the most active and impressive players on the Horns’ defense regardless of classification. Had 4 total tackles including 2 huge tackles for loss on a goal line stand.
- [tag]Kenny Vaccaro[/tag] – The first true freshman to play as he took field on game’s opening kickoff. Very active and looks like he’ll be key member of kick coverage teams all year. Tied for team lead in tackles with 6 including 4 solos.
- [tag]Mason Walters[/tag] – Came in and played on the line with Gilbert and the second team offense.
Check out some quick highlights from yesterday’s Texas game versus Louisiana-Monroe courtesy of Fox Sports:
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